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1 month, 1 week ago

Mauritian Voters Hand Ramgoolam Fourth Term as Prime Minister

-- Navinchandra Ramgoolam, who served three terms as prime minister of Mauritius before being voted out a decade ago, reclaimed the top post after his four-party coalition won elections by a landslide. Ramgoolam’s Alliance du Changement secured all the parliamentary seats in the Indian Ocean island nation’s 20 constituencies, the state-owned Mauritius Broadcasting Corp. reported. Incumbent leader Pravind Kumar Jugnauth …

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PM Modi congratulates Navin Ramgoolam on Mauritius poll win as Pravind Jugnauth concedes

India Today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Navin Ramgoolam on Monday to congratulate him on his victory in the parliamentary polls and said he was looking forward to working closely with him to strengthen the "special and unique partnership" between the two countries. Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth has reportedly accepted that his coalition, L'Alliance Lepep, has suffered a "huge …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mauritius holds parliamentary election with cost of living crisis key issue

Al Jazeera

About a million people are expected to choose 62 members to parliament with standard of living crisis on top of voters’ mind. There are about one million registered voters who will elect 62 members to the National Assembly, with the cost of living crisis topping the election issues in the Indian Ocean archipelago. Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth’s Militant Socialist …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

The island of Mauritius, praised as an African success story, will hold its national election

Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG — The Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius will hold a national election Sunday, when Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth seeks to win a second term as leader of a nation often praised as one of Africa’s success stories. The World Bank has described Mauritius, a former colony of sugar plantations, as a “beacon of success for sub-Saharan Africa” and …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

From Bangladesh to Sri Lankan PMs, these leaders are invited to PM Modi's swearing-in ceremony: Report

India TV News

New Delhi: Invitations have been sent to several South Asian leaders for the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi for Prime Minister of India for the third consecutive time. Modi also had a phone conversation with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and invited her to attend his swearing-in ceremony which she accepted, diplomatic sources of the news agency claimed. Nepal PM …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Vicky Pattison poses in a very busty gown before posting a topless snap of herself drinking wine in the bath as she gives a glimpse of her jet-set January

Daily Mail

Vicky Pattison took to Instagram on Friday to give a glimpse of her jet-set January. The former Geordie Shore star, 36, began her social media photo-dump with a shot of herself posing on a balcony in a very busty bodycon gown. Vicky also posted a topless snap of herself drinking wine in the bath, while wearing a lettuce-look facemask. Vicky …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Doing diplomacy with patience in Maldives

Hindustan Times

India-Maldives relations were expected to face renewed strains when Mohamed Muizzu, the leader of the Opposition People’s National Congress, won the November 2023 presidential election on an “India-Out” populist plank. After taking office, he has asked India to withdraw its contingent of 75 defence personnel who operate the Dornier aircraft and helicopters gifted by the country for surveillance of Maldives’ …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Adani shares extend sell off for second straight session

Live Mint

Adani group shares continue to make news on second straight session as company shares remained under sell off pressure for second straight session. The OCCRP report said, "Exclusive documents obtained by OCCRP and shared with The Guardian and Financial Times — including files from multiple tax havens, bank records, and internal Adani Group emails — shed light on that very …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Adani Group denies allegation of Mauritius-based offshore funding

Live Mint

Gautam Adani-led Adani Group has denied fresh allegations labelled by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. These news reports appear to be yet another concerted bid by Soros-funded interests supported by a section of the foreign media to revive the meritless Hindenburg report. These claims are based on closed cases from a decade ago when the Directorate of Revenue …

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1 year, 6 months ago

SAFF Championship: Pakistan likely to get its visa on June 20, postponement a faint possibility

The Hindu

The All India Football Federation is coordinating with the Ministry of Home Affairs to expedite the Visa process for the Pakistan national football team that is slated to take on host India in the opening match of the SAFF Championship in Bengaluru on June 21. Having finished its tournament in Mauritius, with a 1-3 loss to Djibouti, it had a …

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4 years, 3 months ago

How a Hindi Newspaper Backed by Gandhi Lit the Flame of the Freedom Struggle in Mauritius

News 18

Forty-six years ahead of India’s Independence in 1947, Mahatma Gandhi camped in Mauritius for 18 days and initiated the first ever movement in the island nation to ensure civil rights for migrant Indian workers. To highlight the plight of the Indian workers, Gandhi sent his friend Manilal Doctor to Mauritius to launch a newspaper, Hindusthani, probably the first ever Hindi …

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4 years, 5 months ago

BCCI wins ₹850 crore in arbitration against WSG