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Canada requests clemency for citizen sentenced to death in China
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], Jan 16 (ANI): Canada has officially asked China to spare its citizen, Robert Lloyd Schellenberg's life after he was handed a death penalty in a drug trafficking case.
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Canada warns travelers about risk of arbitrary detention in China
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 15 (Sputnik/ANI): Canada has updated its travel advisory for China to warn citizens about the risk of arbitrary enforcement of local laws after a court sentenced a Canadian tourist to death on Monday.
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Citizenship Amendment Bill: Rajnath Singh assures Manipur CM protection of
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Amidst the Citizenship Amendment Bill controversy, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has assured Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh of protection of rights and interests of the people of Manipur.
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SC keeps PIL filed against Citizenship Act (Amendment) Bill pending
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court has kept the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed against Citizenship Act (Amendment) Bill pending.
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Hindu, Sikh refugees from Pak eagerly waiting for passage of Citizenship B
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Thousands of Hindu and Sikh refugees from Pakistan, who were eagerly awaiting the passage of a bill by Parliament that would grant them Indian citizenship, are disappointed that it could not fructify in the just-concluded Winter session but have not given
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Centenarian Pak-Hindu lady gets Indian citizenship
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], Jan 13 (ANI): It is no less than a dream come true for the centenarian Jamuna Devi who has been granted Indian citizenship after a long wait of almost three years.
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Coalition governments don't last long, says Jaitley
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 12 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said citizens should bring the BJP government back to power in 2019, as coalition governments do not last for long due to a conflict in ideologies.
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Bezbaruah refuses to be part of MHA-constituted panel on Assam Accord
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 12 (ANI): In what could mean setback to the Centre, former bureaucrat MP Bezbaruah has refused to be a part of the nine-member panel, which was set up by the Home Ministry on January 7 to suggest ways to implement Clause 6 of the Assam Accord.
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Tripura: Emergency extended as Madhabbari still tense
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Madhabbari (Tripura) [India], Jan 12 (ANI): Tension still looms over Madhabbari even three days after the incident of police firing following the clash between protesters and police amid demonstration opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
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Citizenship Bill: Sahitya Akademi awardee Gohain denies receiving notice o
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jan 11 (ANI): Sahitya Akademi Awardee Dr Hiren Gohain on Friday denied receiving any notice from the police related to a sedition case reportedly filed against him for opposing the Citizenship Amendment Bill.
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H1-B visas to undergo 'changes', says Trump
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Jan 11(ANI): H1-B visa, which is availed by a large number of Indians, is set to be simplified.
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Nagaland: Women society contributes towards plastic-free state
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kohima (Nagaland) [India], Jan 11 (ANI): With the rising menace of plastic pollution in the region, citizens of Nagaland have become cautious about plastic products and the government is working towards a plastic-free state.
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