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Under-pressure LDF govt to introduce laws to curb nepotism in PSU appointm
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Oct. 13 (ANI): Coming under pressure from the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) on alleged nepotism in appointments to high ranking posts, the Left Democratic Front (LDF)-led government on Thursday decided to initiate a legislation for regulating n
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No false case filed against Khaleda Zia, says Bangladesh PM
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct. 12 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government has filed no false lawsuit against Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson Khaleda Zia, adding that all those cases are linked with her corruption and instigation for burning people alive and
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Liquor prohibition laws best gift for Bihar: JD(U)
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 3 (ANI): The Janata Dal (United) on Monday dubbed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar proposing a new and more stringent liquor prohibition law as the best gift for the state on Gandhi Jayanti.
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They died of alcohol consumption earlier, now it is spurious liquor: Paswa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar), Oct. 02 (ANI): Lok Janshakti Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan has called on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to remove the current liquor ban laws.
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Hazare threatens to move Ramlila Maidan as govt. 'not abiding' b
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept. 24 (ANI): Accusing the government of not abiding by the Lokpal and Lokayukta laws, social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday said he was toying with the idea of once again moving to Ramlila Maidan in Delhi.
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Obama vetoes 9/11 lawsuit bill that allows families to sue Saudi Arabia
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington, DC [USA], Sept. 24 (ANI): President Barack Obama has vetoed a bill that would have allowed the families of 9/11 victims to sue the Government of Saudi Arabia, pitting him against the Congress.
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Only supporters of Kashmir's accession to Pakistan allowed to contest
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 20 (ANI): United Kashmir People National Party chairman Shaukat Kashmiri has said that electoral laws in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) undermine the political rights of Kashmiris, as only those who support the accession of Kashmir to Pakistan are allowed to cont
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Fox settles with Gretchen Carlson over Roger Ailes sex harassment suit
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Sept. 7 (ANI): After a long two-month battle with a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by its former anchor Gretchen Carlson against chairman Roger Ailes, Fox News' parent company has finally decided to settle things for 20 million dollars.
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Triple talaq: Personal laws can't be written in name of social reform
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 2 (ANI): The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Friday told the Supreme Court that "personal laws cannot be re-written in the name of social reforms."
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Centre taking away labourers' rights by amending laws to help corpora
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug. 31 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central Government is turning pro-corporate and anti-labour by taking away labourers' rights one-by-one by amending laws.
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Demi Lovato lands in legal trouble over copyright infringement
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C., Aug. 23 (ANI): Looks like Demi Lovato has landed in a new legal soup as the singer was recently slapped with a lawsuit filed by indie band Sleigh Bells for copyright infringement.
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Family of Pakistani origin sues NY school over forced 'terrorist'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York, Aug. 18 (ANI): An American family of Pakistani origin has in a $50 million federal lawsuit claimed that a 12-year-old Muslim boy with learning disabilities was forced by the officials of a school in New York to sign a false confession stating that he was a terrorist.
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