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Tagum (Philippines): A strong earthquake shook parts of the southern Philippines today, briefly panicking residents, the government volcanology office said. The 6.0-magnitude quake rocked the southern island of Mindanao but there were no…
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Srinagar: Aiming to bring peace in Jammu and Kashmir, an all party delegation led by Home Minister Rajnath Singh was today in Srinagar for a two-day visit to the state during which it is expected to interact with a cross section of…
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Ciudad Victoria (Mexico): Two highway shootouts between soldiers and suspected drug gang members in a northern border city resulted in 11 dead, including a bystander caught in the crossfire, Mexican authorities reported. The violence in…
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Hong Kong: Hong Kong goes to the polls today in an election which for the first time sees young independence activists calling for a complete break from China running for office. It comes as some in the semi-autonomous city grow…
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Lahore: Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan today said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's name should be placed on Exit Control List (ECL) by the Supreme court, till the probe into his family members' off shore holdings revealed in the…
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Panaji: Amid rumblings in RSS's Goa unit following the ouster of its chief Subhash Velingkar, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has arrived in the state and is likely to meet Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar today. Parrikar landed here…
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New Delhi: Widening its probe in the Panama Papers case, the Income Tax department has invoked various tax information exchange treaties and sent about 200 requests in order to obtain banking and other financial data of Indians named in the…
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New Delhi: A recent High Court verdict directing the central revenue authorities to refund service tax collected from three travel portals including MakeMyTrip may be challenged in Supreme Court by the government. Officials sources today…
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Hangzhou: Describing BRICS as "an influential voice in international discourse", Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said it was the grouping's shared responsibility to shape the global agenda. Leading from the chair, Modi addressed the…
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Srinagar: Clashes broke out in south Kashmir's Shopian district this morning with protesters setting ablaze a mini-secretariat building while curfew remained clamped in parts of Srinagar on a day the all-party delegation was here on a…
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