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Beijing: China has shut down several online news operations after authorities blasted them for independently reporting and publishing articles about potentially sensitive subjects, state media said today. Major Chinese-language portals…
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Vientiane: Top envoys from China and North Korea held talks today on the sidelines of a regional summit in Laos as tensions run high on the Korean peninsula over Pyongyang's nuclear programme. North Korea's newly minted Foreign Minister Ri…
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Jodhpur: Bollywood actor Salman Khan was today acquitted by the Rajasthan High Court in two cases related to poaching of Chinkaras in Jodhpur in 1998. The court held that the pellets recovered from the Chinkaras were not fired from Khan's…
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New Delhi: Acting tough, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today said AAP MP Bhagwant Mann's videography of the Parliament House complex had put its security "in peril" and asked him not to attend the House till a decision is taken on the…
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Los Angeles: Former "Friends" star Jennifer Aniston gave an empowering speech to young girls as she was honoured for her television and film career at the 46th Annual Giffoni Film Festival in Italy. The 47-year-old actress was the guest of…
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Mumbai: Rupee was trading lower by 13 paise at 67.21 against the dollar in early trade on Monday at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market as the American currency strengthened overseas. Forex dealers said fresh demand for the US currency…
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Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's coast guard said today they had retrieved eight bodies after a boat capsized off the southern state of Johor at the weekend with another 20 people believed to be missing. Local media reported that the boat…
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Manila: Former Philippine president Gloria Arroyo has declared herself a victim of political persecution, following her release from nearly five years in detention over a corruption case. In her first public comments since being freed from…
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Berlin: A Syrian migrant set off an explosion at a bar in southern Germany that killed himself and wounded a dozen others, authorities said, the third attack to hit Bavaria in a week. The 27-year-old, who had spent a stint in a psychiatric…
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Srinagar: Curfew and other restrictions continued in Kashmir as authorities today stepped up security in view of a march called by separatists to Anantnag district, which has seen the highest number of deaths during the unrest in the…
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