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Indian-origin MPs set for tough fight in UK general election
The ten Indian-origin MPs who made it to the House of Commons in the last UK general elections are set for a tough fight in the June 8 polls as Britain's major political parties finalised their list of prospective candidates. While many of those elected in May 2015 are defending quite comfortable margins, the changed …
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May 12, 2017 -
Sacked BJD MP from Odisha joins BJP
Suspended Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Jayaram Pangi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday, officials said. Pangi along with hundreds of his supporters joined the BJP in the presence of Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and other senior party leaders. The former Koraput MP, suspended from the BJD for alleged anti-party activities, said …
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May 9, 2017 -
Honey trap perpetrator engaged in duping, extortion for over two decades
The woman held for 'honey-trapping' a BJP MP to extort money has been engaged in her sordid activities of entrapment and blackmail for more than two decades now with her first case surfacing in 1993 when she extracted Rs 70,000 from a Uttar Pradesh Police constable, a police officer said on Friday. "She is a …
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May 5, 2017 -
No-fly list will never be tool of harassment: Choubey
The no-fly list will not become a tool of harassment for airlines, the government said on Tuesday as it prepares to put in place a robust system to deal with unruly passengers in the wake of the assault incident involving a Shiv Sena MP. Asserting that the revised norms to tackle any unruly behaviour will strike …
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May 2, 2017 -
TDP MP revolts against Chandrababu Naidu
TDP MP from Chittoor, N. Shivaprasad, has raised the banner of revolt against the party leadership and said he could contest as the candidate of many other parties in the next elections. Considered close to Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Shivaprasad targeted him for ignoring the interests …
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April 15, 2017 -
SC issues notice to Centre, EC over perks to MPs
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre and the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a plea seeking scrapping of pension and other perks being given to Members of Parliament. A bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar also issued notices to the Secretary General of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha …
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March 22, 2017