Meghalaya CM urges coalition partners not to support Sangma
July 6th, 2012 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jul 5 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma has appealed to his coalition partners in the state to revisit their decision to support former Lok Sabha speaker P.A. ... Read more...
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DMK withdraws from MPs delegation to Sri Lanka
April 15th, 2012 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 15 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's major opposition party DMK Sunday decided to pull out of the all-party delegation of Members of Parliament to Sri Lanka, saying the visit will ... Read more...
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AIADMK out of MPs team to Sri Lanka
April 11th, 2012 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 11 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday withdrew her AIADMK MP from an all-party delegation set to visit Sri Lanka April 16-21.The team led by BJP's ... Read more...
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BJP to announce Yeddyurappa successor Sunday afternoon
July 31st, 2011 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 31 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka will Sunday announce the new chief minister of the state to succeed B.S. Yeddyurappa, set to resign ... Read more...
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Nepal election stalemate, a setback for Maoists
July 22nd, 2010 - 1:52 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, July 22(ANI): Nepal's failure to elect a Prime Minister on Wednesday is being seen as a setback to the Maoists, who had paralyzed the country earlier this year by organizing strikes ... Read more...
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Malawi begins swearing in of new parliament
June 2nd, 2009 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
Lilongwe (Malawi), June 1 (Xinhua) Malawi Monday began the swearing in process for its parliamentary members who emerged victorious in the May 19 polls.
The process will end Tuesday when all the 191 ... Read more...
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Voting begins in Indonesia elections
April 9th, 2009 - 8:52 am ICT by IANS
Jakarta, April 9 (Xinhua) Indonesians began voting Thursday morning in parliamentary elections, the third since the fall of the Suharto dictatorship in 1998.
Voting began at 7 a.m. in Indonesia's easternmost Papua province ... Read more...
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Somalia’s presidential election on Jan 26
January 12th, 2009 - 2:39 am ICT by IANS
Baidoa (Somalia), Jan 12 (Xinhua) Somalia's presidential election will be held Jan 26, officials announced here Sunday.Sheik Adan Mohamed Nur, acting president of the restive African nation, confirmed the election date.Mohamed Nur ... Read more...
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No action against Pakistan, no support: Amar Singh to UPA
January 7th, 2009 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh Wednesday threatened to withdraw support from the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government if strong action was not taken against Pakistan ... Read more...
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Egypt’s parliament bans female circumcision, marriage under 18
June 8th, 2008 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
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Cairo, June 8 (DPA) Egyptian parliament has passed new laws banning female circumcision and setting 18 as the minimum age for marriage for both genders, media said Sunday. The new legislation, ... Read more...
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