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Google manager 'taken hostage, married off forcibly'; case registered
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 15 (ANI): A Google manager was allegedly taken hostage and forcibly married to a girl under Kamla Nagar police station limits in Bhopal, an official said on Saturday.
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Taliban frees US Navy veteran Mark Frerichs after over 2 years
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 19 (ANI): US Navy veteran Mark Frerichs, who was taken hostage in Afghanistan, was released by the Taliban after more than two years, according to media reports citing a spokesman.
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ISIS 'Beatle' El Shafee Elsheikh sentenced to life for killing US hostages
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 20 (ANI): A high-ranking ISIS fighter was sentenced on Friday to life imprisonment in the US for his participation in a hostage-taking scheme that resulted in the deaths of four American citizens as well as the deaths of British and Japanese nationals in Syria, accord
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China should not hold global concerns hostage: Blinken over China's 'irres
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 7 (ANI): US State Secretary Antony Blinken on Saturday said that China should not hold cooperation on matters of global concern hostage because of its differences over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.
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Khloe Kardashian shares inspirational message amid Tristan Thompson drama
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 25 (ANI): American media personality Khloe Kardashian shared a not-so-cryptic TikTok video that encourages viewers to "grow" instead of being held "hostage" to their pasts.
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Building the blocks of defense against ransomware
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI/Mediawire): As businesses become increasingly more connected, it is almost inevitable they will encounter cybersecurity threats such as ransomware - an insidious form of malware that holds systems and files hostage until financial bounties are paid.
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India expresses concern over UNGA draft resolution on 'veto power use', ca
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], April 27 (ANI): India at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday said a vocal minority of nay-sayers has held the entire process of UN Security Council (UNSC) reform hostage over the last four decades while calling for a more representative, credible and legitima
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UNICEF raises concerns over closure of schools for girls in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 25 (ANI): The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has once again raised concerns over the closure of secondary schools for girls emphasizing that education in Afghanistan should not be a hostage to politics.
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India designates AlUmar-Mujahideen founder Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, released
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): India has notified AlUmar-Mujahideen founder Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, one of the released terrorists in the 1999 Indian Airlines Flight (IC-814) hijacking crisis in exchange of the hostages, as a terrorist.
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Pakistani media remains hostage to repressive tactics, says rights commiss
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 8 (ANI): Pakistani media remains hostage to repressive tactics and critical reporting results in violations against journalists, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Monday.
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Putin alleges Ukrainian 'neo-Nazi' units preventing foreigners from leavin
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 4 (ANI): Amid heavy fighting with Ukrainian forces, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that nationalist "neo-Nazis" units of Ukraine are preventing foreigners, including Indians from leaving the war zone and are using them as human shields.
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Have not received any reports of Indian students being held hostage in Ukr
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): The government on Thursday said that the Indian embassy in Ukraine is in continuous touch with its stranded citizens, adding that it has not received any reports of students being held hostage in the war-hit country.
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