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Pakistani Lawmakers Rejects Bill To Enhance Marriage Age For Girls 05 May 2017
The lawmakers of Pakistan, have unanimously rejected a bill, aimed at increasing the minimum age for girls from 16 to 18 years. They have further termed the proposed amendment as “unIslamic”. Yesterday, the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Religious Affairs...
Keywords: Pakistani lawmakers, Lal Chand Malhi, Christopher Qaiser, Lal Chand Malhi
Read MoreUS lawmakers expect big from Modi US visit 26 September 2015
A huge number of US lawmakers, who is expecting big from Modi US visit, have lined up to meet him at the Silicon Valley today.Reportedly, 18500 Indian-Americans are attending the SAP Center reception on September 27th, which also includes former...
Keywords: India news, Modi in US, PM Modi in US, Modi US visit
Read More'We Have 52 Lawmakers and We Will Fight the BJP Every Day': Rahul Gandhi 01 June 2019
'We Have 52 Lawmakers and We Will Fight the BJP Every Day': Rahul Gandhi:- Congress president Rahul Gandhi today said the Congress may have just 52 Members of Parliament in the Lok Sabha but they are strong enough to take...
Keywords: UPA chairperson, UPA chairperson, CPP meeting, CPP meeting live
Read MoreTwo more Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the scanner 27 July 2016
Two more Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lawmakers are in trouble, while Rajesh Rishi, has been accused of extortion and named in a police complaint by an AAP woman worker who has allegedly attempted suicide, Kartar Singh Tanwar, found an income...
Keywords: Rajesh Rishi, Rajesh Rishi, Rajesh Rishi, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lawmakers
Read MoreIndian Lawmakers Appeal to US? 25 July 2013
Washington post says, "It is almost unthinkable that Indian lawmakers would appeal to the United States to take a stand on an internal matter. Most Indian politicians, many of whom still nurse a Cold War-era suspicion of Washington, would bristle...
Keywords: Sitaram Yechuri, Loksabha, Rajyasabha, Washington post
Read MoreCrimea votes to join Russia 17 March 2014
A total of 96.77 per cent of voters in Crimea supported leaving Ukraine and joining the Russian Federation. About 1.5 million eligible voters participated in the Crimean referendum and election officials said that 80 per cent of them utilized their...
Keywords: Crimea, Crimean referendum, United States, Crimean lawmakers
Read MoreCalifornia Democrat Loretta Sanchez Apologises to Indian Americans 19 May 2015
A veteran US house member stirred a major controversy by making a gesture mocking native Americans or American Indians. California Democrat Loretta Sanchez, who is opposing the state's Indian-American attorney general Kamala Harris for the party's nomination for a 2016...
Keywords: Indian-American, Indian-American, US lawmaker, American
Read MoreUS lawmakers urge India to take action against phone scams 14 June 2015
Two US lawmakers have urged India to take action against telephone scammers who they said defraud millions of Americans. Their appeal came after they proposed tough legislation to combat widespread fraud by foreigners that hijacks caller IDs. The call for...
Keywords: IRS Scam, IRS Scam, Indian Scam, Indian Scam
Read MoreWal-Mart lobbying tactics are worth Rs 125 Cr 10 December 2012
The number one retail chain market in the world, Walmart, had to go through a lot of lobbying spending millions of dollars on the US lawmakers since four years to enter India, an attractive market for the giant. Wal-Mart which...
Keywords: , fdi, us lawmakers, lobbying
Read MoreIndian American Upendra Chivukula to run for US Congress 29 March 2012
Upendra Chivukula, an Indian American member of the New Jersey state assembly, plans to run for US Congress with the hope of unseating Republican Leonard Lance, who is seeking a third term. Chivukula, a 10-year assembly veteran who chairs the...
Keywords: Member NJ state Assembly, US Congress, Telecommunications and Utilities Committee, Dalip Singh Saund
Read MoreMODI not eligible for diplomatic VISA - US Consulate 04 May 2012
United States Senator, Bob Corker had contacted US Embassy in New Delhi to explore the possibility of Narendra Modi, the Gujarat Chief Minister, being granted a diplomatic visa to visit the US. The United States consulate in New Delhi has...
Keywords: Secretary of State, Diplomatic Visa, annual convention, Congressman Joe Walsh
Read MoreCases on Lawmakers must be solved in an year 10 March 2014
The Supreme Court of India on Monday said that cases involving MPs and MLAs [Lawmakers] must be completed in an year. The apex has set the deadline for the Lower courts to complete the trial in cases involving MPs and...
Keywords: Supreme Court of India, Cases on Lawmakers must be solved in an year, cases involving MPs and MLAs, cases involving MPs and MLAs
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