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Sri Lanka: PM warns of 'sleeper cells'
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 25 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who has been dealing with the aftermath of Easter Sunday attack, warned on Thursday of "sleeper cells" that might launch more attacks in the island nation.
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Sri Lanka: Explosion near Colombo; no casualty reported
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Pugoda (Sri Lanka), Apr 25 (ANI): Four days after the deadly serial blasts claimed at least 359 lives, an explosion was reported on Thursday in Sri Lanka's Pugada town, about 40 Km east of capital Colombo, police said.
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Kim Jong-un meets Vladimir Putin for maiden Summit
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Vladivostok [Russia], Apr 25 (ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday met for their maiden Summit at Russia's eastern port city of Vladivostok, amid a deadlock between Washington and Pyongyang over North Korea's nuclear programme.
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UNSC schedules urgent meeting to address situation in Eastern Ukraine
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Apr 25 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council has scheduled an urgent meeting for Thursday afternoon (local time) to address the situation in Eastern Ukraine.
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Sri Lanka: Two bombers were sons of business tycoon
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 25 (ANI): Two of the nine suicide bombers involved in the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka were members of a prominent family in Colombo, sources have told CNN.
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Sri Lanka bombings: Prez asks Defence Minister, IG to resign
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 25 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday asked Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and Inspector General (IG) of Police Pujith Jayasundara to resign following the devastating Easter Sunday bombings over allegations of mishandling intelligen
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Mortal remains of man killed in Sri Lanka blasts brought to Hyderabad resi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Apr 24 (ANI): Mortal remains of a Hyderabad resident who was killed in the Easter Sunday blasts in Sri Lanka arrived at his home in the city on Wednesday.
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51 dead as rainstorm lashes S Africa
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Durban [South Africa], Apr 24 (ANI): South African authorities on Wednesday said that at least 51 people were killed, including two Zambian minors aged six and nine, after a rainstorm lashed the provinces of Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal here.
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PM Modi talks about Pakistan, martyrs but not real issues: Priyanka
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 24 (ANI): Congress general secretary in charge of eastern UP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for citing the services of the armed forces in his election speeches and maintained that every Indian was a patriot. Read More
Sri Lanka attacks: One of the 9 suicide bombers a woman; 60 arrests made
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Apr 24 (ANI): One of the nine suicide bombers who carried out the blasts across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday was a woman, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said on Wednesday, adding that 60 arrests have been made in connection with the attacks.
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Deve Gowda, Kumaraswamy pay homage to JDS leaders killed in Sri Lanka blas
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka), April 24 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda on Wednesday paid homage to two JDS party workers who lost their lives in the serial blasts that hit Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra holds roadshow in Mahoba
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Mahoba (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 24 (ANI): Congress general secretary in-charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday held a roadshow in Mahoba in favour of Pritam Singh Lodhi Kisan, the party candidate from Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat.
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