Province
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Taliban captures second provincial capital in Afghanistan
World | Aug 07, 2021, 06:57 PM ISTSources said that security forces are stationed only at the provincial airport in Khwaja Dako district, which is the hometown of former vice president Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum and is located 17 kilometers from the city of Sheberghan.
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Nepal President sacks all province chiefs
World | Nov 03, 2019, 07:10 PM ISTThe President relieved the governors from their posts in accordance with the constitutional provisions at the recommendation of the Council of Ministers, the President's office said in a statement
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Lanka tells India devolving powers to provinces not possible
World | Jun 04, 2014, 09:52 PM ISTColombo: Sri Lanka today said it had made it clear to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that devolving police powers to the provinces, including the Tamil-dominated areas, was not possible saying “it has nothing to do
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Salman Khurshid meets Rajapaksa, visits Northern Province
World | Oct 08, 2013, 11:13 PM ISTColombo: India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, on a two-day visit to Sri Lanka, Tuesday met President Mahinda Rajapaksa and later visited the Tamil-majority Northern Province where he said that India is committed to implementation
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Blast hits city in east Afghan province
World | Sep 08, 2013, 03:48 PM ISTKabul: A powerful explosion went off next to an Afghan intelligence office not far from the capital on Sunday, a provincial lawmaker said. There was no immediate word on casualties, but gunshots also were heard
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27 killed in riots China's Xinjiang province
World | Jun 26, 2013, 03:32 PM ISTBeijing, Jun 26: At least 27 people, including 9 security personnel, were killed today as knife-wielding rioters attacked police stations and government building in China's restive Xinjiang province in one of the worst violence since
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Punjab province refuses to house Afridi in Adiala Jail
World | Jun 11, 2012, 10:12 PM ISTIslamabad, Jun 11: Authorities in Pakistan's Punjab have turned down a request from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province to lodge Shakeel Afridi, the doctor arrested for helping the CIA track Osama bin Laden, at the Adiala Jail in
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Taliban Twin Bombers Kill 42 At Shrine, 100 Injured
World | Apr 04, 2011, 12:13 PM ISTDera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan, Apr 3 : A pair of Taliban suicide bombers struck one of Pakistan's most important Sufi Muslim shrines on Sunday, killing 42 people and wounding 100 who were celebrating the anniversary