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Hong Kong legislature approves bill requiring officials to pledge allegian
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 13 (ANI): Hong Kong's largely opposition-free legislature approved a new bill that will require public officers to pledge allegiance to the pro-China government.
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Former CM Palaniswami elected Leader of AIADMK legislature party
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 10 (ANI): Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Edappadi K Palaniswami was elected leader of the AIADMK legislature party on Monday.
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Sarbananda Sonowal tenders his resignation as Assam CM to Governor
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 9 (ANI): Outgoing Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday tendered his resignation to Governor Jagdish Chandra Mukhi here at the Raj Bhavan.
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LS Speaker suggests setting up control rooms in legislatures to aid effort
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday suggested that presiding officers may set up control rooms in their legislatures which may be used by the people's representatives to report difficulties of people to the government in the situation created by COVID-19
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No free, fair elections in Hong Kong anymore: Activist Nathan Law
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 31 (ANI): Slamming China's latest move to reduce the number of directly elected seats in Hong Kong's legislature, pro-democracy activist Nathan Law has said that democracy is being denied and citizens are being "humiliated" in the city, showing how the Communist Party of Chi
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China unanimously approves contentious proposal to overhaul Hong Kong's el
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 30 (ANI): China on Tuesday approved the most controversial and sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong's electoral system, which will slash the number of directly elected seats in the city's legislature from half to about one-fifth.
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Derailing debates is derailing democracy: Vice President
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 27 (ANI): Expressing his concern over frequent disruption in legislatures and parliament and also a decline in standards of debates, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said that "disruption means derailing debate and derailing democracy and the n
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Telangana Congress condemns TRS govt for curtailing budget session to 6 da
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 27 (ANI): Telangana Congress Legislative Party (CLP) leader Bhatti Vikramarka has condemned the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government for curtailing the Budget session of the state Legislature to six days.
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Opposition MLAs hold parallel assembly in Bihar Assembly premises
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], March 24 (ANI): Opposition MLAs on Wednesday held a parallel assembly session chaired by RJD leader Bhudev Choudhary in the lawns of the Bihar Assembly, even as proceedings went on in the state legislature.
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Opposition parties, including Congress and RJD, condemn attack on legislat
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): The Opposition parties on Wednesday condemned the attack on MLAs in the Bihar assembly during the passage of the Bihar Special Armed Police Bill, 2021.
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Bihar Speaker slams RJD MLAs for confining him, says incident is condemnab
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], March 24 (ANI): Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Singh on Tuesday slammed the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLAs for allegedly confining him to his chamber inside the legislature building premises and said that the incident is condemnable.
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South Dakota governor sends back bill banning transgender women from femal
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
South Dakota [US] March 20 (ANI): South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has returned an executive bill -- banning transgender girls and women from participating in female sports -- back to the state legislature.
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