Month: March 2024

“Seat-Sharing On Hold For Prakash Ambedkar’s Party”: Sharad Pawar

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“Seat-Sharing On Hold For Prakash Ambedkar’s Party”: Sharad Pawar

The NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief said the opposition bloc wants Mr Ambedkar’s party on board. Mumbai: NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) President Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said seat-sharing among Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) constituents for the Lok Sabha polls is stuck as leaders are waiting for the political outfit led by BR Ambedkar’s grandson Prakash Ambedkar to…

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Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians at West Bank hospital: director

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Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians at West Bank hospital: director

March 13, 2024 11:48 pm | Updated 11:48 pm IST – Ramallah, Palestinian Territories Relatives of one of the two Palestinian youths killed during an Israeli Army raid the previous day in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, during their funeral on March 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian…

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UK To Seek Ban On Foreign State Ownership Of British Newspapers

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UK To Seek Ban On Foreign State Ownership Of British Newspapers

London: The UK announced Wednesday that it plans to bar overseas governments from owning British newspapers, a move that could scupper the Abu Dhabi-led takeover of the Telegraph Media Group. Stephen Parkinson, a media minister, said the Conservative government was “committed” to amending proposed legislation so that it “prevents foreign state ownership of newspapers”. It…

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China says military delegation visited Maldives, Sri Lanka and Nepal

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China says military delegation visited Maldives, Sri Lanka and Nepal

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China January 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Chinese military delegation recently visited the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Nepal to discuss further cooperation in defence issues, Beijing said on Wednesday. Beijing is…

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BJP’s Pawan Singh Now Says He Will Fight Lok Sabha Polls

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BJP’s Pawan Singh Now Says He Will Fight Lok Sabha Polls

Mr Singh didn’t specify the constituency he would contest from. Kolkata: Bhojpuri singer and actor Pawan Singh, who had expressed his inability to contest the Lok Sabha elections from West Bengal’s Asansol just a day after the BJP announced his name for the constituency, took a U-turn on Wednesday stating that he will fight the…

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Pro-Kyiv militias urge civilians to flee Russian border cities

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Pro-Kyiv militias urge civilians to flee Russian border cities

A self-defence unit volunteer is seen by a damaged apartment building following a drone attack on Belgorod on March 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Russian volunteer forces fighting alongside Kyiv on Wednesday urged civilians to flee Belgorod and Kursk, threatening large-scale attacks on military targets in the Russian border cities. Groups of volunteer fighters,…

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Delhi Capitals Secure Direct Qualification Into Women’s Premier League Final With Win Over Gujarat Giants

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Delhi Capitals Secure Direct Qualification Into Women’s Premier League Final With Win Over Gujarat Giants

The big-hitting Shafali Verma led the way with a blazing 37-ball 71 as a dominant Delhi Capitals secured direct qualification into the final of the Women’s Premier League with a seven-wicket hammering of Gujarat Giants in New Delhi on Wednesday. Table-toppers Delhi Capitals entered the game looking to bag a direct spot in the final…

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Race to rush aid to Gaza as EU warns hunger ‘a weapon of war’

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Race to rush aid to Gaza as EU warns hunger ‘a weapon of war’

Donor nations, aid agencies and charities pushed on with efforts on Wednesday to rush food to war-torn Gaza by land, air and sea after the EU top diplomat said starvation had become “a weapon of war”. The Israel-Hamas conflict raging since October 7 has caused mass civilian deaths, reduced vast areas to a rubble-strewn wasteland…

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Centre To Issue Helpline To Assist Applicants For Citizenship Under CAA

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Centre To Issue Helpline To Assist Applicants For Citizenship Under CAA

A mobile app ‘CAA-2019’ will also be launched very soon. New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Wednesday that helpline numbers will be launched soon to assist applicants for Indian citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA-2019). According to MHA, the applicants will be able to get information related to CAA-2019…

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Congress Chief Weeks Before Lok Sabha Polls

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Congress Chief Weeks Before Lok Sabha Polls

Mr Kharge urged people to stand strong together and ensure his party’s victory to “save” democracy. Kalaburagi: Congress President M Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday indicated that the party is facing a funds crunch alleging that bank accounts where money donated by people had been kept had been frozen by the BJP-led NDA government, while huge…

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