2017

Srinagar: Surface and air links between Kashmir and rest of the country were cut off today due to snowfall in the valley as the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was closed for traffic and all flights to Srinagar Airport cancelled. "The…
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Los Angeles: As Damien Chazelle's "La La Land" swept the 89th Academy Awards nominations on Tuesday by becoming the only third movie in the Oscars history to bag a record 14 nods, the director described the moment as "surreal". The…
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Washington: The US Senate has confirmed Nikki Haley as the next Ambassador to the United Nations, making her the first Indian-American to serve on a Cabinet rank position in any presidential administration in the US. Senate Foreign…
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Brussels: The European Union warned that Israel's announcements that it will build thousands of new settler homes in occupied Palestinian territory "further seriously undermine" prospects for a two-state solution. Israel said yesterday…
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Washington: President Donald Trump will begin rolling out executive actions on immigration, beginning with steps to tighten border security including his proposed wall along the US-Mexico border and other domestic immigration enforcement…
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New Delhi/Washington: America considers India a "true friend and partner", US President Donald Trump told Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a phone conversation during which they resolved to stand "shoulder-to-shoulder" in the global fight…
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New Delhi: On the National Voters' Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged all those who turn 18 to register as a voter and exercise their franchise as "elections are celebrations of democracy". "Wishing you all on National Voters…
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Mumbai: The rupee weakened by 4 paise to quote at 68.19 against the dollar in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market today on month-end demand for the American currency from importers and banks. The dollar was firm against…
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Srinagar: A man identified as Mudasir Ahmad Ganie, 27, a resident of Beerwah died of cardiac arrest after spending the night in his vehicle outside District Hospital Budgam. “He was an attendant here who died of cardiac attack in his…
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Istanbul: Seven-year-old Syrian girl Bana al-Abed, who came to international attention with her tweets giving a tragic account of the war in Aleppo, has written an open letter to new US President Donald Trump. In her letter Bana, who was…
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