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NIA arrests 3 in connection with weapon theft at PDP leader’s residence la
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Mar 12 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested three persons in connection with a case pertaining to the theft of weapons from the official residence of former PDP MLA Aijaz Ahmad at Jahawar Nagar in Srinagar in September last yea
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Industrial growth slows to 1.7 pc in Jan 2019 from 7.5 pc last year
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 12 (ANI): Industrial output growth stood at 1.7 per cent in January due to a slowdown in the manufacturing sector, data released by the Central government showed on Tuesday.
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Nirav Modi’s extradition request awaiting UK govt’s response: MEA
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 9 (ANI): In the wake of reports that Nirav Modi is living and working in London, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar on Saturday said that India is making strong efforts to bring back the fugitive businessman and was waiting for a response from t
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Sedition charge dropped against perpetrators of Bulandshahr violence
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 6 (ANI): A local court here has dropped the sedition charge against 38 people accused of orchestrating violence in the city on December 3 last year in which police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh was killed.
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Did Google just pay women higher than men for the same role?
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
California [USA], Mar 5 (ANI): In a reverse instance of lower wages, Google reportedly paid its male employees lesser than the women employees for the same role in the last year.
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China hikes defence budget by 7.5 pc to $177.6 billion
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Mar 5 (ANI): China's defence budget for 2019 has been pegged at 1.19 trillion yuan (about 177.61 billion US dollars), marking an increase of 7.5 per cent over the last year's figure, despite lower economic growth rate ranging between 6 and 6.5 per cent.
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'Yellow vest' protests enter 16th week in France
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], Mar 2 (ANI): Around 5,000 people across France took to the streets on Saturday as part of the yellow vest demonstrations which have been going on since November 17 last year.
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Canada allows Huawei CFO’s extradition hearing
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 2 (ANI): Canada on Friday (local time) allowed the United States to initiate an extradition hearing for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, who was detained in Canada in December last year.
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Trump argues to be ‘misinterpreted’ regarding Otto Warmbier’s death
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 2 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) argued that he was ‘misinterpreted’ regarding the death of Otto Warmbier, an American college student, who was arrested in North Korea last year for allegedly removing a political p
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Gaza protest killings: UN says Israel may have committed war crimes
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [USA], Feb 28 (ANI): A UN-backed independent panel on Thursday said it has "reasonable grounds" to believe that Israeli soldiers may have committed "violations of international human rights" by shooting at journalists, health workers and children during last year's protests in Gaza.
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2nd body recovered from Meghalaya mine
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
East Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya) [India], Feb 28 (ANI): One more unidentified body has been recovered from the ill-fated mine here where 13 miners were trapped since December 13 last year.
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SC to hear review petition on its Rafale judgement today
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Jan 26 (ANI): The Supreme Court today will hear a review petition against its December 14 judgment of last year in which it had refused to order a probe into the deal to procure 36 Rafale fighter planes from France.
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