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Did not contest against PM Modi on advice of senior Cong leaders: Priyanka
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Apr 30 (ANI): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday said she did not contest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Vanarasi on the direction of senior party leaders who advised her to not focus on a single seat but on all 41 constituencies i
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Sri Lanka lifts ban on social media
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 30 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Tuesday lifted a temporary ban on several social media networks, which was put in place to prevent spreading misinformation after the ghastly suicide bombings on Easter Sunday.
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Eastern Naval Command all geared up for cyclone 'Fani'
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai/Bhubaneswar (Tamil Nadu/Odisha) [India], Apr 30 (ANI): In view of 'Fani' intensifying into a severe cyclonic storm on the southern and south-eastern coast of India, the Eastern Naval Command is all geared up to render necessary humanitarian assistance if the need arises.
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ISIL chief says Sri Lanka attack was 'vengeance for brothers in Baghouz'
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Apr 30 (ANI): Chief of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's (ISIL), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in a propaganda video, asserted that the battle for Baghouz, ISIL's final bastion in eastern Syria, "is over."
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Father, 2 brothers of SL Easter bombings suspect killed in raid
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 29 (ANI): The father and two brothers of Zahran Hashim, the suspected mastermind of the gruesome coordinated terror Easter Sunday blasts in Sri Lanka, were killed in Friday's overnight gun battle between troops and suspects in the eastern Ampara district, the poli
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Sri Lanka imposes burqa ban post Easter Sunday attacks
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 29 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government on Sunday took necessary measures to impose a complete ban on all types of burqas and face covers in the wake of the horrific terror bombings that rattled the entire country on Easter Sunday, claiming lives of more than 250 people
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Sri Lanka blasts: Candle light march in Ahmedabad to pay tribute to victim
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Apr 28 (ANI): In the wake of serial bomb blasts in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, a candle light march was organised on Sunday in Ahmedabad to show solidarity with the victims of the deadliest attack.
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Sister of Easter Sunday bombing mastermind fears 18 relatives dead after a
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 28 (ANI): The sister of the suspected mastermind of Sri Lanka's debilitating Easter Sunday bombings has claimed that nearly 18 members of her family are missing and feared dead since the attacks and subsequent raids.
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Sri Lanka: IS claims responsibility for attacks in Kalmunai
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 28 (ANI): The Islamic State (IS) terror group on Saturday claimed that the three men who detonated their suicide vests during a standoff with Sri Lankan police belonged to their group.
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Easter blasts: Sri Lanka bans 2 terror groups, including NTJ
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 28 (ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday banned the activities of two terror groups suspected to be behind the horrific coordinated blasts in Sri Lanka earlier this week that claimed lives of more than 250 people.
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India issues advisory, says avoid non-essential travel to Sri Lanka
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 27 (ANI): Following the multiple terror attacks which rattled Sri Lanka on April 21, India issued a travel advisory on Saturday, urging citizens against undertaking non-essential travel to the neighbouring nation.
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Jalandhar celebrates cultural diversity of Northeast
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], Apr 27 (ANI): A two-day-long Northeast Fiesta was organised in Punjab by northeast students' organisation in association with Viva Collage Jalandhar recently to showcase the cultural diversity of all the eight north-eastern states of India.
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