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Around 300 Myanmar lawmakers sign declaration rejecting junta rule
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], February 6 (ANI): Days after the military coup in Myanmar, almost 300 lawmakers have signed a declaration rejecting the military junta rule and also promised to continue their fight for democracy.
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Cong MPs move adjournment motion notices in LS over Central farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): Congress lawmakers Manish Tewari and Manickam Tagore on Thursday gave adjournment motion notices in Lok Sabha over the newly enacted Central farm laws.
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US nominates Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement for Nobel Peace Prize
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 4 (ANI): A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has nominated Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, to honour the demonstrators' struggle against the Beijing imposed draconian national security law.
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Pakistan SC takes notice of Rs 500 million funds to lawmakers by Imran Kha
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 3 (ANI): Pakistan Supreme Court on Wednesday took notice of Prime Minister Imran Khan's recent announcement to give Rs 500 million development funds to lawmakers ahead of the Senate elections.
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36 US lawmakers ask Pak for review of acquittal in Daniel Pearl's murder c
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], February 3 (ANI): A total of 36 members of the US Congress on Tuesday issued a letter to Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States, urging the country to undertake a full review of acquittal of the accused in the case of 2002 killing of American journalist Daniel Pear
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Imran Khan slammed for giving 'political bribe' to lawmakers ahead of Sena
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 29 (ANI): The major Pakistan Opposition parties have slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan for giving Rs 500 million development funds as "political bribe" to each legislator ahead of Senate elections.
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Book Deep Sidhu for sedition, demands Congress' Ravneet Bittu
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] January 27 (ANI): Sedition charges should be registered against actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu and two others for Tuesday's violence during tractor rally protest by farmers against the new agricultural laws, said Congress lawmaker Ravneet Singh Bittu.
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Hong Kong pushes for surveillance cameras in classrooms to monitor teacher
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, January 22 (ANI): In order to further clamp down on dissent against the draconian National Security Law in Hong Kong, pro-establishment lawmakers argued on Friday that surveillance cameras should be installed in Hong Kong schools to monitor teachers' speech.
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China announces sanctions on US officials for 'blatantly intervening' in H
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 19 (ANI): Reacting to the US' sanctions imposed on the Chinese and Hong Kong officials, Bejing on Monday (local time) announced sanctions on American officials and lawmakers for having "blatantly intervened" in Hong Kong.
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Pakistan Election Commission suspends membership of 154 lawmakers over fai
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 18 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday suspended the membership of 154 members of the country's Senate, national and provincial assemblies after they failed to submit statements of their assets and liabilities.
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Biden lashes out at Republican lawmakers for not wearing masks during Capi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): President-elect Joe Biden on Friday lashed out at Republican lawmakers who were seen without face masks while huddling in a secure location during the mob attack on the US Capitol last week despite the massive spike in daily COVID-19 cases.
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Thousands of armed pro-Trump 'patriots' plotting to surround Capitol, says
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 13 (ANI): A week after the violence in US Capitol, a member of the Congress has said that thousands of armed pro-Donald Trump supporters are plotting to surround the Capitol ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's swearing-in ceremony.
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