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'MP in north' remark: Cong dissenters counter BJP, say Rahul can clarify t
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): Senior Congress leaders who are demanding the revamp in the party and have shown their dissent over the functioning of the party through letter have reacted on the controversy erupted after Rahul Gandhi's statement which he gave in Kerala on Tuesday f
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Smriti Irani, Giriraj Singh slam Rahul on repeat gaffe over Fisheries Mini
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's repeat "gaffe" about the need for the creation of Fisheries Ministry drew sharp criticism from union ministers including Smriti Irani and Giriraj, Singh who accused him of peddling lies.
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Iran's envoy to UN calls full compliance with nuclear deal 'absurd'
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Washington's call for Tehran's full compliance with the provisions of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is absurd, since the US keeps itself "totally out of the agreement," breaching its terms, Iran's permanent representative to t
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Rahul Gandhi's 'spiteful, vile' politics based on lies: Smriti Irani
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): Slamming Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's statement on promising a fisheries ministry in the Centre, Union Minister for Textiles and Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Wednesday said his 'spiteful, vile' politics is based on lies.
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Iran not after nuclear weapons, but won't limit nuclear enrichment to 20 p
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], February 23 (ANI): Iran is not after nuclear weapons, but its nuclear enrichment will not be limited to 20 per cent, said Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei on Monday.
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IAEA head arrives in Tehran to meet with head of Iran's atomic energy orga
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], February 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi has arrived in the Iranian capital, Tehran, to take part in Sunday talks with Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi.
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3 rockets hit airbase in Iraq's Salahudin province
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Three Katyusha rockets on Saturday landed on an Iraqi military airbase in Iraq's Salahudin province, a provincial security source said.
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6 year jail for two Iraqi Kurdish journalists is unfair, says Committee to
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], February 20 (ANI): The sentencing of Iraqi Kurdish journalists Sherwan Sherwani and Guhdar Zebari to six years in jail "for jeopardising Kurdish national security" is "unfair and disproportionate", according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
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Turkish police detain 9 IS suspects in Istanbul
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkish police on Friday launched operations against suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) and detained nine suspects, local media reported.
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UN 'encouraged' by steps to preserve Iran nuclear deal after US proposes t
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], February 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations welcomes all steps to preserve the Iran nuclear deal in light of the United States' announcement of its readiness to return to diplomacy with Tehran and is reviewing the details of the US proposal, UN spokesman Farhan Haq told Sput
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EU holding consultations to convene informal meeting on JCPOA with US part
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union is holding intense consultation on a potential informal meeting on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Washington's participation, but the date remains uncertain, European Commission spokesman Peter Stano said
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Over 50 Irish religious leaders condemn China for persecuting Uyghurs
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], February 19 (ANI): More than 50 Irish religious leaders have signed a statement condemning the Chinese treatment of the Uyghurs Muslims in Xinjiang province, local media reported.
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