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Parliament's starry affair

New Delhi, May 28 (ANI): The 16th Lok Sabha of Indian Parliament was not just Modi-fied but even starry-fied. With beauties like Hema Malini, Kirron Kher and Moon Moo Sen entering the Indian polity at the same time looks like the Parliament is all set to get a little more filmy this time. So let's have a look at all those star politicos who stole the show and made it to the lower house of Indian Parliament. "Dream Girl" Hema Malini, who contested on a BJP ticket from Uttar Pradesh's Mathura had a glorying win by around 3.5 lakh votes. While actress Kirron Kher, also a BJP candidate, emerged victorious from Chandigarh by around 69 thousand votes. The male BJP star politicians like Vinod Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha and Paresh Rawal also tasted victory from their respective constituencies and entered the Parliament with flying colours. But the list doesn't ends here as bhojpuri actor Manoj Tiwari, also a BJP candidate, won from Delhi North East constituency while Bollywood singer Babul Supriyo won from West Bengal's Asansol and joined the league of Star politicians. Bengali beauty Moon Moon Sen who contested from a TMC seat also didn't lag behind and got elected with great numbers. Last but not the least is the very popular Television bahu Smriti Irani who made it big by grabbing a ca May 28, 2014
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Britain's UKIP rides anti-EU wave to poll victory

Nigel Farage, leader of the eurosceptic UK Independence Party (UKIP), on Sunday said his party was on course to cause a political "earthquake" by winning the European parliament election in Britain. Duration: 00:43 May 26, 2014
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Sri Lankan President and Mauritius PM arrive in New Delhi for Modi's oath ceremony

New Delhi, May 26 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday arrived in India's capital New Delhi to attend Modi's swearing-in ceremony to be held in the evening. Rajapaksa arrived with a delegation comprising of Minister of External Affairs G.L. Peiris, Minster of Livestock and Rural Community Development, Arumugam Thondaman, Mayoress of Jaffna Yogeshwari Pathkunarajah, Monitoring Member of Parliament Sajin de Vass Gunawardena and Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga. There are reports that Rajapaksa will hold bilateral talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi after participating at the latter's swearing in ceremony. May 26, 2014
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Bhutan PM andBangladesh Speaker arrive in New Delhi for Modi's oath ceremony

New Delhi, May 25 (ANI): Leaders of SAARC nations started arriving in India's capital New Delhi on Sunday to attend PM designate Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony to be held on May 26. Speaker of the Bangladesh National Parliament, Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhary arrived with a delegation to attend the ceremony. Chaudhary was warmly received and welcomed at the airport by Sripriya Ranganathan, Joint Secretary (BM) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Also, Bhutan Prime Minister H.E. Lyonchen Tshering Tobgay arrived in New Delhi to be present at the ceremony. Prime minister designate Narendra Modi in a first of kind has invited all the heads of State from SAARC nations to attend his swearing-in ceremony on May 26. Bangladesh and Bhutan had also been invited to grace the event. May 25, 2014
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Sonia Gandhi elected as CPP President, Congress reacts

New Delhi, May 24 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi has been elected again as the party President at a meeting of the Congress Members of Parliament from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha held on Saturday. Congress leaders addressed media and appreciated this decision taken after majority supported it. Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the only agenda of the meeting was to elect the chairperson and Sonia Gandhi was chosen unanimously. Shashi Tharoor said that the authority should remain with one person suggesting that Sonia Gandhi should lead in the Parliament so that there is no difference. Ambika Soni stated that the party has taken the decision collectively and any necessary changes will be accepted. May 24, 2014
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Congress leaders want Rahul to represent Opposition

New Delhi, May 24 (ANI): After the election of Sonia Gandhi as the Congress President again in the CPP meeting on Saturday, Congress leaders suggested that Vice President Rahul Gandhi should be elected to represent the Opposition in the Parliament. Veerappa Mopily expressed that Rahul Gandhi is capable enough to take party decisions as the Opposition in the Parliament. Capt Amarinder Singh said that he is also in favour of including Priyanka Gandhi as party leader as she acts complimentary to Rahul Gandhi and both would be of great help to party President. May 24, 2014
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Dutch buck populist trend as Euro polls begin

Dutch anti-EU populist Geert Wilders appeared to suffer a setback as European parliament elections were held in the Netherlands and Britain on Thursday, despite predictions of continental gains for the far-right. Duration: 00:35 May 23, 2014
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Asian Shares, Australian Dollar Rise on Firm China PMI

Asian shares and the Australian dollar rose on Thursday after an upbeat reading on China's factory sector blunted some of the more pessimistic views on the world's second-biggest economy, supporting risk appetite already burnished by a strong session on Wall Street. May 22, 2014
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