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Tokyo 2020 unveils Paralympic torch
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Mar 25 (ANI): The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games on Monday unveiled the Paralympic torch and emblem that will be used to depict the torch relay, scheduled to take place between August 13 and 25.
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'Asian Games a huge opportunity for developing sports Climbing'
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF) President HS Chouhan has said that the 2018 Asian Games are a huge opportunity for sports climbing to grow in India.
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Simultaneous elections will bolster democratic structure: Shah to Law Pane
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] August 13 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) National President Amit Shah on Monday wrote a detailed letter to Law Commission Chairman Balbir Singh Chauhan, presenting the thorough views of his party on the issue of simultaneous elections in the country.
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MHA directs citizens to avoid purchasing plastic flags
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) August 13: With Independence Day drawing closer, the Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an advisory against the use of national flags made of plastic, and recommended the use of paper flags instead.
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India repatriates 7 Pak prisoners
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan]/ New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): India on Monday repatriated seven Pakistan civilian prisoners, the Ministry of External Affairs confirmed.
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Zimbabwe Cricket confirms non-renewal of staff contracts
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 13 (ANI): Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has decided not to renew the contracts of its staff members, owing to a financial reconstruction of the organisation. The board, however, assured that the players' contract would be reviewed and agreed by the next week.
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2 more detained in Aasra Home case
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], August 13 (ANI): The Bihar Police on Monday detained two more people in connection with the death of two women at Patna's 'Aasra Home', and sent them to three-day police custody.
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Ghazni attack: 70 policemen killed in three days
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 13 (ANI): Afghanistan's Interior Ministry on Monday confirmed that 70 police officers have been killed ever since the Taliban launched an attack in Afghanistan's Ghazni city on August 10.
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'SFJ's UK rally lacked support for Referendum 2020'
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India] August 13: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh opined that the Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) rally in London exposed the total lack of ground support for the Referendum 2020, even outside India. In a statement, Singh dismissed the entire affair as a futile exe
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Pak netizens outraged over Sharif's armoured vehicle
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 13 (ANI): Several Pakistani citizens expressed anguish over visuals of former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif being taken to the National Accountability Court (NAB) in Islamabad in an armoured vehicle. People felt that being a former Prime Minister Sharif, p
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DAC approves acquisition of 6 new OPVs
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) accorded approval for the procurement of six indigenously designed and manufactured Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels (NGOPVs) for the Indian Navy at an approximate cost of Rs. 4941 crore.
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Have sought political clearance from MEA: Sidhu
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was at the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi earlier in the day, said that he has applied for government permission and sought political clearance from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), ahead of his
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