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Pak envoy approaches US to seek support for NSG bid
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug. 28 (ANI): Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States Jalil Abbas Jilani has approached the White House, the State Department, important Congress leaders and significant think-tanks and opinion makers in the United States to support Pakistan's bid for memb
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Bid to challenge `shockingly lenient` Oscar Pistorius sentence rejected
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Aug 26 (ANI): A judge in South Africa on Friday rejected state prosecutors' bid to challenge the six-year jail term imposed on disgraced former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius for murdering his girlfriend.
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AAP sacks Chhotepur from his post of Punjab Convener
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [Punjab], Aug 26 (ANI): After taking on party supremo Arvind Kejriwal and accusing his co-workers of falsely implicating him in a bid to tarnish his image, the Aam Aadmi Party on Friday sacked its Punjab convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur from his post.
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Embarrassment for AAP as Succha Singh calls Kejriwal 'anti-Punjabi�
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Aug. 26 (ANI): Crying foul over the corruption charges being levelled against him, AAP's Punjab chief Succha Singh Chhotepur on Friday took on party supremo Arvind Kejriwal and accused his co-workers of falsely implicating him in a bid to tarnish his image and stated
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PM expands cabinet as newly appointed Nepal ministers sworn-in
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Aug 26 (ANI): Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari has administered oath of office and secrecy to 13 newly-appointed ministers from the Nepali Congress.
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Scotland Yard approves hijab as part of official uniform
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], Aug. 26 (ANI): Scotland Yard has announced that the hijab will become a part of its official uniform in a bid to create a more diverse force by "encouraging women from Muslim communities, who may previously not have seen policing as a career option, to reconsider".
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JK: Infiltration bid foiled again in Tangdhar sector
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Srinagar [India], Aug. 25 (ANI): Security forces foiled yet another infiltration bid by a group of terrorists in Tangdhar sector of border district of Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir today.
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I would have been satisfied had he died: Nirbhaya's mother on Vinay&#
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 25 (ANI): Reacting to one of the six accused in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case Vinay Sharma's alleged attempt to commit suicide at Tihar Jail late last night, victim Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi on Thursday said she would have satisfied had he died, but the incident i
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There's some conspiracy as govt is planning to release him: Vinay
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 25 (ANI): After Vinay Sharma, one of the six accused in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case, allegedly attempted suicide at Tihar Jail late last night, his father Hari Ram Sharma on Thursday alleged that there is some "conspiracy" (mili bhagat) as the "government is
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Chennai's Daniel Sundar attempts to break Guinness ironing record
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai, Aug. 25 (ANI): Chennai's Daniel Sundar on Thursday started a non-stop ironing marathon in a bid to enter the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Lt. Gen Nimbhorkar assures of negating all infiltration bids of Pak
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Poonch (J-K), Aug. 24 (ANI): General Officer Commanding (GOC) 16 Corps Lieutenant General R.R. Nimbhorkar has said that the troops in the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch, falling under the command of his corps, haven't allowed any infiltration bid from Pakistan to succeed an
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Three terrorists killed in Kupwara encounter
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Srinagar, Aug. 21 (ANI): The Indian Army's 4 Para Commandos on Sunday foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, killing three terrorists in an encounter.
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