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'No controversy' in Rafale deal, 'only in minds' of Congress party: Sushma
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): Dismissing the controversy surrounding the Rafale fighter jet deal, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said that it is present "only in the minds" of the Congress, even as several MPs from the party staged a walkout from the Upper House. Read More
Petitioners to move SC for review of Rafale judgment
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 2 (ANI): Former union ministers Arun Shourie and Yashwant Sinha, along with advocate Prashant Bhushan will move to the Supreme Court for review of Rafale judgement.
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New Year 2019: Sky dazzles with fireworks near iconic structures
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 1(ANI): Beginning from Australia and New Zealand located in the southern hemisphere to Russia, France and Athens in Europe, people all around the world celebrated the arrival of the new year with joy and festivities.
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Vatican spokesperson, deputy resign
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Vatican City, Dec 31 (ANI): Vatican spokesperson Greg Burke resigned on Monday.
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2 dead, 23 injured in Philippines blast
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Cotabato [Philippines], Dec 31 (ANI): At least two people were killed and 23 others injured in an explosion outside a shopping mall in Cotabato city on Monday.
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DRC all set to go for polling amid Ebola outbreak
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Dec 30 (ANI): Voters in the Democratic Republic of Congo are all set to exercise their franchise today, amid the country's worst Ebola outbreak that has taken the lives of more than 330 people in the eastern provinces of the country.
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Rafale project on schedule, 25 per cent payment made to France
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi, 27 Dec 18 (ANI) Notwithstanding the controversy, the government is moving ahead with the Rafale programme, making 25 per cent of payment to the French government in the more than Rs 59,000 crore deal for procuring 36 fighter planes, top Air Force sources said here on Thursday.<
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French President 'deeply' regrets US decision to withdraw troops from Syri
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], Dec 23 (ANI/Sputnik): French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that he "deeply" regretted the United States decision to withdraw forces from Syria.
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'Strasbourg shooting accused pledged allegiance to IS'
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France] Dec 23 (ANI): Cherif Chekatt, who allegedly killed five people at a Christmas market attack in Strasbourg city on December 11, had "pledged allegiance" to Islamic State (IS), reports suggested.
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France: 10th person killed in 'Yellow Vest' protests
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], Dec 23 (ANI): With the 'Yellow Vest' protests showing no signs of abating as it enters the sixth consecutive weekend, the death toll has risen to 10.
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Yellow vest protestors shut down passage between France, Spain
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], Dec 22 (ANI): The yellow vest protestors have shut down the passage to the international border between France and Spain on December 22, as they enter into the sixth week of protests despite measures taken by the French authorities to resolve the situation.
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Pope Francis rebukes priestly sex abusers
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican City], Dec 21 (ANI): Pope Francis, in his annual Christmas speech to the Vatican bureaucracy, called out sexual abusers from within the clergy and asked them to "convert and hand themselves over to human justice".
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