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Nagaland Governor calls for emergent special session for floor test
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Governor of Nagaland P.B. Acharya has directed speaker of the state Legislative Assembly to summon an emergent special session on July 19 to test the majority support of the present cabinet led by Chief Minister Shurhozelie Liezietsu.
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Pass pending bills first: CPM tells Centre ahead of Monsoon Session of Par
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday said there are a lot of bills pending in the Parliament and if the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government wants to pass those only on the basis of their majority, the
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One with majority of votes should be CM: Nagaland Governor on political cr
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kohima (Nagaland) [India], July 15 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political turmoil in the state, Nagaland Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya on Saturday asserted that the one who has got the majority of votes should be the Chief Minister of the state, adding that the political stability is a
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China frequently cracking down on expressions of Muslim identity over terr
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (United States), July 14 (ANI): A more than decade-long study on anti-Muslim sentiment in China has found that a majority of Chinese view Islam, minority groups and particularly Muslim groups residing in the country's Xinjiang province with suspicion because of concerns
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Paytm acquires majority stake in Insider.in
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Digital payments startup Paytm on Thursday announced acquiring of a majority stake in Insider.in, India's leading ticketing platform for events and properties.
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China encouraging majority Han population to migrate to minority Muslim-re
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], July 13 (ANI): Often there have been questions about China's mistreatment of its minorities, whether on the plight of the Tibetans or rising tensions between the Chinese state and the Uighurs of Xinjiang.
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Netanyahu gives in to Ultra-Orthodox demands to secure his government
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], July 2 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under severe criticism from international Jewish groups regarding his recent approval of religious proposals by Ultra-Orthodox parties in a bid to secure his slim government majority.
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U.S. sets new Visa criteria for six Muslim-majority nations
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [U.S.A.], June 29 (ANI): The United States has set new Visa criteria that will require travellers from the six Muslim-majority countries affected by President Donald Trump's travel ban to have close family connections or business ties in order to enter the U.S.
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Kovind is supported by the majority, his victory is sure: Naidu
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday stressed that Centre's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind has the backing of all NDA partners and his victory is assured
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Congress using Meira Kumar as 'sacrificial goat': BJP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi/Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 23 (ANI): A confident Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday, while maintaining that the NDA Government's presidential nominee Ramnath Kovind will win with majority, said that the Congress Party is using Meira Kumar as a 'sacrificial go
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President Macron's party wins parliamentary poll majority
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], June 19 (ANI): French President Emmanuel Macron's year-old party Republique en Marche (Republic on the Move, LREM) has secured a huge majority on Sunday in legislative polls.
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Presidential polls: Swamy ridicules 'minority party' Congress af
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): With the Congress party seeking for names and consensus over presidential election from the ruling dispensation, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Saturday said the "minority party" has no right to make such demand names from
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