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INDIA bloc MPs protest over Adani indictment issue

Leaders from various parties of the INDIA bloc took to the streets wearing black jackets with bold stickers reading ‘Modi Adani Ek Hai’ (Modi and Adani are one) and ‘Adani Safe Hai’ (Adani is safe).

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500 arrested in Chennai

The police in Chennai of India arrested 500 people, including 100 women, from BJP, RSS, ABVP, Hindu Munnani, and other Hindu organisations on Wednesday for staging a protest, demanding safety of Hindus in Bangladesh in front of the Raja Rathinam Stadium...

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Donald Lu set for one last South Asia trip

US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu is scheduled to travel to India, Sri Lanka, and Nepal from December 3 to 10.

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19 die in Sri Lanka, India in Cyclone Fengal

Cyclone Fengal killed at least 19 people in India and Sri Lanka and caused flooding in Tamil Nadu state and the Puducherry region after crossing India’s southern coast from the Bay of Bengal on Saturday, reports South China Morning Post...

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31 crew of Thai fishing vessels held in Myanmar

More than 30 crew members of Thai fishing boats were detained in Myanmar waters on Saturday after an encounter with other vessels which left one person dead, a navy commander said.

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13 more killed in Pakistan sectarian clash

Sectarian feuding in northwest Pakistan killed 13 more people, a local government official said Saturday, as warring Sunnis and Shiites defied repeated ceasefire orders in recent conflict claiming 124 lives.

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Pak journalist probing protest deaths arrested

A Pakistani journalist investigating alleged fatalities during protests in support of jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan has been arrested under anti-terror laws, his lawyer said on Thursday.

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12 killed in Sri Lanka, storm heads to India

Sri Lankan rescuers on Thursday recovered the drowned corpses of six children, taking the number killed in torrential rains to 12, as a powerful but slow-moving storm headed towards India.