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6 school children kidnapped in Cameroon
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Fongo Tongo [Cameroon], Apr 13 (ANI): Six school children - five boys and one girl - were kidnapped here on Friday while they were helping their parents in farming, according to a local government official.
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On brink of losing voice, Sidhu advised complete rest for 5 days
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab), [India], Dec 6 (ANI): Punjab's Local Government, Tourism and Cultural Affairs Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu has been advised complete rest for three to five days as he was "on the brink of losing his voice."
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Taiwan Prez resigns as party chief after local elections defeat
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Taiwan [Taipei], Nov 25 (ANI): Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen late on Saturday announced her resignation as the head of Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan, after enduring a 'crushing defeat' in the local government elections.
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Sidhu writes to Piyush Goyal seeking high fencing along rail tracks
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Oct 25 (ANI): Punjab Minister of Local Government Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday wrote a letter to Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal stressing the urgent need for high fencing along the railway tracks, especially in densely populated areas to prevent accidents.
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Amritsar train tragedy: Sidhu points loopholes, holds Railways and Centre
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 22 (ANI): Punjab's Local Government Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday pointed out loopholes into the October 19 train accident while accusing the Indian Railways and the central government responsible for the tragedy.
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Protests against Neelum-Jhelum hydro power plant intensify in Muzaffarabad
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad (Pakistan occupied Kashmir) Oct 2 (ANI): Anger against local government and Islamabad has snowballed into a simmering outrage in the Muzaffarabad city of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
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Army inflicts heavy casualties on Boko Haram
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Maiduguri [Nigeria], Sept 27 (NAN/ANI): The Nigerian Army inflicted heavy casualties on Boko Haram when they attacked the Garshigar community of Mobar Local Government Area in Borno on Wednesday.
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Sidhu shows the way to promote Punjabi language
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 4 (ANI): Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu has ordered the entire official working of the Local Government, Tourism and Cultural Affairs Department to be done in 'Punjabi' mandatorily, in an initiative to promote the language.
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NAB arrests Sindh Govt. official over corruption charges
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 10 (ANI): Personal assistant to the Sindh local government (LG) secretary made allegations regarding massive corruption against the local government.
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9 children killed in knife attack in Chinese school
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New York [United States] Apr 28 (ANI): At least nine students were stabbed to death at a middle school in China's Shaanxi province.
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Trump targets Amazon over taxes
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Mar 30 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has taken aim at the online retailing giant Amazon over taxes, saying the company pays "little or no taxes to state & local governments".
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Over 5,000 Muslims killed in Boko Haram violence, reveals Islamic body dat
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], Jan. 01 (ANI): Up to 5,247 Muslims have been killed in the Boko Haram violence in seven local government areas of Adamawa town in northern Nigeria between 2013 and 2017.
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