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Special attention given to Indian community: Malaysian PM Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia pays special attention to its Indian community, especially in terms of its education and economy, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said. He said the 2023 Budget which was recently…
- Middle East
Lebanese PM urges parliament to elect new President in time
Beirut: Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has called for the election of a new President for Lebanon within the constitutional time frame before President Michel Aoun’s tenure ends on October 31, a…
- Middle East
133 injured in clashes as Iraq’s Parliament reconvenes
Baghdad: At least 122 security members and 11 protesters were injured in clashes as the Iraqi Parliament reconvened after nearly two months of suspension amid a political deadlock. In a statement on…
- India
Replies to Parliament questions to be gender neutral, ‘No Sir’ not to be used
New Delhi: The replies to questions asked in Parliament in the Rajya Sabha will be gender neutral after the issue was raised by MP Priyanka Chaturtvedi. The Rajya Sabha secretariat has replied…
- Andhra Pradesh
Former Andhra MP, husband get five-year jail in bank fraud case
Hyderabad: A CBI court here on Wednesday sentenced former Member of Parliament from Andhra Pradesh, Kothapalli Geetha, her husband P. Ramakoteshwara Rao and two bank officials to five years imprisonment in a…
- Pakistan
Imran Khan meeting with former CIA analyst raises eyebrows
Islamabad: Former Prime Minister and Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan has claimed repeatedly that the reason behind his ouster from power through a no-confidence motion by opposition alliance in the…
- India
Kashmir’s special status will not return: Ghulam Nabi Azad
Former senior Congress politician Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is planning to form his own political party, said on Sunday that Article 370 of the constitution, which provided more autonomy to Jammu and…
- India
Kashmiri carpets to adorn new parliament building
Khag: The famed traditional hand-made Kashmiri carpets are all set to adorn the new Parliament building in the national capital as artists in a remote village in Budgam district are in the final…
- World
Sri Lanka parliament passes 2022 interim budget amid economic crisis
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Parliament passed the interim budget presented by President Ranil Wickremesinghe for 2022 on Friday, a day after the IMF announced it will provide a loan of about USD 2.9…
- World
12 members of SLPP join opposition in Sri Lankan Parliament
Colombo: A group of 12 members of parliament from the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) coalition, including former minister GL Peiris who had broken from the party in April, on Wednesday officially…
- World
Czech Parliament approves NATO’s northern expansion
Prague: Both chambers of the Czech Parliament have given their approval to NATO membership for Finland and Sweden, the most significant expansion of the Western defence alliance in years. The Chamber of…
- India
Cobweb delaying MGNREGA payment needs to be surgically cleared
New Delhi: A Parliamentary standing committee in its report on MGNREG Act observed that the bureaucratic cobweb surrounding the factors for delay in payment need to be surgically cleared off. The Parliamentary…