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Nastase banned, fined over racist comment about Williams' pregnancy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], July 21 (ANI): Romanian tennis legend Ilie Nastase has been handed a three-year ban and a fine by the International Tennis Federation over his offensive statements about former world number one Serena Williams and a foul-mouthed Fed Cup tirade.
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CPI (M) miffed with BJP, TMC over insult to women
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Strongly condemning the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rupa Ganguly and West Bengal Power Minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay on their respective controversial statements, Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI (M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat on Satur
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Owaisi brothers make poisonous remarks to instigate Muslims: Shiv Sena
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] July 4 (ANI): The Shiv Sena on Tuesday said that All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi and his brother and party chief Asaduddin Owaisi have been making poisonous statements to instigate the Muslim community, adding that the
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Qatar to reject demands from Gulf states, says FM
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], July 2 (ANI): Qatar is set to reject a set of demands issued by other Arab nations, according to statements made by the country's foreign minister.
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Swamy condemns Azam Khan's 'vulgar' statement on Army
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): After Azam Khan was booked under sedition charges for alleged derogatory remarks against the Army, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Sunday said that the Samajwadi Party leader has once again "crossed all limits" to make such
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GST rollout: BJP asks Rahul to rise above politics, join hands with Govt.
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru/ Kolkata [India], July 1 (ANI): Tearing into Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for claiming that the Good and Services Tax (GST) "is being executed by an incompetent and insensitive government", the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday said that the grand old party
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FBI agent, accused of lying in LaVoy Finicum shooting in Oregon, indicted
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [U.S.A.], June 29 (ANI): An FBI agent was indicted on charges of making false statements and obstruction of justice for allegedly lying to authorities about firing two gunshots in connection with the fatal shooting of LaVoy Finicum in Oregon last year.
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Nawaz Sharif, Imran Khan's net worth decline
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 16 (ANI): The value of assets owned by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan continued to decline for a second consecutive year, dipping below the level they stood at in 2013, according to the statements of assets of the
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Pakistan Election Commission gives clean chit to Sharif
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 14 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has given a clean chit to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after verifying statements of assets and liabilities he had submitted before it.
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Congress slams 'touring' PM Modi, BJP attacks Rahul for 'It
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): In the wake of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accusing Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi of not taking politics seriously, the grand old party came out in support of its frontrunner, adding that the saffron party should refrain from making unnecessary s
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Brinda Karat has committed unforgivable crime by supporting Sandeep Dikshi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): Condemning Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat for extending support to Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit's remark that Army Chief General Bipin Rawat was behaving like a street thug, Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj A
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Sandeep Dikshit's comment against Army Chief was wrong, says Rahul Ga
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 12 (ANI): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the comment made by party leader Sandeep Dikshit against Army Chief General Bipin Rawat were wrong, insisting that politicians should refrain from making such statements against the Army Chief.
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