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106-year-old Shyam Saran, first voter of Independent India, casts his post
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Born in July 1917, Shyam Saran Negi voted for the first time in 1951 in the general elections of India and has voted for sixteen times in Lok Sabha Elections. He cast his vote in every Lok Sabha, Vidhan Sabha and all local bodies right after 1951.
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Himachal Pradesh: One of India's first voters casts vote for 32nd time
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kalpa (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 19 (ANI): He was one of the voters in India's first general elections in 1951, 68 years later the enthusiasm remains the same. 103-year-old Shyam Saran Negi voted for the 32nd time today as the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha polls is underway in
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Red carpet rolled out for 103-year-old Shyam Saran Negi at Himachal pollin
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 18 (ANI): 103-year-old Shyam Saran Negi, who first exercised his franchise in the year 1951, will cast his vote at the same polling booth at village Kalpa for the 32nd time.
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Time not appropriate for dialogue with Pakistan: Shyam Saran
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 24 (ANI): Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran on Sunday said that now was not an appropriate time for dialogue as the deadly Pulwama attack had really changed the sentiment in India with respect to its relationship with Pakistan.
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'Mechanisms in place to defuse Indo-China border tensions'
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 14 (ANI): Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran on Friday said that there were mechanisms in place to initiate a dialogue between the Indian and Chinese military on different levels to defuse tensions that arise due to border issues.
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India must adopt a 'government approach' to challenges like Chin
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Pitching for the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) to play a more proactive and responsible role in implementing policy-related projects and face existing geo-political challenges professionally, former foreign secretary Shyam Saran said Thursday, "We simpl
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Necessary for India, China to resolve legacy issues such as borders: Shyam
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran has said both India and China should take steps to try and resolve existing legacy issues such as reaching an understanding on demarcation of borders.
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Doklam Impasse: India should not engage China in 'tit for tat' r
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran on Thursday said there was no need for India to look for what he called a "tit-for-tat" kind of exchange with China over the current impasse in a tri-junction border area in the Doklam Plateau that involves Bhut
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