2016

Tokyo: Japan began killing about 122,000 farm birds today to contain another outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian flu, officials said. It is the sixth mass cull this winter, with nearly a million birds slaughtered in total as…
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New Delhi: A Rs 2,000-crore development package, approved by the central government recently, will be applicable to the displaced people of Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) and not to those from West Pakistan. The central…
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Srinagar: Cold wave tightened its grip on Kashmir Valley ahead of the onset of 'Chillai-Kalan' the 40-day harshest winter period - with the summer capital Srinagar and Leh town recording the coldest night of the season. Chillai-Kalan,…
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Sydney: Australia today signed a 50 billion dollars deal with France for 12 sophisticated submarines to be built by French defence major DCNS that was at the centre of a controversy this year surrounding the leak of documents relating to…
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Washington: US businesses can tap the immense opportunities that lie in India's railways, infrastructure, manufacturing and innovation ecosystems amid a "remarkable shift" in the bilateral ties, India's envoy here has said. "In my…
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Mumbai: Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut says 2016 was a very "testing" year for her with lots of ups and downs, and she is happy that it is coming to an end. While Kangana did not have any film release this year, she was more in news due…
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Jammu: An army jawan was injured in a mine blast along the LoC in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. A stone rolled down a foot track and fell on a mine resulting in a blast along the LoC in Mendhar sector of the district last evening,…
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Mogadishu: The African Union mission in Somalia has said its troops had killed six people in a minibus which refused to stop at a checkpoint, responding to accusations it had gunned down civilians. AMISOM troops have been accused by local…
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Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel "mourns the dead" after at least nine people were killed when a truck ploughed through a Christmas market in central Berlin, her spokesman said.Berlin, Dec 20 (AFP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel…
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Mumbai: Bollywood actors Anil Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Kajol have welcomed Pakistani cinema owners' decision to end the long ban on Bollywood films. Cinema owners in the neighbouring country will allow screenings of Indian films again,…
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