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  Mahinda Rajapaksa calls for snap Parliamentary elections

  World | November 19, 2019 11:06 IST

  Gotabaya 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 | February 18, 2014 19:16 IST

  New 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 | January 23, 2014 22:58 IST

  Washington: 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 | July 16, 2012 18:11 IST

  London, 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 | December 06, 2011 20:33 IST

  Srinagar, 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 | June 08, 2011 21:04 IST

  New 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 | April 12, 2011 20:39 IST

  London: 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 | October 01, 2010 18:23 IST

  New 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 | September 19, 2010 10:15 IST

  Home 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