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Kidnapped Indian Engineers Released In Taliban Prisoner Swap

The Taliban has released three kidnapped engineers from India in exchange for 11 members of the militant group who were…

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Pakistan Fares Badly In Terror Financing Report Ahead Of Key FATF Meeting

Pakistan faces high risks of money laundering and terror financing and has complied with just one of the 40 recommendations…

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Supreme Court Stays Felling Of Trees In Mumbai’s Aarey Colony

The Supreme Court has stayed the cutting of trees at the Aarey Colony and asked the administration to release activists…

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Hong Kong Metro Partially Reopens, City Struggles After Violent Weekend

Hong Kong struggled to recover on Monday, with the metro only partially functioning and infrastructure extensively damaged, after scores of…

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Hundreds Return To Hong Kong Streets As Metro, Shops Shut After Violence

Hong Kong’s metro system stayed shut on Saturday, paralysing transport in the Asian financial hub, and malls and shops closed…

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10 hurt In Grenade Attack By Militants On Security Patrol In Kashmir’s  Anantnag

At least 10 people were injured in a grenade attack by terrorists outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Anantnag district…

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Shooting Down Chopper On Feb 27 Was ‘Big Mistake’, Action Against Officers: IAF Chief

Air Chief Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria on Friday described as a "big mistake" the IAF shooting down its helicopter in…

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Ayodhya Case: Supreme Court To Wrap Up Hearing On Oct 17

The Supreme Court on Friday said it would wrap up the hearing in the politically-sensitive Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute…

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Case Against Ramachandra Guha, Aparna Sen, Mani Ratnam, Others Who Wrote To PM Modi On Mob Killing

An FIR (First Information Report) was lodged in Bihar's Muzaffarpur on Thursday against nearly 50 celebrities, including Ramachandra Guha, Mani…

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Kashmiri Journalists Stage Protest Against ‘Media Gag’

Journalists in Kashmir on Thursday staged a small silent protest against what they say has been a “media gag” by…

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‘Go Explain To Developing Countries’: Putin Criticises Greta Thunberg’s U.N. Speech

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday took aim at teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, telling an energy forum he did…

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UN Refugee Agency Takes Up Case Of Potential Stateless In India

The United Nations (U.N.) refugee agency said on Wednesday it was holding talks with India about its citizenship register in…

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India Protectionist, But U.S. Negotiating Limited Trade Deal: Wilbur Ross

The United States does not believe that India is eligible for the grant of a special trade privilege but is…

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Former PTI Journalist, Now 99, Recalls His Role In Coverage Of Gandhi Assassination

In today's era of blinding-fast technology, when news spreads across the world in seconds, it is hard to imagine that…

5 years ago
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Nine-year-old Among Nearly 150 Children Briefly Held In Kashmir: Court Probe

Police in Kashmir have detained 144 children, including a nine-year-old, since early August when the government revoked the disputed region’s…

5 years ago
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More Than 1,600 Die In Heaviest Monsoon Season For 25 years

The heaviest monsoon rains to lash India in 25 years have killed more than 1,600 people since June, government data…

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Amid Gleaming Skyscrapers, Hong Kong’s Poor Set Aside Hardships And Join Protests

Just before midnight in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok district, a slight man in his seventies peels away from a crowd…

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Bilkis Bano Case: SC Orders Gujarat Govt To Pay Rs 50 Lakh Compensation, Provide A Job Within Two Weeks

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Gujarat government to pay compensation and provide job to Bilkis Bano within two…

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Boris Johnson Battles Sex Allegations As Brexit Opponents Plot

Boris Johnson hoped to use his Conservative Party’s annual convention to launch his campaign to win the next British general…

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India Bans Onion Exports As Prices Stay Elevated

India on Sunday banned exports of onions, a common ingredient in Indian cooking, as prices remain high due to a…

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No Vaping Ban U-turn, Says Indian Official, As Protests Fizzle Out

India’s government has no plan to roll back a ban on electronic cigarettes, an official told Reuters on Saturday, as…

5 years ago
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Hong Kong Protesters Rebuild “Lennon Walls” Ahead Of China National Day On Oct 1

Hong Kong protesters were rebuilding Lennon Walls of anti-government graffiti on Saturday as they marked the fifth anniversary of the…

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Police Impose Restrictions In Kashmir After Imran Khan’s Speech

Authorities in Indian Kashmir tightened restrictions on people’s movements on Saturday to prevent possible protests triggered by a speech by…

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Trump Rails Against Globalism In UN Speech

On Tuesday, September 24, U.S. President Donald Trump delivered his third address to the United Nations General Assembly. One quote…

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Barricades And Books In Restive Kashmir Neighbourhood

Few people step outside Anchar, a neighbourhood ringed by steel barricades and razor wire in Indian Kashmir, where police have…

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