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Priti Patel asks UK PM Boris Johnson to quit: Report
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 7 (ANI): UK Home Secretary Priti Patel and several Conservative Party lawmakers have asked British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to tender his resignation after dozens of ministers abandoned his government.
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Consultative Committee for Defence Ministry to meet over Agnipath Scheme o
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will preside over a meeting of the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defense, over the Agnipath Scheme, on July 8.
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Hong Kong lawmaker photographed with Xi Jinping tests positive for COVID-1
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 4 (ANI): A Hong Kong lawmaker, who posed for a group photo with Xi Jinping during the Chinese President's visit to the former British colony on June 30 has tested positive for COVID-19, media reported.
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Israel's interim PM Lapid holds 1st cabinet meeting, pledges to run functi
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], July 3 (ANI): Israel's interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Sunday pledged to run a functional government despite another round of political instability that triggered new elections.
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Israeli parliament dissolves, Yair Lapid to become PM
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], June 30 (ANI): Israeli lawmakers on Thursday unanimously voted to dissolve the parliament, after Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's coalition government lost its majority in the parliament, triggering an unprecedented fifth election in less than four years.
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SC declines plea challenging provision requiring Presidential candidate to
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to entertain a plea filed by a man who has been unsuccessfully attempting to contest Presidential polls, challenging the validity of the legal scheme envisaging that a candidate for the election of the top office must
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Presidential elections: AIMIM extends support to opposition candidate Yash
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said his party lawmakers will vote for opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha in Presidential polls.
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US Speaker vows bill pushing Tibet-China conflict resolution
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): US lawmakers will soon introduce new legislation pushing for a peaceful resolution to the Chinese government's decades-long illegal occupation of Tibet, the Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet said.
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Israeli parliament moves forward bill to dissolve
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], June 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Israeli lawmakers voted in favor of a bill to dissolve parliament in a preliminary vote on Wednesday, taking the first step in sending the country for its fifth elections in three years.
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US lawmakers agree landmark bipartisan bill on gun safety
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 22 (ANI): A group of US lawmakers on Tuesday reached a much-awaited deal on a bipartisan gun safety bill after recent mass shooting incidents in Uvalde, Buffalo and Texas, that struck a nerve in the country.
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Pakistan: PTI Sindh lawmaker arrested on sexual harassment case
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], June 20 (ANI): Pakistani police arrested a Sindh lawmaker belonging to the former Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party from his apartment over a sexual harassment case, local media reported.
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Canadian lawmaker Tom Kmiec recognizes rights of Sindhis to struggle again
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], June 19 (ANI): Canadian MP Tom Kmiec recognized the rights of Sindhis to struggle against Pakistan for human rights abuses they commit on them.
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