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Washington, Nov 22 (IANS/EFE) The Republican majority in the US House of Representatives filed suit against the administration of Barack Obama over the use of executive orders to implement the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – also known as Obamacare – after Congress approved the legislation in 2010.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators have told Congress that they have recovered data that may include lost emails from one of the pivotal figures in the controversy over the IRS’s treatment of tea party groups, congressional aides said Friday.

Ramban, Nov. 21 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was spreading communal poison for electoral gains in poll-bound Jammu and Kashmir.

Kulgam, Nov. 21 (ANI): Militants hurled a grenade at a rally of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Gandwani, Kulgam, on Friday.

Kolkata, Nov. 21 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Srinjoy Bose has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam.

New Delhi, Nov. 21 (ANI): The Samajwadi Party on Friday hit back at the opposition parties for politicizing the birthday celebrations of party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, saying it only reveals their frustration because they do not enjoy the confidence and support of the common man the way he does.

Srinjoy Bose along with Bengal Textile Minister Shyamapada Mukherjee and Congress leader Somen Mitra appeared before the CBI in connection with the scam.

New Delhi, Nov. 21 (ANI): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday attempted to downplay M.S. Dhir’s decision to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying there was a very bleak possibility of his winning the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls.

New Delhi, Nov. 21 (ANI): In a major setback to the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) before the Delhi Assembly polls, senior party leaders M.S. Dhir and Harish Khanna on Friday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).