8 killed in Pak air strikes on Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Taliban said yesterday that Pakistan carried out two air strikes on its territory, killing five women and three children, and it fired heavy weapons at Pakistani forces along the border in retaliation.

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INDIA LOK SABHA POLLS / EC removes home secretaries of six states, West Bengal top cop

India’s Election Commission yesterday issued orders for the removal of six Home Secretaries - including the top bureaucrats from Gujarat, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh.

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Anti-piracy ops: Pentagon chief praises Indian navy’s role

US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin today appreciated Indian navy's important role in conducting anti-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean region

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Kabul says 8 killed in Pakistan air strikes on eastern Afghanistan

Eight people, all women and children, were killed on Monday in "reckless" air strikes by the Pakistan military in the border regions of Afghanistan, the Taliban government's spokesman said..Border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have risen since the Taliban government seized powe

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China congratulates Putin on election victory

Key Russian ally China on Monday congratulated President Vladimir Putin on his election victory

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21 dead after bus collides with tanker in Afghanistan

Twenty-one people were killed and 38 injured yesterday in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province when a bus collided with an oil tanker and a motorbike, provincial officials said.

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Escaping to Thailand: Fleeing military service in Myanmar

In the village of Wale, Thailand and Myanmar are connected by a small wooden bridge. The narrow river that flows beneath it constitutes the border.

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21 dead in bus collision with tanker in Afghanistan: provincial official

Twenty-one people were killed and 11 injured in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on Sunday when a bus collided with a tanker and a motorbike, a provincial official said

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Taiwanese man goes for leg amputation in scam to claim million-dollar payout

A Taiwanese university student was hoping to pocket over NT$41 million (S$1.7 million) in insurance payouts by claiming that he lost his feet to frostbite

Indian National Election / World’s largest polls to begin in April

Setting the stage for a marathon electoral battle spread across nearly two months, India’s Election Commission announced today that the 18th Lok Sabha polls of the world’s largest democracy, will be held in seven phases between April 19 and June 1, involving nearly 97 crore voters.

‘Misplaced, misinformed, unwarranted’

Comments by the United States expressing concern about India’s implementation of a contentious citizenship law based on religion are “misplaced, misinformed, and unwarranted”, the foreign ministry of the South Asian nation said yesterday.

India SC refuses to entertain plea alleging irregularities in functioning of EVMs

Ahead of parliamentary elections due in April-May, India’s Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea alleging irregularities in functioning of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) saying "every method has its plus and minus points"

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India's Election Commission to announce general elections schedule tomorrow

India's election panel today said it would announce dates for general elections at 3 pm local time (0930 GMT) on March 16.

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West Bengal CM Mamata suffers injury

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday suffered an injury on her forehead when she slipped at her residence in South Kolkata’s Kalighat locality, her party Trinamool Congress said.

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Mamata Banerjee suffers 'major injury' in accident: TMC

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today suffered major injuries after she met with an accident, her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) said.

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Military team visits Maldives, Sri Lanka Nepal: China

A Chinese military delegation recently visited the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Nepal to discuss further cooperation in defence issues, Beijing said yesterday.

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60 Afghans killed by weeks of snow, rain

At least 60 people have been killed by heavy rain and snow in Afghanistan over the past three weeks, the government’s disaster ministry said Wednesday.

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Japan's Space One Kairos rocket explodes on inaugural flight

Japan's Space One's small, solid-fuelled Kairos rocket exploded shortly after its inaugural launch on Wednesday as the firm tried to become the first Japanese company to put a satellite in orbit

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Indian troops begin Maldives pullout

India has begun withdrawing military personnel operating surveillance aircraft in the Maldives after the new pro-China president ordered them to leave, defence authorities said Tuesday.

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Chemical cat sparks alert in Japan

Locals in a city in western Japan have been told not to approach or touch a missing cat that fell into a vat of dangerous chemicals and then scampered off into the night. 

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Pak cabinet tasked with ending crisis

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced the key members of his cabinet, tasking them with leading the country out of a crippling economic crisis fuelled by debt, spiralling inflation and a feeble rupee. 

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