OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada on Wednesday pressed India to cooperate in an investigation of the murder of a Sikh separatist in British Columbia after the U.S. revealed it had foiled an assassination attempt against a Sikh separatist on its soil. The U.S. Justice Department said earlier on Wednesday it was charging a 52-year-old man who had …
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By Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India will formally investigate security concerns aired by the United States in a warning to New Delhi about its links to a foiled plot to murder a Sikh separatist leader, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. The issue comes at a delicate time for both India and the Biden …
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By Saurabh Sharma CHINYALISAUR, India (Reuters) – Hope that they would be rescued soon kept many of the workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India strong through their ordeal, some of the men said on Wednesday, hours after they were pulled out of 17-days of confinement. All 41 men, low-wage workers from some of …
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By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Rahul Dravid will stay on as India head coach following an extension of his contract, which had expired with the 50-overs home World Cup earlier this month, the country’s cricket board said on Wednesday. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) did not reveal the duration …
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By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Indian police arrested seven students in the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) region under anti-terror laws for allegedly celebrating Australia’s victory over India in the men’s Cricket World Cup final earlier this month, police said on Tuesday. A senior police official said seven students from an agriculture university were …
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By Saurabh Sharma and Shivam Patel SILKYARA, India (Reuters) – When heavy machinery broke down trying to break through the debris trapping 41 workers in a tunnel in the Indian Himalayas, authorities called in a group of people whose profession is effectively banned in the country – “rat-hole mining”. While augur machines managed to horizontally …
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SILKYARA, India (Reuters) – Rescuers on Tuesday successfully drilled through debris to reach 41 workers trapped for 17 days in a collapsed tunnel in the Indian Himalayas and were set to pull them out to safety, an official told Reuters. The men were stuck in the 4.5-km (3-mile) tunnel in the mountainous state of Uttarakhand …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia will grant visa-free entry to citizens of China and India for stays of up to 30 days starting on Dec. 1, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said. Anwar made the announcement late on Sunday during a speech at his People’s Justice Party congress. In a statement on Monday, Malaysia’s Home Affairs Ministry …
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By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Gujarat Titans said on Monday opener Shubman Gill would captain the side in next year’s Indian Premier League after they allowed Hardik Pandya to return to Mumbai Indians, his first IPL team. Pandya, who helped Mumbai to four IPL titles between 2015-2021, led Gujarat to the IPL title …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit UAE to attend the U.N. climate conference (COP28) in Dubai starting this week, underlying the country’s commitment to the issue of climate change, the government said in a statement. Modi will be in UAE for two days from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1. “Climate …
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