Upper House on Monday witnessed repeated disruptions on the Lobbying by Walmart issue. Quoting a Newspaper report Opposition members sought an immediate discussion. The presiding officer quoted rules. Amid the din, the house had to be adjourned till 12:30 pm and then till 2 pm. The media report had claimed that Walmart had lobbied with US lawmakers for the last four years to facilitate their entry into the Indian retail market. It claimed that the company had spent 25 million dollars as per a report submitted in US senate. The amount is equivalent to 125 crore Rupees. BJP and SP demanded probe on the Walmart lobbying report while Congress claimed that It has nothing to do with India.
Rouhani wins Iran's Presidential election Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani won Iran's presidential election on Saturday, the interior ministry said, scoring a surprising landslide victory over conservative hardliners without the need of a second round run-off.Interior minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar announced on state television that Rouhani secured just over 50 percent of the ballot based on a 72 percent turnout of 50 million eligible voters. Mr Hassan Rouhani ... got the absolute majority of votes and was elected as president," Najjar said. Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, a hard-line conservative, lagged behind with about 16 percent of the votes. Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, he too a hard-line conservative, earned 11 percent. The voter turnout was 72.7 percent. President-elect Hassan Rohani, sixty four years old, is known as a moderate conservative. He has been stressing the need to improve ties with Western nations, and is back...
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