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2002 hit-and-run case: Soul-searching by Mumbai police over 16 lapses in Salman Khan case

Nearly a month after Bollywood megastar Salman Khan was acquitted in the 2002 accident case, Mumbai police have done some soul-searching on alleged lapses that led to the legal defeat,

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Pakistan opposes preconditions for Afghan-Taliban peace talks

Pakistan on Monday said that no precondition should be attached for talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, as a key meeting of a quadrilateral group involving Afghanistan, Pakistan,

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This Reddit Thread Between India and Pak

Today morning, Reddit India started a cultural exchange thread with Pakistan.  In this thread, people from Pakistan asked questions about India. If you think it was an unpleasant conversation with

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Germany ready to help ‘natural ally’ Britain

Germany signalled its readiness yesterday to be “extremely helpful” to Prime Minister David Cameron in his quest to renegotiate Britain’s membership of the European Union. Speaking before EU leaders debate

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Google CEO Pichai touts India as key testing ground for new products

New Google leader Sundar Pichai pledged on Wednesday to use India as a testing ground for its products as the US tech giant targets hundreds of millions of consumers in

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Switzerland gets first Bangladeshi lawmaker

Iftikhar Ahmed, a former ILO official, has become the first ever Bangladeshi to become a Swiss lawmaker as he took oath of office in the Parliament (Conseil Communale) of the

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Government denies limiting presidential scholarships after public outrage

Following a public outcry, the education ministry today denied limiting the number of presidential scholarships awarded annually to A’ Level top achievers. Citing a two-month-old announcement by the department of higher

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Elections Commission fines MDP, Adhaalath over Nov 27 protest

The Elections Commission has slapped a fine on both the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party and the religious conservative Adhaalath Party over “unlawful activities” carried out during a three-day anti-government protest in late

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Supreme Court to consider UN ruling on Nasheed’s imprisonment

The Supreme Court will consider a UN human rights panel ruling on former President Mohamed Nasheed’s imprisonment when it hears the opposition leader’s appeal of his 13-year jail sentence on

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Foolish court jester is cabinet spokesman: Rajitha’s blunders plunges government into Diplomatic faux pas!

The falsehoods and uncalled for un –diplomatic utterances of Minister Rajitha Senaratne , the cabinet spokesman of the Sri Lanka (SL) government , has driven  the government of good governance

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