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Lok Sabha speaker calls for all-party meeting ahead of Monsoon Session
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla called for a meeting of leaders of all political parties, informed the officials on Saturday.
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Sri Lanka: NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake to contest for Presidency
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 16 (ANI): Sri Lanka's National People's Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake will contest for the President post after the parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena accepted Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation.
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"Sonia Gandhi architect of entire conspiracy," BJP on Gujarat SIT charge a
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi over the Special Investigating Team (SIT) affidavit in the 2002 Gujarat riots case, BJP on Saturday alleged that she was the "architect of the entire conspiracy" and had attempted to "
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Colombo's supermarkets run out of food as situation worsens in crisis-marr
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 16 (ANI): With the political and economic crisis in Sri Lanka continuing to worsen, supermarkets in the capital city of Colombo are rapidly running out of food and other essential commodities.
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Stable govt a distant wish to most Sri Lankans: Think tank
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 16 (ANI): As the political and economic upheaval in Sri Lanka continues, the average Sri Lankan believes that the current situation is largely due to self-serving politicians who have led them into this mess.
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Congress refutes Gujarat SIT's 'mischievous charges' against Ahmed Patel
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The Congress on Saturday refuted the "mischievous charges" against late Ahmed Patel alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "political vendetta machine" does not even "spare the departed" who were his "political adversaries".
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Gujarat riots: SIT reveals Teesta, Sreekumar, Sanjeev Bhatt received money
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], July 16 (ANI): Social activist Teesta Setalvad, former state Director General of Police (DGP) RB Sreekumar and former IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt had accepted Rs 30 lakhs from Ahmed Patel, the political advisor of the then Congress president Sonia Gandhi to alle
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India is like brother to us, helping us a lot: Sri Lankan cricketer Karuna
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Amidst the crisis in Sri Lanka, India has extended this year alone support of over USD 3.8 billion for ameliorating the serious economic situation in the island nation
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PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry calls SC's verdict on Imran Khan no-trust motion
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 15 (ANI): A day after the Pakistan Supreme Court's judgement on the former National Assembly Deputy Speaker's ruling on the no-trust move against ex-Premier Imran Khan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry called the verdict more of a "political dec
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Sri Lanka's ruling party to nominate interim President Ranil Wickremesingh
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 15 (ANI): Sri Lanka's ruling party on Friday said it would nominate interim President Ranil Wickremesinghe for the presidency when Parliament elects a new president on July 20.
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Pakistan: Leaders call for peace amid Sindhis protest against Balal Kaka's
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 15 (ANI): Several political leaders across Pakistan called for peace and asked protestors not to disturb the social harmony of the Sindh province amid the ongoing protests following the killing of 35-year-old Bilal Kaka at a hotel in Hyderabad a couple of days ago.
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Delhi court grants bail to Mohd Zubair, says dissent necessary for healthy
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Delhi's Patiala House Court on Friday while granting bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case related to an allegedly objectionable tweet, observed that "the voice of dissent is necessary for a healthy democracy. Therefore, merely for critici
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