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Maharashtra Guv urges Naidu, Birla to form advisory for 'sanctity' of oath
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 25 (ANI): Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Saturday urged Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to come up with an advisory to preserve the sanctity and dignity of the oath-taking process of the
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Will work for backward communities in coastal K'taka: Shantharama, state's
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Uttara Kannada (Karnataka) [India], July 24 (ANI): Shantharama Budna Siddi, one of the five MLCs nominated by the state government to the Legislative Council is India's first MLC from the Siddi community - a small group of the ethnic community in India believed to be descendants of the Bantu
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Siddi community gets its first lawmaker in Karnataka
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 23 (ANI): The Siddi community in Karnataka got its first lawmaker as Governor Vajubhai Vala nominated five persons, including Shantharama Budna Siddi, to the Karnataka Legislative Council on Wednesday.
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Naidu urges 45 newly elected members to uphold rules, procedures of Rajya
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday urged the newly elected members of the House to uphold rules and procedures of the House while discharging their duties as the lawmakers for the country.
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Shinzo Abe hopes for Japan-Russia summit on territorial row after pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 21 (Sputnik/ ANI) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expects to hold a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the long-standing territorial dispute once the COVID-19 pandemic is over, according to the lawmaker from the Japan Innovation Party, Muneo Suz
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Japanese lawmakers to set up nonpartisan group for Hong Kongers
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 20 (ANI): With the enactment of national security law in Hong Kong, Japan is one among several countries who have come forward to assist the citizens wanting to flee the city to save their lives.
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Afghan lawmakers condemn shelling by Pakistan forces on Eastern provinces
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 19 (ANI): Lawmakers in Afghanistan's parliament on Saturday summoned acting Minister of Interior Affairs Massoud Andarabi to report on the recent mortar shelling by the Pakistani military forces on the eastern provinces of Kunar and Nuristan and accused the Ashraf G
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Conspiracy being hatched to kill me at behest of TMC, says BJP's Arjun Sin
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], July 18 (ANI): BJP leader Arjun Singh on Friday alleged that he might be killed in an encounter at the behest of the ruling TMC and further said that the police team which tried to enter his house 'without a warrant' was working as per instructions of
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China announces reciprocal sanctions against US lawmakers, envoy over Xinj
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 13 (ANI): China's Foreign Ministry on Monday announced reciprocal sanctions against the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Samuel Brownback, US Senator Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Republican Chris Smith.
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Iran's Khamenei wants govt to serve full tenure amid criticism towards Rou
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 12 (Sputnik/ANI): The incumbent Iranian government should work until its tenure is over, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei told lawmakers on Sunday amid hardliners' criticism toward the cabinet.
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Up to 70 pc of Afghan lawmakers test positive for COVID-19: Reports
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 11 (Sputnik/ANI): Between 60 and 70 percent of lawmakers in Afghanistan have tested positive for the coronavirus disease since the start of the outbreak, the country's 1News broadcaster reports on Saturday, citing a member of parliament.
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Trump criticised for his moves to pull US out of WHO
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 9 (ANI): President Donald Trump's decision to formally withdraw from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and to cut the US' funding to the body, was heavily criticised by US lawmakers.
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