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Shashi Tharoor's latest book "The Battle of Belonging" launched by Prabha
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], November 23 (ANI/NewsVoir): Shashi Tharoor's latest book "The Battle of Belonging" was formally launched at the Prabha Khaitan Foundation's signature event Kitab by Chief Guest Hamid Ansari, former Vice-President of India, Farooque Abdullah, Chairman J&K Na
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Kerala HC to hear on Dec 2 bail plea of M Sivasankar in gold smuggling cas
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], November 23 (ANI): The Kerala High Court will hear on December 2 the bail application filed by M Sivasankar, former principal secretary of Kerala CMO, in connection with a money laundering case related to the smuggling of gold through diplomatic channels.
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Soviet Union exerted pressure on Shastri in Tashkent, made efforts to see
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 20 (ANI): The Russians were very keen to try and prise Pakistan away from the United States using the Tashkent talks as a lever and had exerted heavy diplomatic pressure on then Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shashtri, says a new book which also notes that the Sovi
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President Kovind accepts credentials from 4 foreign diplomats
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 20 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday accepted credentials from Ambassadors and High Commissioners from the countries of Hungary, Maldives, Chad and Tajikistan in a virtual ceremony.
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India, Luxembourg to hold first stand-alone Summit meeting tomorrow
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 18 (ANI): India and Luxembourg, which share diplomatic relations that date back to 1929, will hold their first stand-alone Summit on Thursday.
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Rocket attack on Baghdad's Green Zone kills child, leaves 5 wounded
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], November 18 (ANI/Sputnik): A rocket attack on Baghdad's Green Zone, which houses diplomatic missions and government buildings, killed a child and injured five more people, Iraqi security agencies said in a statement.
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Kerala gold smuggling: Customs officials reach prison to interrogate M Siv
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Ernakulam (Kerala) [India], November 16 (ANI): Customs department officials on Monday arrived at Ernakulam district prison to interrogate M Sivasankar, former principal secretary of Kerala Chief Minister's Office in connection with a money laundering case related to the smuggling of gold int
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Pompeo to embark on a seven-nation trip amid presidential conundrum
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 14 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to leave on Friday for Europe and the Middle East, a seven-country trip that will include a stop at a West Bank settlement, making him the first top US diplomat to visit one of the Israeli outposts considered illeg
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Sivasankar sent to judicial custody till Nov 26 in Kerala gold smuggling c
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], November 12 (ANI): A Principal Sessions Court in Kochi on Thursday remanded M Sivasankar, former principal secretary of Kerala Chief Minister's Office, to 14-day judicial custody in connection with a money laundering case related to the smuggling of gold into the stat
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Gold smuggling: ED's custody of Sivasankar extended by one day
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], November 11 (ANI): A Principal Sessions Court in Kochi on Wednesday extended by one day the Enforcement Directorate's custody of M Sivasankar, former principal secretary of the Kerala Chief Minister's Office, in connection with a money laundering case related to the s
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Pompeo's statement on transition evokes shock, outrage in State Department
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 11 (ANI): US State Department officials and diplomats have been left shocked, confused and outraged after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a statement on the transition of the presidency after President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the presidential elections, rep
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Indian poet-diplomat pens anthems on all planets in solar system
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): Indian poet-diplomat Abhay K has penned anthems on all the planets of the solar system on the occasion of the 86th birth anniversary of Carl Sagan, the globally renowned astronomer and planetary scientist.
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