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Revered Buddhist leaders of Sri Lanka welcome creation of Ladakh as UT
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 9 (ANI): Two of the most revered Buddhist religious leaders of Sri Lanka have welcomed India's move to carve out Buddhist-majority Ladakh as a Union Territory, stating that it would further strengthen ties between the two countries.
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Tata Steel calls off plan to sell stake in southeast Asia business to HBIS
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 7 (ANI): Tata Steel Ltd has called off plans to sell a majority stake in its southeast Asia steel business to China's state-run HBIS Group.
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Top BJP leaders hail passage of 'historic' bills on J-K
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 6 (ANI): Riding on a thumping majority in Lok Sabha and engineering numbers in Rajya Sabha, the Centre successfully annulled Article 370 and passed Jammu and Kashmir (Reorganisation) Bill, 2019. Buoyed by it, leaders from BJP and its allies heaped praises on Prime Mini
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Sri Lankan PM welcomes Centre's move to confer UT status on Ladakh
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 6 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday welcomed the Central government's move to confer Union Territory status on Ladakh, a region with a Buddhist majority.
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Trump rejects accusations of being a 'racist'
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 29 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump in a series of tweets during the weekend pushed back on accusations of instigating racism yet again after he took an aim at Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings, a high-profile critic of his administration whose
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Trump sparks outrage for calling US city of Baltimore a 'rodent-infested m
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 28 (ANI): US President Donald Trump was on Saturday hit by fresh accusations of racism after he attacked a prominent African-American lawmaker and branded the majority-black city of Baltimore as "rodent-infested mess" triggering widespread outrage.
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Apple to acquire majority of Intel's smartphone modem business in USD 1 bn
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
California [USA], July 26 (ANI): Apple has officially announced that it is acquiring a majority of Intel's smartphone modem business in a deal valued at USD 1 billion.
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Yeddyurappa to take oath as K'taka CM today, prove majority by Jul 31
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 26 (ANI): Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa is all set to take oath as the 25th Chief Minister of the state on Friday.
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Several states fail to provide cashless transaction, better medical facili
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Court-appointed Amicus Curiae Pravin Parekh on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that majority of the states had failed to comply with its order directing to provide cashless transaction and better medical facilities to retired High Court and apex court ju
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Ban on Vaping in Delhi will have Adverse Effects - Association of Vapers I
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 23(ANI/NewsVoir): A recent survey has found one of every three persons in the age group of 15-50 years in Delhi-NCR is addicted to smoking and, more alarmingly, a majority of those aged between 20 and 30 are smokers.
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If Hindus decide to sever connections, Muslims will die of hunger: BJP MLA
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 23 (ANI): After Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Nahid Hasan allegedly asked Muslims of Kairana to boycott shops owned by BJP leaders and supporters, BJP MLA Surendra Singh on Tuesday criticised the statements saying, "if the majority community in the country de
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Yeddyurappa engineering horse-trading in K'taka since last year: Siddarama
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 23 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Tuesday hit out at the BJP state chief B S Yeddyurappa stating that he has been engineering 'horse-trading" of MLAs since last year after his party was given 15 days time by the Governor to prove majority in
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