It is high time for chief ministers of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh to meet and discuss the long standing dispute over the ownership of 21 villages in Kotia panchayat , said Congress MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati. It may be noted that the dispute came to the fore recently when officers of Andhra Pradesh visited Kotia panchayat, distributed …
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January 23, 2018"It was a strong stand from the playing group and we were fortunate the ACA negotiated on behalf of the players' group."
September 21, 2017The Himachal Pradesh Revenue minister, Kaul Singh Thakur on Friday said that the state government is concerned over the inter-state boundary dispute between Himachal and Jammu and Kashmir. “We will see to it the HP’s territory is not encroached by the other state near Sarchu ahead of Lahaul Spiti,” the minister said in reply to a …
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March 17, 2017Japan on Friday asked the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to set up a panel to resolve the dispute with India over imposition of safeguard duty on steel imports. As both the sides failed to resolve the issue in the bilateral consultation process, Japan has sought formation of dispute resolution panel, an official said. Japan in …
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March 10, 2017Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday rejected the panel formed by the Centre to resolve the ongoing Mahanadi water sharing dispute with neighbouring Chhattisgarh. The Negotiating Committee will only delay the setting up of a Tribunal which will allow Chhattisgarh to complete the construction of the disputed projects, said the Chief Minister in a …
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January 28, 2017Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday asked the US to "play a constructive role" in maintaining peace and stability in the disputed South China Sea, asserting that Beijing will "unswervingly" safeguard its sovereignty over the area. Xi made the remarks during a meeting with US President Barack Obama here on the eve of the key …
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September 3, 2016The Goa government on Tuesday ordered a probe into the escape of nine women inmates, including four from Bangladesh and one each from Uzbekistan and Nepal, from a state-run protective home near Panaji late on Monday night. Speaking to reporters, Director (Women and Child Development) Shilpa Shinde said that three of the escaped inmates had been traced and that …
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August 23, 2016