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Cong favours scrapping sedition law to 'strengthen' stone pelting in J-K,
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Anand (Gujarat) [India], April 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched an attack on the Congress saying that the party wants to remove the sedition law to ensure "strengthening" of stone pelting in Jammu and Kashmir and Naxalism in rest of the places in the country. Read More
Facebook scrapping messenger payments in UK
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
London [United Kingdom], April 16 (ANI): Facebook is ending its peer-to-peer payments ability through its messenger in the UK. The company has started notifying its users in the region that it is ending support for the money transfers.
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Some 'Congress friends' conspired against removal of AFSPA, says Omar Abdu
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Welcoming as "better late than never" the Congress poll promise of amending the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said earlier "some friends" in the grand old party had "conspire
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CPI-M releases manifesto, calls for scrapping of sedition law in present f
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) released its manifesto here on Thursday calling for scrapping of sedition law in its present form, restoration of wealth tax, and seeking urban job guarantee scheme among others.
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NGMA committees were not dissolved, clarifies director after Palekar’s all
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 11 (ANI): Two days after Amol Palekar had allegedly criticised the Ministry of Culture for scrapping the local artists’ advisory committees at the gallery’s centres in Mumbai and Bengaluru National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) Director General, Adwaita G
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For whom Congress wants to scrap Rafale deal, asks Prime Minister Modi
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Breaking his silence over the Rafale fighter plane deal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday accused the Congress of trying to obstruct the strengthening of armed forces and demanded an answer from the opposition as to ‘for whose favour they want
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BJP slams Sibal's call to scrap sedition law
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 18 (ANI): The BJP on Friday slammed Congress leader Kapil Sibal's call for scrapping the sedition law, saying the opposition party supports those wanting to divide the country rather than contributing towards making a new India.
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No plans for Chinese search engine right now: Google CEO
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 13 (ANI): Amid calls for scrapping the plan to launch a censored version of Google in China, CEO of the search engine, Sundar Pichai has said that the company has "no plans" to launch the search product for the Chinese market "right now".
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Article 35A: SC to hear fresh plea filed by BJP leader
Updated : 7 years, 8 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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SC reserves order on scrapping of section 377
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved the order on scrapping Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalises homosexuality.
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Du Plessis favours 'taking away the toss'
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Galle (Colombo) [Sri Lanka], July 16 (ANI): South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis has said that he is in favour of scrapping the toss system so that a balance is created in competition between the home team and the visiting team.
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Section 377 arbitrary, unconstitutional: lawyer Menaka Guruswamy
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): As the Constitution Bench of Supreme Court continues to hear the pleas seeking scrapping of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which criminalises homosexuality, lawyer for one of the petitioners Menaka Guruswamy on Wednesday said that the section
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