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C'garh CM against conferring Bharat Ratna on Savarkar, says he was 'revolu
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Oct 26 (ANI): Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was a 'revolutionary' but only till he submitted his mercy plea to the British government for his release from the jail in 1911, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said on Saturday.
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INVENT programme supports startups in low-income states
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 16 (ANI): INVENT, a British government-supported programme, has successfully incubated 160 startups across different sectors since its inception in 2016, according to a senior official.
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Thomas Cook UK collapses, leaving thousands of European travellers strande
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
London [Britain], Sep 23 (ANI): The 178-year-old British tour operator Thomas Cook Group Plc has collapsed under a pile of debt after talks with creditors failed, stranding hundreds of thousands of travellers, but the move will not have any impact on its India operations.
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'Ashamed and sorry' for crime committed here, says Archbishop of Canterbur
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Sep 10 (ANI): Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby on Tuesday visited Jallianwala Bagh memorial and said that he was both 'ashamed and sorry' for the crime which was committed at that site in 1919.
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UK's Heathrow airport warns of disruption by environmentalists flying dron
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 29 (ANI/Sputnik): London's Heathrow airport on Thursday said that flight operations could face disruption as environmentalists plan to fly drones over the site to demand tougher ecological measures from the British government.
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Freedom fighter Dayanidhi Nayak passes away at 95
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bargarh (Odisha) [India], Aug 11 (ANI): Noted freedom fighter Dayanidhi Nayak, who struggled against the British Government during the Quit India movement, breathed his last at his native village, Panimora on Saturday at the age of 95.
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Glasgow could host 2020 UN climate change summit
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Aug 11 (ANI): The city of Glasgow has been chosen by the British government to host a major UN climate change summit next year if the country's bid is successful.
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Won't block Assange's extradition to US, says Jeremy Hunt
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], Jun 3 (ANI): Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who is widely considered a frontrunner to replace outgoing Theresa May, said on Sunday that he would not block the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States if he was chosen to lead the British Gove
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Google Assistant, Alexa will now provide Britishers with government-relate
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Apr 22 (ANI): The British government is using the new-age voice-enabled technology to disperse information to its citizens.
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Amarinder busy with 'parivar bhakti', visited Jallianwala Bagh with 'naamd
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Apr 14 (ANI): Taking a jibe at Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the former did not get time to attend the government's Jallianwala Bagh event with Vice President Venkaiah Naidu as he was busy wit
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70 British lawmakers appeal to govt to hand over Assange to Sweden
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], Apr 13 (ANI): Around 70 lawmakers on Saturday urged the British government to hand over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the Swedish authorities.
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Petition to scrap Brexit passes over 6 million signatures
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], Mar 31 (ANI): More than six million people have signed an online petition urging the British government to stop the process of the United Kingdom withdrawing from the European Union, commonly called 'Brexit'.
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