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  SC asks PM, CMs not to induct tainted people in ministry

  India | August 27, 2014 18:04 IST

  New Delhi: Stopping short of prescribing disqualification for tainted people becoming ministers, the Supreme Court today strongly advised Prime Minister and Chief Ministers not to induct in their ministry people against whom charges have been

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  Lawmakers intensify campaign for Narendra Modi to address US Congress

  World | July 12, 2014 11:59 IST

  Washington: Top American lawmakers have intensified their campaign to get Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, to address a joint session of the US Congress when he visits the US in September. US President Barack Obama on

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  Plots to HC judges, lawmakers: SC refuses to hear PIL

  India | February 21, 2014 17:36 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a PIL seeking cancellation of allotment of plots, allegedly in arbitrary and discriminatory manner, to judges of high courts of Odisha and Gujarat, by brushing aside

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  Supreme Court turns down pleas on its July 10 order on lawmakers

  India | December 16, 2013 16:40 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today turned down a plea seeking that its order on disqualification of convicted MPs and MLAs be effective even in case of lawmakers who were held guilty of serious offences

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  20 re-elected Madhya Pradesh lawmakers face criminal cases

  India | December 14, 2013 8:37 IST

  Bhopal: A total of 20 of the 65 legislators re-elected to the Madhya Pradesh assembly have declared criminal cases against them, according to an organisation working for electoral reforms."There are 20 re-elected MLAs (legislators) who

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  NSA head denies US spying in Europe

  World | October 30, 2013 9:02 IST

  Washington: US National Security Agency Director General Keith Alexander Tuesday told lawmakers that the recent media reports about the agency's spying on European allies were "completely false".Top US intelligence officials testified before the US Congress,

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  Pak EC temporarily suspends membership of 154 lawmakers

  World | October 15, 2012 23:52 IST

  Islamabad, Oct 15: Pakistan's Election Commission temporarily suspended the membership of 154 federal and provincial lawmakers, including Interior Minister Rehman Malik and former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani's two sons, after they failed to submit details

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  European lawmakers slate Blatter over bribery case

  Football | April 23, 2012 21:56 IST

  Strasbourg (France), Apr 23: A European lawmakers' advisory group has criticized FIFA President Sepp Blatter's behavior in the case in which two senior FIFA officials received million-dollar kickbacks from former World Cup marketing agency ISL.A

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  MPs Join Securitymen To Fight Taliban Militants

  World | April 18, 2012 10:03 IST

  Kabul, April 15: Unfazed by the brazen attempt by heavily-armed Taliban gunmen to storm Parliament today, MPs were not found wanting and they joined security forces in firing on the militants.Parliament was in session when

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  Team Anna Warns Lawmakers That People Are Watching Them

  India | March 27, 2012 12:59 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 27: Raising its pitch against MPs, Team Anna today asked lawmakers whether the “good MPs” will support 162 of those with criminal background or demand cleansing of Parliament.The Team also warned lawmakers

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  Obama's Afghan Plan Criticized By His Own Party

  World | June 23, 2011 20:52 IST

  Washington, Jun 23 :  Lawmakers in President Barack Obama's Democratic Party are leading the criticism of his troop withdrawal plan from Afghanistan, arguing that the timeline for bringing 33,000 U.S. troops home by next summer

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