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WB: Presidency University students protest against rape, murder of Hyderab
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec 3 (ANI): The students of the Presidency University in Kolkata on Monday staged a protest on the streets against the rape and murder of a woman veterinary doctor in Hyderabad.
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Saudi Arabia assumes G20 presidency
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Dec 2 (Xinhua/ANI): Saudi Arabia on Sunday assumed the G20 presidency and will hold the leaders' summit in Riyadh on November 21 and 22 next year, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
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PM Modi congratulates Gotabaya Rajapaksa, says bilateral ties will strengt
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Gotabaya Rajapaksa on his victory in the recently concluded Sri Lankan Presidential elections and expressed confidence that the fraternal, cultural, historical and civilisational ties between India and S
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Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Frontrunner in Sri Lanka's Presidential Elections
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE] Nov 13(ANI/BusinessWire India): Sri Lanka's executive presidency is the most lucrative in the constitutional context in the island nation simply because of its formulation, a fact that is widely attributed to its creator, the late JR Jayawardene.
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Bolivia's Opposition lawmaker Jeanine Anez declares herself interim presid
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
La Paz [Bolivia], Nov 13 (ANI): Jeanine Anez, Bolivia's opposition lawmaker and Senate second vice-president, on Tuesday (local time), declared herself to be the country's interim president, a day after ousted leader Evo Morales resigned from the presidency.
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Ousted Evo Morales arrive in Mexico, says 'fight continues'
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 13 (ANI): Evo Morales, who resigned from the presidency under pressure from police and army after a fiercely disputed election, has flown into exile in Mexico, leaving behind a political vacuum in Bolivia.
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India experiences 45 pc coastal erosion, gets special importance in UNCCD
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 3 (ANI): Conference of Parties (COP14) to the United Nations Convention to combat desertification (UNCCD) was held on Monday in New Delhi, where India took the presidency for the next two years.
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Brazil rejects G7 aid to tackle Amazon wildfires
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Aug 27 (ANI): Brazil government on Monday rejected the aid by G7 members to fight wildfires in the Amazon and asked French President Emmanuel Macron to focus on "France and its colonies".
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Documentary on Babri Masjid demolition screened at Jadavpur University; st
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Aug 27 (ANI): The screening of controversial documentary, 'Ram ke Naam', based on the demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, took place at Jadavpur University here on Monday after which a group of students protested and threatened to take "legal action" against
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Taylor Swift feels sorry for not getting involved in 2016 US elections
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 24 (ANI): American pop singer Taylor Swift says he felt remorse for not being able to participate during Trump's run for the presidency in 2016.
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Inside story of how Sonia became interim president of Congress
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 11 (ANI): After two months of uncertainty, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) handed over the presidency of the party to Sonia Gandhi, two years after she relinquished the post to her son Rahul Gandhi.
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Trump insists he could've won presidency without social media
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 11 (ANI): President Donald Trump in a series of tweets on Thursday morning (local time) insisted that he could have won the presidency in 2016 without the help of social media. But the president immediately contradicted himself in the follow-up tweets claiming tha
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