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Mizoram: Ahead of polls, veteran Congress leader joins BJP
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Aizawl (Mizoram) [India], Nov 5 (ANI): Within hours of resigning from the Congress party and as the Speaker of Mizoram Legislative Assembly, Hiphei on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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Sri Lanka Speaker recognises Ranil Wickremesinghe as PM
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 28 (ANI): Amid political uproar in the nation, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya on Sunday recognised Ranil Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister, three days after he was sacked by President Maithripala Sirisena.
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Sri Lanka: UNP plans to move impeachment motion against President Sirisena
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 27 (ANI): As many as 113 members of United National Party (UNP) are in the process of signing an impeachment motion against President Maithripala Sirisena, which is expected to be submitted to the Speaker of Sri Lankan Parliament by Sunday evening.
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Tamil Nadu CM hails HC's verdict on AIADMK MLAs disqualification
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 25 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Thursday hailed the Madras High Court's verdict upholding the validity of the Speaker's order disqualifying 18 Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) belonging to the All India Anna Dravida Munne
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Madras HC upholds disqualification of 18 AIADMK MLAs
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 25 (ANI): Justice M. Sathyanarayanan, Supreme Court-appointed third judge of the Madras High Court, on Thursday upheld the validity of Tamil Nadu Speaker's September 18, 2017 order disqualifying 18 Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) belonging to the All
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Abhijit Mitra apologises over Sun Temple rant
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], Oct 11 (ANI): Journalist Abhijit Mitra has written an apology letter to the House Committee and the Speaker of the Odisha Assembly over his derogatory remarks on Konark's Sun Temple and other offences he is accused of.
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Newly-elected Assam deputy speaker falls off elephant
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Karimganj (Assam) [India], Oct 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator and newly-elected deputy speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly Kripanath Mallah fell from an elephant during a welcome procession organised by his supporters.
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Goa Dy Speaker raises concern over unemployment in state
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Oct 6 (ANI): Goa Deputy speaker Michael V. Lobo hit out at his own government in the state for not doing enough to provide government jobs to the youth and asserted that people are very disturbed due to growing unemployment in the state.
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Indian envoy holds discussions with Speaker of UAE FNC
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], Oct 4 (ANI/WAM): Dr. Amal Abdullah Al Qubaisi, Speaker of Federal National Council (FNC) on Thursday met Navdeep Suri, India's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to discuss cooperation relations and issues of common concern between the two countries.
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Lok Sabha speaker questions indefinite reservation
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Oct 1 (ANI): Questioning the effectiveness of offering reservation in education and jobs for an indefinite period, Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan underscored that even the Father of the Indian Constitution, BR Ambedkar wanted quotas for only 10 years.
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VP Naidu holds delegation-level talks with Anglu Farrugia
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Valletta [Malta], Sept 17 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu held delegation-level talks with the Speaker of the House of Representative of Malta, Anglu Farrugia, where Parliamentarians from both the sides exchanged their experiences.
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7th edition of IoT, AI Innovation Conclave, 2018: enhancing human cognitiv
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 17 (NewsVoir): Industry leaders from the tech-media-telecom to the healthcare sectors congregated at the Taj Vivanta, Bengaluru, to discuss the scope and future of Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in India. One of the largest thought leadership
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