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Smriti Irani challenges Rahul Gandhi in home turf, says Amethi is no more
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Amethi [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Challenging Congress president Rahul Gandhi in his home turf, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union minister for Textiles, Smriti Irani on Friday said that Amethi is no more a stronghold for him as he has lost all the seats in Lok Sabha from the area.<
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We accept people's mandate with humility: PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) likely to lose power in their strongholds, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday accepted the electoral outcome with humility and thanked the people of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan for letting the BJP g
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Big jolt to BJP, Congress leads in 12 Bastar seats
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Dec 11 (ANI): In a massive blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party in Chhattisgarh, where the Congress has taken a huge leap towards victory, the Opposition Party also gained lead on 12 seats in Bastar, out of which four were BJP strongholds.
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Reliance Jio denies men held outside Bastar EVM stronghold are their emplo
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 8 (ANI): Reliance Jio on Friday refuted contentions that the men detained outside an EVM strong room in Chhattisgarh's Bastar on Thursday were their employees.
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Yemen's al-Dhaher district in Saada liberated from Houthis
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Saada [Yemen], Nov 25 (ANI): The Yemeni army has liberated the al-Dhaher district here from the Houthi militia, as the armed forces head towards the Hidan directorate, which is another rebel stronghold.
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Syrian Kurds ally with SDF, resume fighting against ISIS
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Sousa (Syria), Nov 13 (ANI): In an attempt to drive out the Islamic State (ISIS) militants from its last remaining strongholds, the Syrian Kurdish forces have resumed the fight in an alliance with the Syrian Arab fighters, together known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
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IS trying to create stronghold in C. Asia: CIS Anti-Terrorism Centre
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Cholpon-Ata [Kyrgyzstan], Sept 25 (Sputnik/ANI): The Islamic State (IS) terror group is trying to create a stronghold in Central Asia and to activate Islamist sleeper cells in the region, Andrey Novikov, the head of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Anti-Terrorism Centre, said on
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Iraq launches airstrikes on ISIS positions in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Baghdad, [Iraq] Apr 19: Iraq has officially launched air strikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) strongholds in Syria on Thursday.
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Rocket attack kills 35 in Damascus
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], March 21 (ANI): A rocket attack killed 35 in a Damascus shopping district, in one of the deadliest rebel attacks on the Syrian capital, on Tuesday, as bombardment by the government and its allies left dozens of civilians dead in an opposition stronghold.
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SSB destroy illegal poppy cultivation in naxal strongholds
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 14 (ANI): Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) had launched an offensive against illegal poppy cultivation in the states of Jharkhand and Bihar especially in naxal dominated areas.
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Lotus blooms in Communist stronghold
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Mar. 3 (ANI): Crumbling the red bastion, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looks poised to form the governmnet in the Tripura state.
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More women venture into neurosurgery in Singapore
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Singapore [Singapore], Feb. 5 (ANI): Turns out, more and more women are venturing into one of the last bastions of male dominance - Neurosurgery.
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