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Sri Lanka ex-president Rajapaksa extends stay in Singapore
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Singapore, July 27 (ANI): Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has extended his stay in Singapore for another 14 days, the Straits Times reported on Wednesday.
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Pakistani rupee reaches new low against US dollar, closes at 232.93
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], July 27 (ANI): Pakistani rupee (PKR) reached a new low against the US dollar on Tuesday, closing at Rs 232.93 in the interbank market.
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Fuel, drug crisis leaves Sri Lanka hospitals on life support
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 26 (ANI): Sri Lanka's hospitals are on the verge of collapse as supplies of surgery equipment and life-saving drugs have been almost exhausted, while extreme fuel shortages have left both patients and doctors unable to travel for treatment, media reports said.
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SC to hear on Aug 1 Uddhav Thackery's plea for stay on proceedings before
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on August 1 a fresh plea of the Uddhav Thackeray-led camp of Shiv Sena seeking a stay on the proceedings before the Election Commission of India on Eknath Shinde group's claim for recognition as 'real' Shiv Sena.
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Uddhav Thackeray camp moves SC to stay proceedings before ECI on Eknath Sh
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Uddhav Thackeray-led camp of Shiv Sena on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking direction to stay the proceedings before the Election Commission of India on Eknath Shinde group's claim for recognition as 'real' Shiv Sena.
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Pakistan: Former federal minister blames establishment for political turmo
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 24 (ANI): Former Pakistan Information Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday said that the country had been suffering from a political crisis because of the "unnecessary adventure of the establishment".
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Pak PM Advisor Kaira demands SC to hear political crisis in Punjab
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 24 (ANI): The Advisor to Pakistan's Prime Minister on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Qamar Zaman Kaira on Sunday demanded a full Supreme Court bench to hear the current political and constitutional crisis in Punjab.
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'Siddaramaiah-Shivakumar infighting pushing Congress towards darkness'
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 24 (ANI): The ongoing leadership tussle between former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and state Congress chief DK Shivakumar is "pushing the party towards darkness", said a senior leader of the party.
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Xi congratulates Sri Lanka's new president Wickremesinghe, looks forward t
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): China, which turned a blind eye to Sri Lanka while it struggled with the economic and political crisis, is now looking forward to advancing bilateral ties and traditional friendship between the two countries, as evident from President Xi Jinping's congratu
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Sri Lanka: 9 arrested during clashes at Galle Face protest site, says Poli
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): As many as nine people were arrested in the early hours of Friday at the Galle Face protest site, in a face-off between protesters and armed security personnel.
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"Brutal and Despicable" says Sri Lanka's rights body on action against Gal
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): Terming the actions of Sri Lankan authorities on the peaceful protesters at Galle Face "brutal and despicable", the country's Human Rights Commission condemned the act and urged the state to conduct its own investigation to ensure that rule of law is ma
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Sri Lanka to hold swearing-in ceremony for new Cabinet ministers on Friday
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 21 (ANI): Sri Lanka's new Cabinet of ministers is scheduled to be sworn in on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
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