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BJP, Cong demand punishment for Kapil Mishra's attackers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Slamming the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lawmakers who allegedly assaulted ousted leader Kapil Mishra in the Delhi Legislative Assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday demanded resignation and punishment for the attackers.
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Trump asks Senate to allow legislation to be passed with simple majority
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): U.S. President Donald Trump has called the Senate to allow legislation to be passed with a simple majority and urged lawmakers to pass healthcare and tax overhauls.
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Nepal politicians to allow chief justice to superannuate with grace
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 29 (ANI): Sushila Karki, the Chief Justice of Nepal's Supreme Court, will be allowed to superannuate from office without being impeached, said the country's politicians and lawmakers, cutting across party lines.
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Pak Govt. seeks support to shut down PIA
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 19 (ANI)): The Pakistan Government is seeking support from lawmakers across party lines to shut down the loss-making Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) by declaring it 'bankrupt'.
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US House votes to impose sanctions on Syria's foreign backers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 18 (ANI): The House lawmakers on Wednesday passed a legislation to impose sanctions on backers of the Syrian regime, including Iran and Russia.
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Turkey turns down German lawmakers' request to visit NATO airbase
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 16 (ANI): Tensions between Berlin and Ankara escalated to an extent that the Turkish Government has turned down a request by German lawmakers to visit troops stationed in the Incirlik airbase.
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Afghan MPs for moving UN against Pak over border violation
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] May 8 (ANI): The Afghanistan lawmakers urged the government to move the United States Security Council against Pakistan for a recent border violation, Afghanistan news agency Pajhwok reported.
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Key U.S. lawmakers in favour of Obamacare replacement
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Apr 27 (ANI): A group of U.S. lawmakers have extended their support to President Donald Trump's plan to replace his predecessor's landmark healthcare scheme.
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Georgia: Bill passed allowing guns at college, university campuses
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Mar. 31 (ANI): For the second year in a row, lawmakers in the U.S. state of Georgia have passed a controversial bill that allows licensed gun owners to carry concealed firearms on public college and university campuses.
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Celebrity MPs should understand that it is not an 'ornamental seat�
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Mar.31 (ANI): A day after Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agrawal questioned the frequent absence of celebrities nominated to Rajya Sabha, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Friday backed the former saying that the lawmakers should not think that it is just an 'orn
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White House calls on Republicans to stay united over repealing Obamacare
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Mar. 15 (ANI): Cautioning Republican lawmakers against being an obstacle in repealing Obamacare, the White House has warned skeptics against abandoning their own party's health care plan saying that by doing so, they could end the dreams of ridding the country of the cu
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PTI, PML-N lawmakers scuffle outside Pak National Assembly
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar.9 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf lawmarkers exchanged bows and pushed each other around outside the National Assembly after a PML-N leader called PTI chief Imran Khan a "traitor" during the assembly proceedings.
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