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Guwahati:Assam Police said 13 Maoists alleged to be accomplices of veteran CPI (Maoist) leader Arun Kumar Bhattacharjee alias Kanchan Da have surrendered in Assam on Saturday.The 13 "joined the mainstream today – leaving the path of violence behind –...

Turin: Novak Djokovic survived a three-set marathon match with Daniil Medvedev to keep alive his chances of emerging as an undefeated champion at the ATP Finals.Despite having already qualified for the semifinals, the Serbian pushed himself to his limits...

Chandigarh: Amateur Avani Prashanth underlined her superiority with a third straight under par score at 2-under 70 and completed a huge 13-shot win over the field in the 15th and final leg of the Women’s Pro Golf Tour at...

Addis Ababa: The Ethiopian government announced the establishment of a national anti-corruption committee to coordinate the government's campaign against corruption.The establishment of the national anti-corruption committee was announced by the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Thursday, as he...

Colombo: Tourist arrivals in the first 15 days of November stood at 27,213, making Sri Lanka inches away from crossing the 600,000 arrival mark for the year, it was reported on Friday.As per the provisional data released by the...

Washington: The US has determined that Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has immunity from a lawsuit over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.Khashoggi, a prominent critic of the government in Riyadh, was murdered at the Saudi consulate in...

Los Angeles: Twitter has told employees that the company's office buildings will be temporarily closed, effective immediately.In a message seen by the BBC, workers were told that the offices would reopen on Monday, November 21, BBC reported. It did...

Washington: The FBI is "concerned" by reports that secret "police stations" linked to China have been set up across the US.A September report issued by the NGO Safeguard Defenders revealed the presence of these stations around the world, including...

Bangkok: India's no.1 paddler Manika Batra progressed to the quarterfinals of ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup table tennis tournament, beating world number 7, Chen Xingtong of China in the round-of-16 in 7 sets (8-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-6, 9-11, 8-11, 11-9).Batra will...

New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar has been invited by the Election Commission of Nepal as the International Observer for the forthcoming elections to Nepal’s House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly, the Election Commission of India (ECI)...