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Mayawati tears into Congress over farmer loan waiver policy
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 15 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Congress for not working in the interests of farmers and the backward castes despite being in power for the longest time post independence.
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Made in China 2025: Chinese tech startups confident of the plan's future
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 15 (ANI): 'Made in China 2025', Beijing's industrial plan to create a tech superpower, is still receiving a major push from the Chinese government, despite earlier reports of the policy being revised in a bid to calm down trade tensions with the United States.
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'Telangana Cong failed to understand seriousness of deletion of names from
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 12 (ANI): Senior Telangana Congress leader Marri Shashidhar Reddy has claimed that the state leadership failed to understand the seriousness of deletion of voters from the list, despite the TPCC's election commission coordination committee highlighting t
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Adultery, homosexuality not acceptable in Army: Gen Rawat
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 10 (ANI): The Indian Army is a "conservative" force and adultery and homosexuality are "not acceptable", Army Chief General Bipin Rawat asserted despite these being decriminalised by the Supreme Court.
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Majority of stroke survivors in good mental health: Study
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 10 (ANI): A vast majority of stroke survivors are in optimal mental health despite the impact of their stroke, a recent study suggests.
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Pak's ban on Indian TV content won't end people to people contact: VK Sing
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 10 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh on Thursday asserted that people in Pakistan will continue to watch content shown on Indian television despite the ban imposed by the country.
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Rivals coming together just to dethrone me: PM Modi in Agra
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday took a jibe at the grand alliance of opposition parties, saying that these parties were entering a coalition despite being political rivals with the sole objective of defeating the Prime Minister.
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I feel unsafe in exile, despite leaving Pak: Taha Siddiqui
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], Jan 9 (ANI): A year after escaping a possible assassination attempt by armed men while on his way to Islamabad airport, noted Pakistani journalist Taha Siddiqui has opined that despite leaving the country and living in a self-imposed exile in France since then, he feels th
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Despite ban, this Odisha tribe continues to sacrifice animals, birds
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Balangir (Odisha) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Sulia, which is the biggest tribal festival marked by a mass sacrifice of animals and birds in Balangir district, was observed on Tuesday, despite a ban on the practice.
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Patna: HC serves notice to ex-Bihar CMs, asks why can't you live in privat
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): The Patna High Court on Tuesday directed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his predecessors to file a response within a span of four weeks on why the former Chief Ministers cannot live in private accommodations in the city, despite being provided high-
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Trump pushes for wall yet again, despite government shutdown
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 6 (ANI): US President Donald Trump has yet again called for the construction of a wall on the US' border with Mexico on Saturday (local time) despite a partial government shutdown over funding for the proposal.
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NZ clinch ODI series in a thriller despite Thisara Perera heroics
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Mount Maunganui [New Zealand], Jan 5 (ANI): In spite of Thisara Perera's spectacular knock of 140 off 74 balls, Sri Lanka fell 21 runs short of New Zealand's total in the second ODI on Saturday.
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