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Saudi Airlines divert flights to avoid Iranian administrated airspace
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Jun 23 (ANI): Saudi Arabian airlines on Sunday announced its decision to reroute its international flights away from the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz to avoid Iranian administrated airspace in the wake of Tehran's move to shoot down a US military drone earlier
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Trump nominates Esper as next Secretary of Defence
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Jun 22 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Friday nominated Mark Esper to be the next defence secretary after Patrick Shanahan abruptly withdrew from the confirmation process earlier this week.
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Special NIA Court exempts BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur from appearing this w
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 21 (ANI): The NIA court on Friday allowed Malegaon blast case accused and Bhopal MP Pragya Thakur's application to be exempted from appearing in court on grounds that the newly elected legislator was required to attend the ongoing Parliament Session.
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Who said you can't say 'Vande Mataram', 'Bharat Mata ki Jai', asks LS Spea
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said it will not be challenging for him to run the lower House of the Parliament, where chants of 'Vande Mataram' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' were heard when several leaders including UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and AIMIM
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Russian deputy PM visits India, prepares ground for Modi's Vladivostok vis
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 19 (ANI): Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Yury Petrovich Trutnev visited India this week in order to help both the countries to prepare grounds for the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Vladivostok in early September to participate in the fifth edition o
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Lenders to begin insolvency proceedings against Jet Airways
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Insolvency proceedings against Jet Airways are likely to begin this week as a consortium of lenders led by the State Bank of India (SBI) failed to find a buyer for the beleaguered airline.
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Chinese Pres Xi Jinping to visit North Korea this week
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 17 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping will embark on a two-day visit to North Korea on Thursday in a surprise move shortly before his scheduled meeting with United States President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, later this month.
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US plans to send additional force in Gulf region after tanker attacks
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 17 (ANI): Washington is expected to discuss in detail this week whether to send an additional military force of the United States to the Middle East in the wake of last week's attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
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Saudi Crown Prince accuses Iran of attacking tankers in Gulf of Oman
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Jun 16 : Echoing the stance taken by the United States and Britain, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday accused Iran of carrying out the attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman earlier this week.
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Iran summons UK envoy over 'unacceptable' attack claims on Gulf tankers
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jun 16 (ANI): Iran's Foreign Ministry on Saturday summoned the UK Ambassador to Tehran, Rob Macaire, over Britain's 'unacceptable stance' on the attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman earlier this week.
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As doctors demand security, Telangana surgeon narrates ordeal of 'harassme
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Warangal (Telangana) [India], June 16 (ANI): Warangal-based orthopaedic surgeon Dr P Sudhir Kumar was left stunned when a woman patient, who had come for a checkup, accused him of misbehaviour and created a scene at a hospital here earlier this week.
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Former German footballer Ozil's wedding sparks controversy
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], June 15 (ANI): The extravagant wedding of former German midfielder Mesut Ozil sparked controversy this week after Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was seen attending the ceremony as best man to the footballer.
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