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UK minister in charge of India suspended amid assault claim

UK minister in charge of India suspended amid assault claim

6:25 pm June 21, 2019

London: A minister in charge of India in the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) was suspended on Friday after footage showed him grabbing and forcibly ejecting a climate activist at a political event in London. Mark Field, Britain’s minister of state for Asia and the Pacific, was a guest at the formal black-tie dinner […]

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Heavy rains lash Telangana, normal life crippled

Monsoon to be below normal over north, south India: IMD

10:17 pm May 31, 2019

New Delhi: North and south India are expected to have below normal monsoon this season, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its forecast Friday. The El-Nino phenomenon, generally believed to have its impact on monsoon, will continue during the rainy season. However, there is a possibility of these conditions to turn neutral during the […]

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