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US lawmaker dies in car crash, Biden expresses grief
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 4 (ANI): US President Joe Biden expressed grief over the death of Indiana Republican representative Jackie Walorski along with two members of her staff in a car accident on Wednesday (local time) in Indiana.
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UK: Questions raised over Chinese CCTV firm
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 2 (ANI): UK MPs and parliamentarians called for blacklisting Chinese Communist Party (CCP) controlled Hikvision after its role in aiding human rights violations was brought to light, according to media reports.
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For a change: Imran Khan's PTI wins Pakistan's Punjab Dy speaker elections
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): After high drama that ensued during Punjab Chief Minister and Assembly Speaker elections, in a bit of respite, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi was elected Speaker of the Punjab Assembly unopposed after no other candidate filed
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US House passes bill to ban assault-style weapon
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 30 (ANI): US House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill to ban assault-style weapons, marking the first time lawmakers approving a prohibition on the popular firearms in more than two decades.
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Pakistan National Assembly accepts resignation of 11 PTI MNAs
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): Pakistan coalition government on Thursday accepted the resignation of 11 Members of the National Assembly of Pakistan (MNAs) belonging to Imran Khan's party, Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
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Suspended MPs of TMC hold sit-in protest at Gandhi statue outside Parliame
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) lawmakers on Wednesday staged a sit-in protest at the Gandhi statue outside Parliament on Wednesday over their suspension from Rajya Sabha.
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US seeks to add India for NATO plus: lawmaker Ro Khanna
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 27 (ANI): Adding India as the sixth country to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) plus would move New Delhi towards a Defense Security alignment with the United States," said American Congressman Ro Khanna.
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CAATSA waiver to India is in US national interest, need strong partnership
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 27 (ANI): The United States seeks to enhance its defence partnership with India in the backdrop of China's assertiveness and New Delhi's reliance on Russian military exports for its national defence, said American Congressman Ro Khanna.
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Iranian lawmaker says Biden's Mideast tour failed
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 24 (ANI/Xinhua): An Iranian lawmaker on Saturday described U.S. President Joe Biden's Middle East tour as a failed project that did not achieve anything for the United States, according to the official news agency IRNA.
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Pak SC summons Punjab Assembly Dy Speaker after PTI protested ruling in CM
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Punjab [Pakistan], July 23 (ANI): Pakistan Supreme Court has summoned Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari for citing Article 63A of the Constitution and not counting the votes of defecting lawmakers as well as electing Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza Shahb
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Pakistan: Hamza Shehbaz takes oath as Punjab CM
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 23 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza Shehbaz on Saturday took oath as Punjab Chief Minister, following the political drama that saw Parvez Elahi's defeat after provincial assembly Deputy Speaker Dost Mazari decided not to count the votes of P
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US lawmaker from New York extends support to Sindhi people amid Pak rights
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], July 22 (ANI): A US lawmaker from the city of New York has extended strong support to the Sindhi people in Pakistan against the human rights atrocities that have been inflicted upon them for years.
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