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Pak govt. begins consultations for reinstatement of military courts
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 10 (ANI): The Pakistan government has begun consultations for a constitutional amendment to reinstate military courts for a period which will be decided by political parties in Parliament.
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Zardari urged to bring all on board to re-evaluate forced Religious Conver
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 8 (ANI): Member of National Assembly (MNA) and Patron-in-Chief of Pakistan Hindu Council (PHC) Ramesh Kumar Vankwani has urged former president and co-chairperson of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari to call upon all religious and political partie
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Politicos remember Om Puri 'the ultimate non hero of Indian films
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 6 (ANI): The leaders of various political parties on Friday condoled the demise of Bollywood veteran Om Puri and remembered him as the ultimate non hero of Indian films and one of the finest actors.
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BJP never indulged in polarisation politics: Rajnath
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India]. Jan. 3 (ANI): While agreeing with the Supreme Court's order of putting a ban on invoking of religion or caste by political parties to get votes in elections, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) never indulged in
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People's verdict matters, not 'disgruntled' Congress'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 1 (ANI): Describing the Congress' criticism on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech on New Year's Eve as "laughable", Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh has said the government is only concerned about the ve
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Politicians need to respect the feelings of the nation's citizens, sa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec.31 (ANI): Stating that political parties, political leaders and electoral funding figure prominently in any debate on corruption and black money, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his second address to the nation in 51 days, said Saturday that the time has now come that
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Not much impact on forthcoming UP elections, says BJP on SP's 'd
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 30(ANI): Reacting to the expulsion of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and National National General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav from the Samajwadi Party, political parties across all spectrums on Friday called the fiasco as the internal matter and denied any
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Pakistan calling Indian parties as terrorist is absurd: MEA
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 30(ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday called the statement given by Pakistan's Foreign Affairs Ministry labeling Indian Bonafide political parties as terrorist organization as absurd.
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CPEC should not be subject of controversy: Pak Railway Minister
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 26 (ANI): Pakistan Railway Minister Khuwaja Saad Rafique has asked political parties to refrain themselves from criticising the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), saying the project should not be the subject of controversy.
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Former CEC Qureshi welcomes delisting of 200 political parties
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Dec. 22 (ANI): Former Chief Election Commissioner of India S. Y. Qureshi on Thursday welcomed the Election Commission's(EC's) proposed move to delist 200 political parties on the basis of lack of engagement in any political activity over a long period of time, as
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Donation taken by party on record, scrutinized by IT department: NCP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 21 (ANI): Commenting on the need for transparency in donations to political parties after a dip was reported in fiscal 2015-16, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday said that donation taken by their party is on record and has been scrutinized by the Incom
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EC has finally woken up, says Somnath Chatterjee
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec. 21(ANI): Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Wednesday expressed surprise on the Election Commission's decision to write to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) informing them to delist 200-odd political parties, saying it is good that
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