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Maymol Rocky names 30 players for training camp ahead of South Asian Games
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 20 (ANI): Maymol Rocky, Indian women's senior national team head coach, on Wednesday named 30 players for a training camp to be held in Kolkata for upcoming South Asian Games.
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Nepal: 2 weeks left for South Asian Games but renovation work at Dasarath
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Nov 18 (ANI): The renovation work at the Dasarath Stadium here is yet to be completed, though only two weeks are left for the opening ceremony of the 13th South Asian Games, partly owing to delay in the delivery of the required materials from China, a site engineer has sa
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US expresses concern over threat to democracy from 'theocratic groups' ope
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 15 (ANI): The US House of Representative in a release has expressed strong concern about the threat posed to democracy and human rights by theocratic groups operating in South Asia.
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Jamat-e-Islami responsible for violence in Kashmir: US Congressman
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 14 (ANI): Expressing concerns over the growing influence of Jamat-e-Islami in South Asia, US Congressman Jim Banks said that much of the violence in Kashmir is linked to the organizations related to the proscribed religious outfit and its affiliates.
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India's unreciprocated 'One China Policy' needs to be reviewed, says EFSAS
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], Nov 13 (ANI): A European think-tank has said that New Delhi must review its `One China Policy' after Beijing's remark on India bifurcating Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories.
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Sri Lanka becomes first South Asian nation to criminalise offences related
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], Nov 12 (ANI): Sri Lanka has become the first South Asian nation to criminalise several offences related to match-fixing as its parliament passed all three readings of a bill labelled "Prevention of Offences Related to Sports".
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Pakistan's triple M: Maulana, March and Military
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], Nov 9 (ANI): In reference to the anti-government Azadi March in Pakistan, the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) has questioned as to how a country that is itself repeatedly engulfed in freedom marches every few years could "conceivably help Kashmiri
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Thousands join 'Occupy Tundikhel' campaign to protect Nepal's biggest para
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Nov 9 (ANI): Social movement "Occupy Tundikhel" has been launched in Nepal to protect one of the largest parade squares of South Asia.
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Schedule for 13th South Asian Games 2019 announced
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 8 (ANI): The schedule for the 13th South Asian Games 2019 was announced on Friday.
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With 5 million subscribers and over 9200 partner hotels, OYO Wizard drives
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Nov 07 (ANI/Newsvoir): OYO Hotels and Homes, India and South Asia's largest and world's second-largest and fastest-growing chain of hotels, homes, living, and workspaces, today announced that OYO Wizard, India's largest hospitality paid loyalty program, has reached 5 millio
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lSIS-Khorasan attempted Suicide Attack in India in 2018: Top US Official
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 6 (ANI): The Khorasan group of the ISIS or the ISIS-K, which specifically operates in south Asia, attempted a suicide attack in India 2018, a top American official has informed lawmakers.
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Religious persecution, violence against women salient features of Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 23 (ANI): Religious persecution and violence against women are some of the most salient features of Pakistan, said Sindhi-American Human Rights activist Fatima Gul at the United States House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on 'Human Rights in South Asia' here
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