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Bangladesh stops 54 ISKCON members from crossing into India
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s immigration police on Sunday, December 1, turned back 54 members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) who possessed valid travel documents and wanted to cross into India from…
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10-yr-old Indian origin kid scores higher IQ than Einstein and Hawking
Krish Arora, an Indian-origin British boy achieved the miraculous feat of possessing an IQ of 162, higher than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. The high IQ possessed by Krish has made him…
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Zelensky pitches Ukraine’s terms for ceasefire, Russia remains silent
Kyiv/Moscow: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky voiced his readiness to end the “hot phase” of the conflict with Russia in exchange for Ukraine’s membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Interfax-Ukraine news…
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Deathtoll raises to 130 as Pakistan grappled by sectarian violence
Peshawar: The death toll from sectarian violence in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province surged to 130, with at least six people killed and eight injured on Sunday, December 1, as clashes in…
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Pak court grants police remand for 156 PTI workers arrested in Islamabad protest
Islamabad: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has approved the police remand of 156 workers of former premier Imran Khan’s party arrested during a protest here, according to a media report. Workers of…
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Bangladesh HC acquits all accused in 2004 Hasina attack case
Dhaka: The High Court here on Sunday scrapped the lower court’s verdict and acquitted all accused, including former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia’s son Tarique Rahman and former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar,…
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Death toll in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa rises to 124 as gunbattle rages on between Shia, Sunni
Peshawar: Death toll in Khurram tribal sectarian violence rose to 124 with two more deaths on Saturday as a gunbattle continued between Shia and Sunni groups despite a ceasefire in Pakistan’s northwestern…
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Indian-American Kash Patel nominated as FBI Director by Trump
Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump has announced Kash Patel’s name as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director. “I am proud to announce that Kashyap “Kash” Patel will serve as the next…
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Two more Hindu priests arrested in Bangladesh: ISKCON Kolkata
Kolkata: Two more Hindu priests were arrested in Bangladesh, ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson Radharamn Das claimed on Saturday. Speaking to PTI, Radharamn said, “I have received information that two more ISKCON monks have…
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Syrian rebels challenge Assad’s regime igniting new tensions in Middle East
Islamist rebel groups, also called opposition forces, have managed to sweep victory into Aleppo city only three days after starting an unexpected operation in the country. This occurred for the first time…
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Bangladesh asserts no systematic attacks on minorities amid UN concerns
United Nations: The arrest of a Hindu leader in Dhaka has been “misconstrued” and he was arrested on specific charges, Bangladesh has told a UN forum on minority issues, claiming that there…
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Pakkistan: Imran Khan agreed to change protest venue, Bushra Bibi insisted on D-Chowk
Lahore: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan had agreed to change the protest location from D-chowk to a venue on the outskirts of Islamabad, but his wife Bushra Bibi did not accept…