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New Delhi: A day after Delhi LG Anil Baijal's office sought action against his imposters on Twitter, the microblogging site Twitter has suspended five such accounts while "legal action" has also been initiated, police said. Police have…
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Seoul: South Korean President Park Geun-hye has refused to testify in a case that will decide her future following her impeachment over a corruption scandal, forcing the Constitutional Court to delay the start of oral arguments. With Park…
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Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Government today said that it will facilitate and help initiate a sustained and meaningful dialogue with all stakeholders irrespective of their ideological views and predilections. "The coalition government will…
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Baghdad: The United Nations says violence claimed the lives of at least 6,878 civilian Iraqis last year. The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq, known as UNAMI, said in a statement late yesterday that 12,388 other civilians were wounded in…
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New Delhi: As part of a major overhaul of the budget process, the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) today recommended advancing the holding of the Budget Session from January 31 followed by the presentation of the Union…
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Manila: Two Russian Navy ships arrived in Manila today for a goodwill visit amid President Rodrigo Duterte's moves to bolster ties with Moscow, including a possible weapons deal. Rear Adm Eduard Mikhailov, deputy commander of Russia's…
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Srinagar: Fresh snowfall in the upper reaches of Kashmir, including the tourist resort of Gulmarg, has literally come as a boon from the heavens for winter sports and tourism-related activities in the Valley, with the Tourism Department…
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New Delhi: CBI remained in news in 2016 for some of the big arrests it made -- of ex-IAF chief S P Tyagi, Arvind Kejriwal's then Principal Secretary and judge Rachna Lakhanpal -- though it also had to do some firefighting over the…
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London: Indian-origin British actor Dev Patel has revealed that it took him eight months to perfect an Australian accent for "Lion". The 26-year-old actor, who plays Saroo Brierley in the drama film, said it was "a lot of effort" to nail…
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Benghazi (Libya): A prominent member of the presidential council of Libya's UN-backed government in Tripoli resigned, a major blow to the fledgling body attempting to assert authority over the fractured North African nation. Citing the…
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