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Ex-US lawmaker shielded Pakistani aide from hacking probe
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], June 6 (ANI): A U.S. lawmaker has been accused of exerting all her influence in trying to kill a Congress-led investigation into a hacking incident involving her one time Pakistani IT aide.
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Shatrughan Sinha endorses Nitish's demonetisation comment
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 4 (ANI): BJP lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha on Monday backed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on his recent demonetisation remark and questioned whether any benefit had been accrued from it in the last 19 months.
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Special designated court to hear Sunanda Pushkar death case today
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): A special court, designated to try lawmakers in regard to Sunanda Pushkar death case, will on Monday consider Delhi Police's charge sheet against Congress MP and Pushkar's husband Shashi Tharoor.
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Pakistan denies minorities their individual rights: US Lawmaker
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], May 24 (ANI): A United States-based advocacy group representing various ethnic minorities of Pakistan has formed a joint platform 'South Asian Minorities Alliance Foundation' against what they alleged as the massive human rights violation by security forces
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Gram Swaraj Abhiyan, a success: PM
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday thanked lawmakers and central and state officials for making Gram Swaraj Abhiyan a success.
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Zuckerberg's European Parliament testimony leaves lawmakers frustrated
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Brussels [European Union], May 23 (ANI): Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologised on Tuesday (local time) to the lawmakers of the European Union (EU) over the social media giant's role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
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5 estranged PTI lawmakers send defamation notices to Imran Khan
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 22 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan was sent defamation notices by five estranged PTI lawmakers on Tuesday for levelling allegation that they sold their votes during the Senate elections held in March.
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BJP MLA threatens senior cop in Allahabad
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI): In yet another incident of MLA's high handedness in Uttar Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Harshvardhan Bajpayee threatened Superintendent of Police here after the latter failed to recognise him at an event.
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Shehbaz Sharif presides over first parliamentary party meeting
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and Pakistan's Punjab province Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday chaired his first parliamentary party meeting.
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Aurangabad clashes were pre-planned: AIMIM lawmaker
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], May 13 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehad Muslimeen (AIMIM) MLA Sayed Imtiyaz Jaleel has claimed that clashes that broke out in Aurangabad on Friday were pre-planned as some people wanted to disturb communal harmony in the city.
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Maldives: Amnesty International declares Joint Opposition spokesperson Pri
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], May 11 (ANI): Amnesty International on Friday called on the Maldivian government to release Galolhu-South constituency Member of Parliament and Joint Opposition spokesperson Ahmed Mahloof and declared him a Prisoner of Conscience (PoC).
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8 PML-N lawmakers switch loyalties
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 11 (ANI): Six Members of the National Assembly (MNAs), two from Punjab and four from Balochistan and two others of Punjab Assembly quit Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) to join Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Balochistan Awami Party (BAP).
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