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Amarinder dubs PM's nuke war statement 'highly irresponsible'
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], Apr 22 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his "highly irresponsible" statement on India's nuclear arsenal and appealed people to support the Congress party in its 'jung' for protecting the fut
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Pak's not kept theirs for Eid: Mufti hits back at PM on 'nuclear button' c
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Apr 22 (ANI): Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti retorted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "nuclear button" comment saying if India's nuclear bombs are not saved for Diwali, Pakistan hasn't "kept theirs for Eid either".
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'Have we kept it for Diwali?' PM Modi's jibe on Pak over nuclear button
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Barmer (Rajasthan) [India], Apr 21 (ANI): Taking a jibe at Pakistan over the nuclear button, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that India has not kept its nuclear weapons for Diwali.
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N Korea wants Pompeo to be dropped from nuclear talks
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 19 (ANI): Within few hours of test-firing the "new-type tactical guided weapon", North Korea on Thursday demanded the removal of U.S. Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo from denuclearisation talks with the United States, state media reported.
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Radioactive material possibly moved at N Korean facility: US think tank
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Apr 17 (ANI): Satellite imagery from last week may indicate the movement of radioactive material at North Korea's main nuclear facility Yongbyon nuclear site, according to a US think tank, Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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Iranian Parliament ratifies bill designating US CENTCOM as terrorist group
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Apr 17 (ANI): In a tit for tat move, 204 out of 256 Iranian Parliament members voted in favour of designating the US Central Command (CENTCOM) as a terrorist organisation on Tuesday.
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Japan: Authorities begin removing fuel from Fukushima nuclear reactor
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Apr 15 (ANI): Japan has started removing fuel from a cooling pool at one of the three reactors of Fukushima nuclear plant that melted down during the 2011 tsunami disaster, announced Tokyo Electric Power Co on Monday.
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Supporters of new arms race have prevailed in US, alleges Russia
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Apr 14 (ANI): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday (local time) said that Washington's actions with regard to nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation show "that supporters of the new arms race have prevailed in the United States."
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Japan extends sanctions on N Korea for 2 years
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Apr 10 (ANI): Japan on Tuesday (local time) decided to extend its sanctions on North Korea for two more years, in a bid to pressurise Pyongyang to dismantle its nuclear weapons programme and to resolve the long-standing issue of abduction of Japanese nationals.
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Tough sanctions won't convince N Korea to give up nukes: S Korea's negotia
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Apr 5 (ANI): South Korea's chief nuclear negotiator Lee Do-hoon on Thursday asserted that strong and tough sanctions imposed on North Korea will not cajole the communist nation to give up its nuclear weapons and to believe in the same would be an "illusion".
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Trump to meet S Korean President Moon next month
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], March 29 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump will meet his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in for a summit on April 11 at the White House, amidst an impasse with North Korea on denuclearisation following the Hanoi summit held recently.
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Previous sanctions on N Korea to remain, says US
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 26 (ANI): The United States on Monday (local time) said that the earlier sanctions imposed on North Korea will remain in place as US President Donald Trump is not keen to slap additional penalties on the communist country for its nuclear weapons programme.
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