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Imran Khan Arrest: Anti-corruption watchdog seeks 14 day physical demand
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Imran Khan Arrest: Anti-corruption watchdog seeks 14 day physical demand

Islamabad, May 10: Pakistan's anti-corruption watchdog on Wednesday sought a 14-day physical remand of former prime minister Imran Khan as he was produced before a special court inside a high-security police facility here for the hearing in a corruption case in which he has been arrested. The...
Internet in Pakistan suspended for indefinite period
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Internet in Pakistan suspended for indefinite period

Islamabad, May 10: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Wednesday said that internet services across the country will remain suspended for an indefinite period. The authority confirmed that the decision to block mobile broadband services was taken on the directives of the Ministry of...
Sonowal inaugurates Sittwe port in Myanmar; receives first Indian cargo vessel
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Sonowal inaugurates Sittwe port in Myanmar; receives first Indian cargo vessel

New Delhi, May 9: Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Myanmar's Deputy Prime Minister Admiral Tin Aung San on Tuesday jointly inaugurated the Sittwe Port in Myanmar and received the first Indian cargo ship, according to an official statement. The cargo ship was flagged off from Syama Prasad...
Border haats along India-B’desh frontiers reopens after 3 years
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Border haats along India-B’desh frontiers reopens after 3 years

Sabroom (Tripura), May 9: After three years of closure, one of the two 'Border Haats' (markets) in Tripura along India-Bangladesh border resumed trading on Tuesday with the participation of vendors and buyers of the two countries. District officials of south Tripura and Bangladesh's Feni districts...
Imran Khan arrested from outside Islamabad High Court
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Imran Khan arrested from outside Islamabad High Court

Islamabad, May 9: Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested from outside the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday. Confirming the development on Twitter, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Musarrat Cheema said: "They are torturing Imran Khan right now, they are beating Khan sahib. They...
Pakistan govt desperate to break IMF deadlock before fiscal budget
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Pakistan govt desperate to break IMF deadlock before fiscal budget

Islamabad, May 9: As Pakistan's financial year comes to a close, the cash-strapped country's ruling coalition government seems to have come to a point of desperation as it looks towards the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for leniency and revival of the $6.5 billion loan programme. The Shehbaz...
3 killed, 12 injured in avalanche in Nepal
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3 killed, 12 injured in avalanche in Nepal

Kathmandu, May 7: Three people were killed and 12 others wounded in another avalanche in Mugu district in northwestern Nepal, a local official said on Sunday. A total of 15 people from the neighbouring Jumla district went to Mugu in search of yarsagumba, a caterpillar fungus, but they were hit by...
Controversies behind the Royal jewels set out during coronation ceremony
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Controversies behind the Royal jewels set out during coronation ceremony

Guwahati, May 7: As the world witnessed the once-in-a-generation coronation ceremony of King Charles III, all eyes were on the royals at Westminster Abbey in London. Seven decades later, Queen Elizabeth's eldest child, Charles, officially ascended the throne as the Archbishop of Canterbury placed...
King Charles III crowned King of United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey
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King Charles III crowned King of United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey

London, May 6: King Charles III was on Saturday crowned the King of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey, in a solemn religious ceremony that dates back almost a thousand years. The king and his wife, Camilla, the queen consort, travelled from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey - a distance...
Quake-hit Japan braces for more aftershocks and rain
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Quake-hit Japan braces for more aftershocks and rain

Tokyo, May 6: Japan's central prefecture of Ishikawa on Saturday remained on high alert for aftershocks and rain after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck the area, leaving one dead and 22 others injured. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has warned strong aftershocks could occur in the span of...
Bengal woman designs dress for Queen Camilla, brooch for King Charles III
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Bengal woman designs dress for Queen Camilla, brooch for King Charles III

Kolkata, May 6: A woman fashion designer from a village in West Bengal's Hooghly district has designed a dress for British Queen Camilla and a brooch for King Charles III and received a letter from the Royal family thanking her and inviting her to attend the coronation ceremony on Saturday. ...
6.3-magnitude quake hits Japan, no tsunami threat
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6.3-magnitude quake hits Japan, no tsunami threat

Tokyo, May 5: An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck Japan's Ishikawa prefecture and its surrounding areas on Friday, but there is no threat of a tsunami, the country's weather agency said. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor occurred at 2.42 p.m....
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