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  Party that nominated Thai princess for PM faces ban after king’s rebuke

  Reuters . Bangkok | Updated at 12:00am on February 11, 2019

  The Thai political party that nominated a princess as its candidate for prime minister could be banned from a general election in March after an...

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  China protests visit by Modi to disputed border area

  Agence France-Presse . Beijing | Updated at 12:27am on February 10, 2019

  China on Saturday protested the visit by Indian prime minister Narendra Modi to the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, a contested region located on the...

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  Nude protest, black flags greet Modi in Assam

  Agence France-Presse . Guwahati | Updated at 12:22am on February 10, 2019

  A second day of protests on Saturday tainted prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to northeast India where proposals to change a nationality law have sparked...

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  Nude protest, black flags greet Modi in Assam

  Agence France-Presse . Guwahati | Updated at 07:52pm on February 09, 2019

  A second day of protests on Saturday tainted prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to northeast India where proposals to change a nationality law have sparked...

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  India makes fish lock to reach Hilsa to Allahabad

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 06:01pm on February 09, 2019

  India has redesigned a navigation lock at Farakka barrage over the Ganges to ensure smooth and safe migration of the Hilsa shoal during the...

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  China angry at Modi’s visit to Arunachal

  Reuters . Mumbai | Updated at 04:55pm on February 09, 2019

  China’s foreign ministry on Saturday condemned Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the disputed northeastern border state of...

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  Myanmar activists charged after protesting independence hero statue

  Reuters . Yangon | Updated at 12:00am on February 09, 2019

  Dozens of activists in eastern Myanmar face charges of unlawful assembly, an activist leader said on Friday, after police broke up the latest protest against...

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  Pakistan activists’ arrests fuel tension with Afghanistan

  Reuters . Islamabad | Updated at 01:02am on February 08, 2019

  The arrest of a group of ethnic Pashtun activists at a rally in Pakistan this week rekindled an angry row with neighbouring Afghanistan on Thursday...

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  Woman held for enacting Gandhi’s assassination

  Agence France-Presse . New Delhi | Updated at 12:00am on February 08, 2019

  A rightwing Indian woman who shot an effigy of independence leader Mahatma Gandhi with an air pistol to mark his assassination some seven decades ago...

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  Congress to scrap triple talaq ban if voted back to power

  Reuters . NEW DELHI | Updated at 07:21pm on February 07, 2019

  India’s main opposition Congress party said on Thursday it would scrap a decree passed by prime minister Narendra Modi’s government prescribing jail terms for...