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Sri Lanka: SC to decide snap poll legality today
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on the legality of the January 5, 2019 snap polls announced by President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday, after 13 fundamental rights petitions were filed against the dissolution of the Parliament.
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Sri Lanka to hold general elections on Jan 5
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 10 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political crisis in the country, Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the Parliament with effect from Friday midnight and announced that the general elections in the country would be held on January 5, 2019.
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Sirisena dissolves Sri Lankan Parliament, UNP cries foul
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 9 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the Parliament on Friday night after days of political unrest in the Asian island-nation according to Sri Lanka's national broadcaster.
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Massive protest in Sri Lanka over Wickremesinghe's sacking
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 30 (ANI): Hundreds of people on Tuesday took to the streets of Colombo to protest against President Maithripala Sirisena's decision of sacking Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and demanded the reconvening of the parliament to end the constitutional crisis in the i
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Newly appointed Sri Lankan cabinet sworn in
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 30 (ANI): Newly-appointed Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse's cabinet was on Monday sworn in amid increasing pressure on President Maithripala Sirisena to convene an early session of the Parliament.
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Court not above Parliament: Swamy on Ayodhya matter
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 29 (ANI): Hours after the Supreme Court adjourned the Ayodhya title suit till January 2019, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy said that the court is not above the Parliament and that he would raise the issue in the upcoming Parliament session.
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Kandahar votes amid strict security
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], Oct 27 (ANI): The Kandahar province of Afghanistan went to polls on Saturday amid strict security, a week after the whole nation voted in the parliamentary elections.
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Sri Lankan President Sirisena suspends parliament
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 27 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has suspended the Parliament till November 16 amid constitutional crisis in the nation.
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'Priyanka Gandhi Missing' posters appear in Rae Bareli
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 22 (ANI): Posters calling Priyanka Gandhi Vadra an "emotional blackmailer" were seen in Rae Bareli, the parliamentary constituency of her mother Sonia Gandhi.
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Politicians must follow ideals of Mahatma Gandhi: RS Dy Chairman
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 25 (ANI): After the Supreme Court asked the Parliament to frame a law to ban tainted politicians from contesting polls, Deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha Harivansh Narayan Singh on Tuesday said that if politicians followed the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi then there was no
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Sweden PM loses confidence vote
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], Sep 25 (ANI): Sweden Prime Minister Stefan Lofven was ousted on Monday after he lost a mandatory no-confidence vote in the Parliament, CNN reported.
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SC not supreme but a pillar of Constitution: Swamy
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 24 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Monday said that the Supreme Court (SC) is not supreme to the Constitution, adding that along with the Parliament, the SC is also a pillar of the Constitution.
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