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AgustaWestland case: ED permitted to further interrogate Christian Michel
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): A CBI special court has allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to interrogate Christian Michel, an alleged middleman in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, in Tihar jail.
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Century-old Christian graveyard, homes in Pakistan's Punjab demolished, gr
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Khanewal [Pakistan], May 22 (ANI): Houses and a graveyard belonging to the Christian community in Khanewal district of Punjab province in Pakistan were destroyed and grabbed by a politician belonging to Prime Minister Imran Khan's Party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI).
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Every day is mother's honoring Mother Earth
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 15 (ANI/BusinessWire India): WeThePlanet organized a live broadcast to honor "Every Day is Mother's Day and Mother Earth" on this Mother's Day, where extraordinary mothers and daughters (and a few good men) came together to restore their faith given the recent Covid-19
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Beware US, Pakistan's National Commission for Minorities only symbolism, n
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], May 15 (ANI): Pakistan's National Commission for Minorities is a 'public relations gimmick' as it has no power to amend the anti-minorities laws enshrined in the country's constitution, says former member of Pakistani parliament.
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Christian Taylor donates World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 singlet a
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], May 7 (ANI): USA's reigning two-time Olympic and four-time world triple jump champion Christian Taylor has generously contributed one of his national team singlets and competition bib numbers to the World Athletics Heritage Collection.
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Bundesliga behind closed doors not 'ideal solution' but 'only option': DFL
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Frankfurt [Germany], May 7 (ANI): German Football League (DFL) CEO Christian Seifert said that holding Bundesliga matches behind closed doors is not an 'ideal solution' but it is the only option to preserve the league.
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Manual scavenging-- a caste-based discrimination that persists in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): It's a cultural, traditional inertia of sorts that the descendants of lower-caste Hindus who converted to Christianity centuries ago still find themselves marginalized and subjected to menial labour, including manual scavenging in Pakistan.
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Amid COVID-19, make this Ramzan symbol of patience, harmony, sensitivity a
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that as the COVID-19 pandemic has come to plague the entire world, we have an opportunity to make this Ramzan a symbol of patience, harmony, sensitivity and service.
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YMCA serves over 1 lakh food packets amid corona crisis
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The poor persons and the needy have been the worst hit community so far as the national lockdown imposed since March 25 is concerned. As a relief measure, the Young Men's Christian Association's (YMCA) across the nation distributed close to one lakh food
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SC rejects bail application of alleged AugustaWestland middleman Christian
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the bail plea of Christian Michel, an alleged middleman in the AugustaWestland VVIP chopper scam accused, on the ground that his petition "did not fall in the criteria for grant of relief".
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Egyptian security forces kill 7 militants planning attack during Easter ce
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], April 15 (Sputnik/ANI): Egyptian security forces have killed seven terrorists who were planning an attack on the country's Coptic Orthodox Christian population during their upcoming Easter celebrations, the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
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USCIRF 'troubled' by reports of food aid being denied to Hindus, Christian
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 14 (ANI): The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Monday said it was "troubled by reports of food aid being denied to the minority Hindus and Christians in Pakistan" amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
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