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Srinagar: A five-member civil society delegation led by senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today met hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani here in an attempt to break the three-month impasse in Kashmir triggered by the killing of…
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Srinagar: Three armed men today looted a bank on gunpoint in Kulgam district of Kashmir, police said. The gunmen, who were all wearing masks, entered the Jammu and Kashmir Bank branch at Kadder in Kulgam district and took Rs 2.25 lakh, a…
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Beijing: Chinese officials have refuted the speculation that the government was planning to raise personal income tax on earnings of more than USD 18,400 a year, after netizens responded "furiously" to reports that plans were afoot to…
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Melbourne: Six Indian films have bagged eight major nominations in the 10th edition of Asia Pacific Screen awards this year. Bollywood thriller "Psycho Raman," directed by Anurag Kashyap and starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui has been nominated…
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Jammu: Pakistan Army today violated the ceasefire by targeting Indian Army positions with mortar and small arms fire in Noushera sector of Rajouri district, prompting the army to give a "befitting response". "From 10 AM, Pakistan Army…
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Sydney: Australia captain Steve Smith admits the team has its work cut out after their 3-0 Test series loss to Sri Lanka, but says it'll be a different ball game on home soil against South Africa. Smith and his colleagues pull on their…
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London: Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzengger wishes he would been able to run for the US presidency this year. The "Terminator" actor, who was governor of California for eight years until 2011, is unable to contest for the position because…
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Nairobi: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has commuted all the death sentences handed out in the East African country. The president's press office said Monday that some 2,747 convicts on death row will now serve life sentences. These…
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United Nations: The United Nations has blamed all sides in Syria after it failed to secure agreement to evacuate critically injured and sick Syrians from Aleppo. UN aid agencies, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, the Red Cross and other…
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Washington: US President Barack Obama has appealed to Americans to deliver a big win to Hillary Clinton and a crushing defeat to Donald Trump in the November 8 general elections, saying the country cannot have a reality TV show in the Oval…
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