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Peshawar: Heavily-armed terrorists today stormed a university in Pakistan's restive northwest Khyber- Pakhtunkhwa province and opened indiscriminate fire on students and teachers, killing one professor and injuring at least 10 persons. At…
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London: Actress Kate Winslet has backed her "Titanic" co-star Leonardo DiCaprio to win his first Oscar at next month's ceremony. The actress, 40, said she would be "surprised" if "The Revenant" star did not receive the best actor award…
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Sriharikota: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists for the successful launch of navigation satellite IRNSS-1E, saying they keep making the country proud. "Congratulating the…
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Srinagar: Two militants were killed in an overnight gunbattle with security forces in a village in Pulwama district of south Kashmir. Troops of 53 Rashtriya Rifles and police cordoned off Naina Batapora village last evening following…
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Canberra: Australia skipper Steven Smith won the toss and opted to bat against India in the fourth cricket One-day International at Manuka Oval, here today. India have replaced left-arm paceman Barinder Sran with experienced Bhuvneshwar…
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Mumbai: The BSE Sensex plunged by 413 points and the NSE Nifty again slipped below the 7,400-mark in early trade on Wednesday due to sustained capital outflows amidst global sell-off on renewed worries over slowing economic growth and…
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Beirut: The Islamic State group has confirmed the death of British jihadist "Jihadi John", saying he was killed in a drone strike in their Syrian stronghold of Raqa in November. Born Mohammed Emwazi, he was known as the executioner of the…
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Hyderabad: Fresh protests today rocked the Hyderabad Central University over the alleged suicide of a Dalit student even as several politicians headed to the city including YSR Congress leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and CPI(M) leader Sitaram…
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Washington: US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned both Saudi Arabia and Pakistan against indulging in trade of nuclear weapons, saying there will be "all kinds of NPT consequences" if Riyadh went ahead with any such plan. Such a…
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In spite of working closely on defence, counter-terrorism, agriculture and energy related issues India-Israel ties for the last 23 years have not taken off on the confidence level and it needs to be nurtured on a much wider spectrum leaving…
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