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AirAsia case: CBI questions Total Food Services Chairman Sunil Kapur's rol
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday questioned Sunil Kapur, owner of Travel Food Services, in connection with alleged lobbying for AirAsia while trying to get international flying licences by manipulating policies and violation of foreign inv
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BJP's internal fight intensifies over HP CM suspense
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], December 22 (ANI): The members of Himachal Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held a protest while a meeting of the party central observers Nirmala Sitharaman and Narendra Singh Tomar was underway, saying that the next chief minister should be chosen from
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Nepal Government making bid to postpone next month elections: Sources
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], October 11 (ANI): The Nepal Government, led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, is making a bid to postpone the elections for which it has been lobbying and making internal preparations, sources confirmed to ANI.
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Australian Hindus stage protest against meat advertisement featuring Lord
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], Sep 24 (ANI): Hindus in Australia staged protests in the major cities on Sunday to express their anguish about objectionable portrayal of Lord Ganesha in advertisement by a livestock farmers' lobbying organisation in the country.
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High alert in Kashmir ahead of Independence Day
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 13 (ANI): A high alert has been imposed across the Kashmir Valley ahead of the Independence Day on Tuesday, amid reports of a grenade-lobbying incident taking place recently.
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Flynn under scanner for lobbying for Turkish businessman
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], August 5 (ANI): Investigators of special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, are examining the documents related to former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn to see if he was secretly paid by the Turkish government to lobby against a critic of President Recep Tayyip Er
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Trump's transition team was aware of Flynn's pro-Turkey lobbying
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], March. 11 (ANI): White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has said that President Donald Trump's transition team was aware that former National Security Advisor retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn's consulting firm lobbying for Turkey.
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Iraq dropped from ban list after lobbying at highest levels: Report
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Mar. 6 (ANI): After reports in the U.S. media suggested that Iraq will not feature in the ban list in the revised immigration order by President Donald Trump, it has emerged that the country's name was dropped after intensive lobbying from the Iraqi government at the
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Donald Trump unveils plan for first 100 days in office
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Nov. 22 (ANI): U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has unveiled plans for his first 100 days in office, promising as a first step to scrap the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, cancel environmental restrictions put in place by President Barack Obama, have t
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Govt. throws Padma Awards nomination process open for general public
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 10 (ANI): Any Indian can now recommend any achiever for the prestigious Padma Awards, with the government throwing open the nomination process to general public to make it transparent and curb the crony culture of influence and lobbying.
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