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Vijay Goel requests Opposition leaders to call off protests in Parliament
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 22 (ANI):Union Minister Vijay Goel on Thursday met Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and AIADMK's V. Maitreyan, at their residence in Delhi, to persuade them to call off their protests and to break the logjam in the Parliament.
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Telangana Assembly: 2 Cong MLAs expelled, 9 suspended
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar. 13 (ANI): Nine Congress MLAs, including Opposition leader K Jana Reddy and Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Uttam Kumar Reddy, were suspended from the State Assembly till the end of the session, for disrupting the proceedings of the House.
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Khaleda Zia case: No trust existed when grant came in 1991
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Feb 20 (ANI): A Dhaka court has in its verdict in a corruption case against former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia underscored the non-existence of the 'Zia Orphanage Trust' when a grant of $1.255 million was received.
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Govt. to fulfill pledges made to Tsvangirai: Zimbabwe President
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Harare [Zimbabwe] Feb. 19 (ANI): Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Sunday said that his government will fulfill all its promises made to the late former prime minister and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
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Maldives unrest: Police use force against opposition leaders
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 17 (ANI): The political unrest in the Maldives deepened further when the police used force to crack down on Maldivian opposition leaders, who continued to hold anti-government protests.
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Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai passes away
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Feb 15 (ANI): Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, passed away on Wednesday. He had been suffering from colon cancer for at least two years, and his condition deteriorated rapidly in the last few days.
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Ukrainian opposition leader deported to Poland
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Feb 13 (ANI): Ukrainian opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili was deported to Poland after being detained in Kiev by law enforcement agents.
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Violent protests in B'desh after Khaleda Zia verdict
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Feb 9 (ANI): Violent protests have taken place across Bangladesh after former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia was sentenced to five years in jail.
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Amnesty International tells Maldives to release opposition leaders
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Feb 08 (ANI): Amnesty International has called upon authorities in the Maldives to immediately release arbitrarily detained members of the political opposition in line with a recent Supreme Court ruling.
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Omar Abdullah expresses concern over UPSC age restriction
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Opposition leader and National Conference working President Omar Abdullah on Thursday questioned the state government's move to cancel age relaxation for the Jammu and Kashmir candidates in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examinat
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'All are in clear and present danger in Maldives'
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb. 06 (ANI): One of the 12 MPs disqualified from the Parliament by the Election Commission in the Maldives, Abdulla Sinan, has recently returned back to the Maldives from eight-month exile. His return comes at a time when the country is in a state of emergency after Pre
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Maldivian crisis: Yameen accuses judges of overthrowing him
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb. 06 (ANI): Embattled Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen on Tuesday accused the judges of plotting to overthrow him, saying that the emergency was imposed to investigate "this plot, this coup" of the Maldivian Supreme Court, which ordered the release of nine jailed opposi
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