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Karnataka: Govt employees stage protest against 'New Pension Scheme'
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Belgaum (Karnataka) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Scores of government employees on Wednesday took to streets in Karnataka's Belgaum city to protest against the New Pension Scheme (NPS) and demanded that it should be scrapped.
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France cancels fuel tax hike over protests
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], Dec 6 (ANI): The Emmanuel Macron-led French government has decided to scrap the hike in fuel taxes amid fears of an outbreak of fresh protests in the country.
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Assam: 70 organisations protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Nov 16 (ANI): As many as 70 organisations, led by the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), hit the streets here on Friday to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, demanding that it should be scrapped.
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ISL: Mumbai end NorthEast's unbeaten run with 0-1 win
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Nov 9 (ANI): Mumbai City continued their recent run of victories in the Indian Super League (ISL) as they scraped a 0-1 victory away at NorthEast United on Friday, ending the home team's unbeaten record.
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Nobody has power to scrap reservation: Nitish Kumar
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Gaya (Bihar) [India], Nov 1 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has asserted that no one in the country has the power to abolish reservation provision.
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Sierra Leone scraps China-funded airport deal
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Freetown [Sierra Leone], Oct 12 (ANI): Sierra Leone has cancelled plans to build an airport with China's help in the outskirts of the country's capital, Freetown, saying it was economically unviable.
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'SC verdict on adultery requires more clarity'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 27 (ANI): Congress leader Renuka Choudhary on Thursday hailed Supreme Court's verdict of scraping of the pre-Independence provision of adultery in the Indian Penal Code (IPC). However, she felt more clarity was needed.
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'Cong scrapped Rafale deal as Vadra's firm wasn't made middleman'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 24 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday claimed that the Congress party scrapped the Rafale deal with France as United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's company was not accepted as a 'middleman'.
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India gets first ever gender-neutral hostel in Mumbai's TISS
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 16 (ANI): After the historic verdict by the Supreme Court to scrap Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that criminalised homosexuality, India has become the first-ever country to have a gender-neutral hostel.
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No pay raise for federal employees: Trump
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], August 31 (ANI): The United States president Donald Trump on Thursday told the Senators that he wants to scrap the pay raise for the federal workers.
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Article 35A: SC to hear fresh plea filed by BJP leader
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 27 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a fresh petition filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and lawyer, Ashwini Upadhyay, seeking scrapping of Article 35A in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Rajasthan relaxes two-child policy for Govt. employees
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], July 19 (ANI): Vasundhara Raje-led Rajasthan government on Wednesday relaxed the two-child policy for the state government employees, scraping the clause entailing to compulsory retirement on the birth of the third child.
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