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SC refuses urgent hearing on banning tainted leaders from polls
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to accord urgent hearing on a plea raising questions whether people facing trial in serious criminal cases can be allowed to contest and at which stage of trial, a lawmaker stands disqualified.
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Georgia: Bill passed allowing guns at college, university campuses
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Mar. 31 (ANI): For the second year in a row, lawmakers in the U.S. state of Georgia have passed a controversial bill that allows licensed gun owners to carry concealed firearms on public college and university campuses.
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Celebrity MPs should understand that it is not an 'ornamental seat�
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Mar.31 (ANI): A day after Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agrawal questioned the frequent absence of celebrities nominated to Rajya Sabha, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Friday backed the former saying that the lawmakers should not think that it is just an 'orn
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Samajwadi Party slams major airlines for blanket ban on Gaikwad
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 28 (ANI): The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday defended Ravindra Gaikwad and criticised all major airlines for imposing a blanket ban on the Shiv Sena lawmaker following his altercation with an Air India employee.
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Gaikwad should apologise for his unaccepted behaviour: Politicos
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi/Jaipur [India] Mar. 25 (ANI): Cutting across party lines, the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal (United) on Saturday condemned Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad's unruly behaviour with an Air India staffer and said that he should immediately tender an a
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Former Russian lawmaker Voronenkov shot dead in Kiev
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kiev (Ukraine), Mar. 23 (ANI): Police chief Andriy Grishchenko on Thursday said that former Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov may have been the person reportedly shot and killed in central Kiev.
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White House calls on Republicans to stay united over repealing Obamacare
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Mar. 15 (ANI): Cautioning Republican lawmakers against being an obstacle in repealing Obamacare, the White House has warned skeptics against abandoning their own party's health care plan saying that by doing so, they could end the dreams of ridding the country of the cu
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PTI, PML-N lawmakers scuffle outside Pak National Assembly
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar.9 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf lawmarkers exchanged bows and pushed each other around outside the National Assembly after a PML-N leader called PTI chief Imran Khan a "traitor" during the assembly proceedings.
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EU lawmakers demand end to visa-free travel for Americans
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Mar. 4 (ANI): The European Union (EU) Parliament has passed a nonbinding resolution calling for the reintroduction of visa requirements for American citizens as the U.S. excludes five EU countries from its no-visa policy.
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South Asia lawmakers meet in Kathmandu to discuss status of child welfare
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
By Dipendra Raj Poudel and Shukdev Chapagain
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Under proposed new Bangladesh citizenship law, expats may contest local po
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Feb.9 (ANI): Bangladesh's Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday announced that the government will soon come out with a draft of new citizenship law that will allow Bangladeshi expatriates to take part in local government elections, but not lawmakers, president or a Su
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Opposition parties in Pak want PM's intervention to defuse political
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 29 (ANI): The opposition parties in Pakistan want Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's intervention to defuse the prevailing tense political situation in the Parliament following a scuffle between lawmakers from the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and the r
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