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Remembering Mirwaiz Farooq on his 21st death anniversary
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): Mirwaiz Maulvi Mohammad Farooq Shah, the Mirwaiz (a hereditary position of religious authority) of Kashmir and Chairman of the All Jammu and Kashmir Awami Action Committee, was assassinated on May 21, 1990, at his residence at Nageen, Srinagar, by terroris
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I'm proud my grandmother, father got killed while defending Indian philosp
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 12 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said he is proud that his grandmother Indira Gandhi and father Rajiv Gandhi were assassinated while standing for and defending the sense of India that is central to its civilisation and history.
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Afghanistan journalist assassinated in Ghor province, 6th in two months
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 1 (ANI): Afghanistan journalist Bismillah Adil Aimaq, also a civil society activist in Ghor, was assassinated in an attack by unknown armed men in Dara-e-Taimoor village on the outskirts of Feroz Koh on Friday, the first day of the 2021. He is the sixth journalis
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Iranian Commander killed by drone strike at Syria-Iraq border
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], December 1 (ANI): Days after Iran's nuclear arms program scientist was assassinated, a senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guards has been killed in a drone strike near the Syria-Iraq border.
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Deputy Head of Afghanistan's Paktia Provincial Council assassinated
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Ayub Gharwal, the deputy head of the provincial council of Afghanistan's eastern Paktia province, was assassinated in a shooting attack on Saturday, Mumtaz Karokhel, a member of the Paktia provincial council, told Sputnik.
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Iran executes national over espionage on assassinated Gen. Soleimani for U
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 20 (Sputnik/ANI): Iranian national Mahmoud Mousavi Majd, accused of spying for the US Central Intelligence Agency and giving away information about movements of assassinated military commander Qasem Soleimani, was executed on the morning of Monday, Iran's Tasnim news agen
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US launched second attack to kill Iranian official in Yemen along with Sol
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], Jan 11 (ANI): The United States forces made a failed attempt to kill an Iranian military official in Yemen on the same day the commander of Iran's Quds forces, General Qassem Soleimani was assassinated in an airstrike by Washington.
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Iran fires multiple missiles on US' Al Asad airbase in Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 08 (ANI): Iran on Wednesday launched multiple rockets at US' Al Asad airbase, days after Washington assassinated Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.
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Israeli air strikes pound Gaza for second day in a row
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], Nov 13 (Sputnik/ANI): The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) carried out airstrikes in Gaza on the consecutive second day on Wednesday after Israel assassinated an Islamic Jihad leader in an airstrike.
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PM Modi pays homage to Indira Gandhi on 'Mann ki Baat'
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid homage to former prime minister Indira Gandhi, who was assassinated on October 31, 1984.
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Biden asks audience to imagine Obama's assassination
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Hampshire [US], Aug 24 (ANI): While addressing an event in New Hampshire, former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday took everyone by surprise when he asked attendees to imagine if former President Barack Obama had been assassinated.
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NCP demands immediate suspension of IAS officer for her remark on Mahatma
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 1 (ANI): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Saturday demanded the immediate suspension of IAS officer Nidhi Choudhari for her alleged derogatory remark against Mahatma Gandhi and for purportedly glorifying Nathuram Godse, who assassinated Bapu.
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