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Bernie Sanders undergoes heart procedure, cancels campaign events
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Oct 3 (ANI): Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has cancelled events "until further notice" after undergoing a heart surgery.
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Sri Lanka's ruling UNP declares Sajith Premadasa as its presidential candi
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Sept 26 (ANI): Ending weeks of uncertainty, Sri Lanka's ruling United National Party (UNP) on Thursday declared its deputy leader Sajith Premadasa as its presidential candidate for the elections scheduled to be held on November 16.
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Afghan presidential candidate Hekmatyar says incumbent govt a hurdle in wa
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept 14 (ANI): Afghan presidential candidate Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Saturday said that the incumbent government in Kabul is 'a hurdle' in the way of bringing peace to the war-ravaged country.
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Afghan presidential candidates express concerns over polls, demand securit
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul, [Afghanistan] Sept 10 (ANI): Presidential candidate of Afghanistan Shaida Mohammad Abdali on Tuesday called on the National Unity Government (NUG) leaders and country's political elites to hold a 'national meeting' to make a decision on the upcoming election.
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Left-unity all set to sweep JNUSU polls
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 8 (ANI): With the Left-unity on the verge of sweeping the Jawaharlal Nehru Student's Union (JNUSU) elections, Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad's (ABVP) presidential candidate, Manish Jangid has alleged that their fight was not with the students but with the Left-w
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Won't run as independent presidential candidate: Tulsi Gabbard
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 31 (ANI): Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu lawmaker in the US Congress to run for the presidential post, has ruled out contesting as an independent candidate if she fails to win the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa named SLPP's presidential candidate
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 11 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sunday was named the presidential candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party for the election scheduled for later this year.
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Trump responsible for El Paso shooting: Beto O'Rourke
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Aug 04 (ANI): Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke on Saturday (local time) claimed that President Donald Trump is responsible for the El Paso shooting in which at least 20 people were killed.
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Obama built 'cages for kids': Trump fires back at Democrats
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], August 1 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday attacked the Democratic presidential candidates over his administration's treatment of the migrants, asserting that it was his predecessor Barack Obama who had constructed "cages".
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Toll in terror attack on Saleh office rises to 20
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 29 (ANI): The death toll in the terror attack of Kabul that targeted the office of Vice Presidential candidate Amrullah Saleh has mounted to 20, announced Afghan Interior Ministry on Monday.
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India strongly condemns attack on Afghan VP candidate's office
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): India on Sunday strongly condemned the terror attack in Kabul that targeted the office of Vice Presidential candidate Amrullah Saleh and left two people dead.
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Amrullah Saleh survives major attack on his residence in Kabul
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 28 (ANI): Former National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief and Vice-Presidential candidate Amrullah Saleh survived a major attack on his residence here on Sunday that claimed the lives of at least seven people and left 15 others injured.
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