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Paresh Rawal mocks Ramachandra Guha for his Gujarat- Bengal comparison
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): Veteran actor turned politician Paresh Rawal on Thursday hit out at historian Ramachandra Guha over his tweet which seems indicate that Gujarat is a "culturally backward province" in comparison to Bengal.
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US report on religious freedom accuses China of intensifying repression of
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 11 (ANI): An annual report on religious freedom released by the US State Department accuses China of intensifying religious repression on its minority groups, particularly the Uighurs of northwest Xinjiang province, Christians, Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, and Falu
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Christian girl abducted at gunpoint in Pakistan's Punjab
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan] (ANI) June 10 (ANI): A Christian girl was kidnapped at gunpoint by local Muslim men in Youhanabad area of Lahore city in Pakistan's Punjab province on Monday.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa records highest COVID-19 deaths in 24 hrs, nation-wide
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province recorded 23 more deaths due to COVID-19 on Tuesday, raising the overall number of people who passed away from the infection to 610 in the province.
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Lack of medical facilities in Balochistan hospitals leaves 3 dead in 24 ho
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): As many as three people, including two children, passed away within 24 hours in three districts of Balochistan due to the unavailability of medical facilities in hospitals in the province, local media reported.
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India issues demarche to Pakistan High Commission over targeted demolition
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): India on Tuesday issued a strong demarche to Pakistani High Commission on the "systematic and targeted" demolition of houses belonging to minority Hindu community in Pakistan's Punjab province, sources said.
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Former senator shot dead by Taliban in Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 9 (Sputnik/ANI): Former Afghan senator Abdul Wali Ahmadzai has been shot dead by Taliban terrorists in Pol-e Alam, the capital of Afghanistan's eastern province of Logar, after being kidnapped, a spokesperson for the provincial governor said on Tuesday.
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2 Christian brothers convert to Islam in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bara
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): Two Christian brothers have converted to Islam in Bara sub-division of Khyber tribal district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northeast Pakistan on Saturday.
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Pakistan's COVID-19 cases count crosses 1 lakh mark
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 7 (ANI): With Sindh province reporting 1,744 new COVID-19 cases, Pakistan's tally reached 1,00,687.
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Bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan kills 2 Border Guards
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 7 (Sputnik/ANI): Two Afghan border guards were killed after a police car was hit by a roadside bomb in Pakistan-bordering eastern Paktia province, a security source told Sputnik on Saturday.
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11 Taliban members killed, 6 injured in clashes in Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 6 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 11 Taliban members were killed and six others were injured as a result of clashes with police officers in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand, local police said on Saturday.
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US conducts airstrikes against Taliban for first time since Eid ceasefire
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 5 (ANI): The US has conducted two airstrikes against the Taliban as retaliation to their attack on Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) checkpoints in Farah and Kandahar provinces.
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