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Sydney: The touring Indian cricketers and their home team counterparts were today hosted by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott for an afternoon tea at his official residence on the New Year's Day here today. Players from both sides…
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New Delhi:  Senior IPS officer Ashok Prasad has been appointed as the new Special Secretary of Home Ministry's crucial Internal Security division, a post which was vacant after Prakash Mishra was appointed as head of CRPF. A 1979-batch IPS…
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Srinagar:  A senior separatist leader called on Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed at his residence here the other day and held deliberations on “apprehensions” related to government formation in the state, with the…
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Islamabad:  At least 23 suspected militants were killed today when Pakistani fighter jets targeted their hideouts in Shawal area of North Waziristan Agency. According to an army statement, 23 suspected terrorists were killed when jets…
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Srinagar: A political churning which saw BJP making significant gains in assembly elections and a natural disaster in the form of unprecedented floods marked the year 2014 for Jammu and Kashmir. The elections to the 87-member state…
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Doda: The employees of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) employees viz Paramedics and Management Staff of Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban Districts under the banner of NRHM Paramedical and Management Association District today highlighted…
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New Delhi: India and South Korea have sought to enhance bilateral ties based on cooperation in matters of defence and cyber security under the Make in India initiative. On a three-day visit to South Korea, External Affairs Minister Sushma…
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Jakarta/Singapore:  The debris of the missing AirAsia plane along with floating bodies of some of the 162 people on board were spotted today in the Java Sea off Indonesia, close to the area where contact was lost with the aircraft on Sunday…
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NEW DELHI: BJP President Amit Shah will not face charges in the alleged fake encounter killings of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, a small-time criminal, his wife and a witness, after a court accepted his discharge petition on Tuesday. The case was…
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Islamabad:  Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi was today arrested in an abduction case just before his release following a Pakistani court's suspension of his detention under a public security order which had evoked a strong…
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