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WB: HC directs State Election Commission to hold meeting over deployment o
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 10 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court directed State Election Commission to hold a meeting with state officials, including Chief Secretary and DGP, to assess the ground situation and decide whether the deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) is re
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Armed clash breaks out between Taliban, local residents in Afghanistan's P
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Panjshir [Afghanistan], February 9 (ANI): The Taliban has surrounded the Parandeh valley in Afghanistan's Panjshir province and arrested local residents, as per local sources.
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West Bengal: BJP writes to state EC demanding deployment of CAPF for munic
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 9 (ANI): West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday wrote to the State Election Commissioner demanding immediate deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) to "remove the environment of fear and build confidence" in the people for munici
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Putin says NATO, member states believe 'they have a right to lecture us'
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 8 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin, following Russian-French talks, criticized NATO and its member state for giving a 'lecture' on Russia's armed force deployment in Ukraine.
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Only PM Modi's govt cares about Indian soldiers: JP Nadda
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) [India], February 6 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda on Sunday said that only Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government cares about the Indian soldiers. Saying that only PM Modi thought of the concerns of the personnel of the Armed Forces, the
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Colombian defence minister blames former FARC members for Amazon forest fi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], February 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano claimed that former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) set fire to the country's Amazon rainforests to clear areas for extensive stockbreeding and coca production.
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AFSPA must be removed from Northeast, says Meghalaya MP Agatha Sangma
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): National People's Party (NPP) MP and ally of the BJP, Agatha Sangma while speaking in the Lower House of Parliament on Friday requested the Union government to consider the sentiments of the northeast and remove Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA).
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Ceasefire with Pak continues to hold as India negotiated from position of
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 3 (ANI): Army Chief Manoj Mukund Naravane said on Thursday that the Ceasefire on Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan continues to hold as India negotiated from a position of strength.
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Top Republican vows to press Austin, Blinken at secret briefing on conduct
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): Jim Inhofe, a top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday (local time) vowed to press US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a classified briefing scheduled for Wednesday on any plans to carry out ove
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Two killed following armed clashes in South of Philippines: Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [Philippines], February 1 (ANI/Sputnik): A militant and a soldier were killed when armed clashes broke out in the province of Sulu, south of the Philippines, between the military and terrorists from the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), state media reported on Tuesday.
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Bigger allocation for Indian industry in defence modernisation funds, mili
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New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): In a major push to Make in India, the Centre has hiked the share of the domestic defence industry in the modernisation of armed forces with 68 per cent capital funds earmarked for procurement from local firms even as the government opened up the research
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Armed robbers open fire on police in Islamabad
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 31 (ANI): Armed robbers opened fire on police patrolling squad at Bakhral Chowk in the limits of Koral police in Pakistan's Islamabad, reported Dawn.
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