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Mahinda Rajapaksa calls for snap Parliamentary elections
World | Nov 19, 2019, 11:06 AM ISTGotabaya Rajapaksa, who served as Defence Minister when Mahinda Rajapaksa was Defence Minister and saw the end of the nearly three-decade-long civil war in 2009, was elected the island nation's seventh President after winning the November 16 election
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Telangana fallout: YSR Congress calls for Seemandhra shutdown
India | Feb 18, 2014, 07:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy described Tuesday as black day in India's history and called for a shutdown in Seemandhra Wednesday to protest the manner in which Telangana bill was passed
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Lawmaker calls for end of ban on Sikh articles in US military
World | Jan 23, 2014, 10:58 PM ISTWashington: A top American lawmaker today asked the Pentagon to end a ban on Sikh articles of faith including turban and beard in the US military—a long-standing demand of the Sikh-American community. In the wake
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British minister calls for swearing crackdown
Football | Jul 16, 2012, 06:11 PM ISTLondon, Jul 16: British culture secretary Jeremy Hunt says swearing on the football pitch "has gone too far" and wants authorities to crack down on the problem.Hunt spoke Monday on British television and said he
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After Sibal, Omar Calls For Control On Online Content
India | Dec 06, 2011, 08:33 PM ISTSrinagar, Dec 6: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said he was against media censorship but the content on some social networking sites were “dangerous and inflammatory”. “I hate the idea of censorship but have seen
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SC Calls For Amending Anti-Graft Law
India | Jun 08, 2011, 09:04 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 8: Amidst growing demand of the civil society for a strong anti-graft law and confiscation of black money, the Supreme Court today sought amendment to the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA) to
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Katie Price Calls For Sacking Of Boss Who Allowed Discrimination Of Her Son
Hollywood | Apr 12, 2011, 08:39 PM ISTLondon: Glamour model Katie Price a.k.a. Jordan has in a letter to the government demanded that Channel 4 sack the boss responsible for a vile attack on her disabled son Harvey.Jordan, 32, launched the campaign
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Congress Calls For Negotiated Settlement On Ayodhya
India | Oct 01, 2010, 06:23 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 1: Congress today favoured a negotiated settlement to the Ayodhya issue saying all right thinking people should work for a compromise within the next three months in wake of the Allahabad High
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Chidambaram Calls For Acting On Past Pledges To Kashmiri People
India | Sep 19, 2010, 10:15 AM ISTHome Minister P Chidambaram, describing the situation in Kashmir valley as 'political', has called for acting on past pledges made to the Kashmiri people in 1952, 1975 and 1986, but added plebiscite was now 'history'. In