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BJP welcomes 'clean, strong' leaders: Dharmendra Pradhan on BJD&
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 12 (ANI): Clarifying accusations that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worked to split the Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday said the saffron party would welcome "clean and strong" leaders from other p
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Govt. slams "rejected, dejected" Oppn for dragging EVM row to Pr
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 12 (ANI): Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday slammed the "rejected and dejected" opposition parties for raising the issue of tampered Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and said they are finding it difficult to comply w
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Oppn apprises Prez about EVM row, misuse of central agencies
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 12 (ANI): A 13-member delegation of opposition parties representing both the houses of Parliament met President Pranab Mukherjee today to apprise him about the prevailing problems in the country including the EVM tampering issue, violence prevailing in different state
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Kulbhushan death sentence: Politicos urge govt. to deal strictly with Pak
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Apr. 11 (ANI): Condemning the death sentence to alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav by the Pakistani military court, political parties across the nation on Tuesday said India needs to stand up straight in front of Islamabad and maintain a safe distance.
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After liquor ban, Parrikar Govt. cracking down on rave parties in Goa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Apr. 10 (ANI): Asserting that late night rave parties are not part of Goa's culture, state's Water Resources Department Minister Vinod Palyekar on Monday called for a state wide ban and said that such parties allow the drug industry to flourish which adversely
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Oppn for conducting MCD polls through VVPAT machines, ballot papers
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 10 (ANI): With the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections inching closer, the opposition parties will today urge the Election Commission to conduct the upcoming polls partially through VVPAT (voter-verifiable paper audit trail) machines and ballot papers.
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NDA top brass to hold meeting over future strategy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 10 (ANI): A meeting of the top NDA leaders will be held here today and representatives of 32 parties are likely to attend it.
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EC must ban political parties indulging in money distribution: Radhakrishn
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr. 9 (ANI): In the wake of the ongoing controversy over the leaders of some political parties distributing money to the voters ahead of the by-elections in Karnataka, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Pon Radhakrishnan on Sunday demanded a life
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Nepal PM says new Constitution Amendment proposal will be 'acceptable
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Apr. 9 (ANI): Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that he has prepared a new proposal on the Constitution Amendment, which he claims will be acceptable to all parties, including the agitating Madhesi Morcha and the main opposition.
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Electoral promises remain unfulfilled, political parties are accountable:
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 8 (ANI): Chief Justice of India J. S. Khehar on Saturday said that electoral promises routinely remain unfulfilled and manifestos turn out to be mere pieces of paper, adding that political parties must be held accountable.
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Arguments on national song, anthem unfortunate: Siddharth Nath Singh
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 7 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday slammed the opposition for politicising the national song and the national anthem and asked rival parties to develop patriotic sentiment.
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Rahul Gandhi meets Yechury to discuss GST
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 5 (ANI): In an effort to reach out to other Opposition parties to chart out a strategy, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury met in the Parliament today and discussed about Goods and Service Tax (GST).
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