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New York senate majority leader calls for resignation of Governor Andrew C
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New York [US], March 8 (ANI): New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins has called for the resignation of Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is facing allegations of sexual harassment.
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Palarivattom flyover in Kochi reopens after reconstruction
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Kochi (Kerala) [India], March 8 (ANI): Palarivattom flyover in Kochi that was shut for nearly two years amid allegations of corruption in its making was reopened for the public earlier on Sunday after its reconstruction.
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Switzerland referendum: People vote to ban full face coverings in public p
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Bern [Switzerland], March 8 (ANI): Switzerland on Sunday (local time) narrowly voted in favour of banning full facial coverings including the niqab and burqa in almost all public places. As many as 51.21 per cent of voters voted in support of the controversial proposal in the referendum.
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All India Jamiatul Quresh district chief appeals not to give or take dowry
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Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 8 (ANI): Following the recent suicide of 23-year-old Ayesha Arif Khan, who was allegedly harassed for dowry district chief of All India Jamiatul Quresh in Agra, Sarif Qureshi has appealed to the Muslim community to neither take nor receive dowry.
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NCB conducts multiple raids in Goa, Mumbai
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Panaji (Goa) [India], March 8 (ANI): Officials of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB ) of Maharashtra and Goa conducted multiple raids and caught drug peddlers including foreigners as well as seized a huge amount of drugs from their possession in Goa.
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Two Pak Ministers 'locked up in container for 4 hours' to secure confidenc
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Islamabad [Pakistan], March 8 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz alleged that the government took the help of secret agencies to secure the vote of confidence for Imran Khan and that two Members of the National Assembly (MNAs) who resisted were "locked
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Farooq Abdullah accuses BJP of spreading falsehoods
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Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 8 (ANI): National Conference (NC) president and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah on Sunday accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of spreading lies and attempting to pit leaders of other parties against each other.
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Punjab chief secretary holds meeting with experts to tackle second wave of
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Chandigarh [India], March 8 (ANI) Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan on Sunday held a high-level meeting with experts to tackle the second COVID-19 wave.
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17 dead, over 400 injured in Equatorial Guinea explosions
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Malabo [Equatorial Guinea], March 8 (ANI): As many as 17 people were killed and more than 400 injured in a series of powerful explosions on Sunday at a military base in Bata, Equatorial Guinea's largest city.
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China calls on Biden to roll back Trump's 'dangerous practice' on Taiwan
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Beijing [China], March 8 (ANI): With the United States repeatedly affirming its support to Taiwan, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on President Joe Biden to reverse the policies of former President Donald Trump on Taiwan.
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India to become Aatmanirbhar in silk production in 2 years, says Smriti I
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New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): Union minister Smriti Irani on Sunday expressed confidence that India will become self-reliant or Aatmanirbhar in silk production in the next two years.
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British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's 5-year sentence in
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London [UK], March 8 (ANI): Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian charity worker who was in an Iranian jail for almost five years for alleged sedition charges, has finally had her ankle monitor removed. She now faces another trial on separate charges.
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