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Bamako, Apr 19: Mali's prime minister resigned along with his entire government on Thursday following criticism over their handling of an upsurge of violence in the centre of the country and a massacre last month that left 160 people dead. A statement from President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's office said he had accepted Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga's resignation, along with those of his ministers, two

Ahmedabad, Apr 19: No Pakistani soldier or civilian died in the air strike on a terror camp at Balakot in Pakistan in February, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday. Addressing women BJP workers here, she said the Indian military was given a “free hand” in the operation but was clearly told that no Pakistani civilian should be killed and also there should be “not even a scratch

New Delhi, Apr 18: The Indian Government has decided to suspend all cross LoC trade with Pakistan from Thursday as the routes were being used by elements in Pakistan to push weapons, narcotics and counterfeit currency into India. "Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued orders to suspend the LoC trade in Jammu-Kashmir with effect from 19-04-2019. This action has been taken as the Government of

Mumbai, Apr 18: An application has been filed before the NIA court here against Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, seeking a bar on her contesting the Lok Sabha poll. The BJP has declared her candidature from Bhopal seat in Madhya Pradesh. The applicant has questioned Thakur’s candidature citing that she had got bail on the ground of her poor health, but she is “healthy enough to fight

Mumbai, Apr 18: An application has been filed before the NIA court here against Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, seeking a bar on her contesting the Lok Sabha poll. The BJP has declared her candidature from Bhopal seat in Madhya Pradesh. The applicant has questioned Thakur’s candidature citing that she had got bail on the ground of her poor health, but she is “healthy enough to fight

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 18: Kerala Police has registered a case against BJP state President P S Sreedharan Pillai for his alleged anti-Islam remarks. The case has been registered under Sections 153 and 153 A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on a complaint by CPI(M) leader V Sivankutty. Section 153 A deals with 'Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth

In a latest privacy goof up, Facebook "unintentionally" uploaded the emails of nearly 1.5 million of its users during the past three years. A Facebook spokesperson admitted on late Wednesday that emails of 1.5 million people were harvested since May 2016 to help build Facebook's web of social connections and recommend other users to add as friends. First reported by Business Insider, the

Chennai, Apr 18: Around 500 voters in Nagaraja Kandigai village in the Tiruvallur Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu boycotted the election in protest against the functioning of a polluting sponge iron factory in their locality, said an official. "We have asked the company to stop all its operations at its factory... Talks are on with the villages to convince them to participate in the electoral

New Delhi, Apr 18: Polling began Thursday morning for 95 Lok Sabha seats spread across 11 states and the union territory of Puducherry with Tamil Nadu witnessing contest in 38 constituencies. Voting was also underway in 35 assembly constituencies in Odisha and in 18 assembly seats in Tamil Nadu. Prominent faces in the fray in the Lok Sabha contest are Union ministers Jitendra Singh, Jual Oram

Bhopal, Apr 17: The BJP on Wednesday fielded Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, facing trial in the Malegaon blasts case, from the Bhopal parliamentary constituency, where she is set to have a direct contest with Congress heavyweight and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh. Ms. Thakur, who is out on bail, joined the BJP only hours before her name was announced as the Bhopal candidate