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MJ Akbar's defamation suit against journalist to be heard by special MP-ML
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): The defamation case filed by former union minister MJ Akbar against journalist Priya Ramani will continue to be heard by a special court dealing with cases related to lawmakers, directed a Delhi court on Thursday.
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Pakistan will not be able to escape FATF grey-list : Afghan lawmaker
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 21 (ANI): Despite high-level diplomacy, hiring a top lobbying firm and offering its leverage with the Taliban to the United States for reduction of violence in Afghanistan, Pakistan will not be able to escape the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list, said Mar
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French Senator prepares proposal to recognise Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Paris [France], October 20 (ANI/Sputnik): French lawmaker Valerie Boyer says she will submit a proposal to the Senate to recognise the self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (Republic of Artsakh), where a confrontation between Azerbaijan and Armenia has been ongoing since the end of la
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US politicians urge Egyptian president to release activists imprisoned ill
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], October 19 (ANI): More than 50 politicians of the United States have urged Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to release activists, journalists, lawyers, and prisoners of conscience detained illegally in Egyptian prisons.
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Thai Parliament to convene special session over anti-govt protests in Bang
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], October 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Thai lawmakers will meet for an extraordinary parliament session to discuss the demands put forward by participants of the ongoing anti-government rallies in Bangkok, Parliament President Chuan Leekpai said on Monday.
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Scorpian remark defamation case: Delhi HC stays trial court proceedings ag
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the proceedings against Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor in connection with a defamation case pertaining to his alleged "scorpion sitting on Shivling" remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Delhi court reserves order on whether MJ Akbar's defamation case will be h
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): A District and Sessions court in Delhi on Wednesday reserved its order on the issue of whether the defamation case filed by former union minister MJ Akbar against journalist Priya Ramani would be heard by the court exclusively dealing cases related to law
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Nepal: Ruling party lawmakers register no-confidence motion against Karnal
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], October 12 (ANI): As many as 18 lawmakers from Karnali Provincial Assembly registered a no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Mahendra Bahadur Shahi.
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Nagorno-Karabakh lawmakers urge Armenia, Russia, Iran to set up 'anti-terr
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Yerevan [Armenia], October 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The parliament of the "unrecognised" Republic of Artsakh, otherwise known as Nagorno-Karabakh, has called on Armenia, Russia, and Iran to form an anti-terror unit to identify international terrorists in the region, the legislature has said in a st
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Every PML-N lawmaker will resign once anti-govt movement intensifies, says
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 9 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) stalwart and former foreign minister Khawaja Asif said on Thursday that when the Pakistan Democratic Movement's (PDM) anti-government protest will reach its peak, every lawmaker of the party will resign from the National
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HC initiates plea over pending criminal cases against lawmakers, seeks Cen
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday initiated a petition relating to pending criminal cases against lawmakers and asked the Centre and the Delhi government to file their replies on the matter.
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US lawmakers introduce resolution to honour Mahatma Gandhi
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 02 (ANI): A bipartisan group of six US lawmakers on Thursday introduced a resolution in the US House of Representatives honouring the life of Mahatma Gandhi and his enduring legacy in the present world on his 151st birth anniversary.
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