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March 20, 2019 The India Observer #H1Bvisa, #Immigration, #Indians, #ITcompanies, #USCIS

US to begin accepting H-1B applications from April 1

The United States will start accepting applications for H-1B visas for the next fiscal year from April 1, the federal

March 19, 2019 The India Observer #armedforces, #bigotry, #BJP, #Congress, #Demonetisation, #Elections2019, #electios, #Excise, #GDP, #Lok Sabha, #loksabhaelections2019, #LPG cylinder, #Muslims, #nationalist, #NDA, #Prime Minister Modi, #Rajnath Singh, #shashitharoor, #suicide, #Tharoor, #Thiruvananthapuram, #UN diplomat, #UPA, Adam Rizvi, CRPF, India, PTI

BJP trying to turn LS polls into ‘khaki election’, says Shashi Tharoor

Thiruvananthapuram, March 18 The Lok Sabha polls should be fought on “perennial issues” like poverty and disease and not on

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Rang mein bhang

Colours and the potent drink go together on Holi Holi is also called the festival of colours. The sobriquet makes

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BJP man to be Goa CM; allies to get 2 dy CM’s posts

Panaji, Mar 18 (PTI) BJP’s Pramod Sawant will be the new chief minister of Goa, party sources said Monday. Two MLAs

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Goa’s son of soil Parrikar cremated with state honours

Thousands of mourners on Monday gave a teary tribute to Goa’s four-time chief minister Manohar Parrikar as his body was

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March 15, 2019 The India Observer #academy AR Rahman, #AR, #AR Rahman, #ARahman, #Chennai, #ChildProdigy, #KM Music, #KMMC, #LydianNadhswaram, #one million, #Rahman, #The Ellen Show, #The World’s Best, #US show, Adam Rizvi

13-year-old Chennai musical prodigy wins $1 million on US show, hailed by AR Rahman

Meet the 13-year old who has won AR Rahman’s heart and USD 1 million! Lydian Nadhaswram, the child prodigy from

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March 15, 2019 The India Observer #FridayTerroristattack, #Newzealand, #Terroristattack, #Whitesupremaist

Nine Indian-origin persons missing in New Zealand mosque massacre: Envoy

In New Delhi, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that India’s High Commission in New Zealand is in touch

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March 15, 2019 The India Observer #Fridayprayers, #massshooting, #Mosque, #terrorattack, 3NewZealand

Bloody Friday: 49 worshippers killed after gunman unleashes terror on packed mosques in New Zealand

Christchurch, (NZ)March 15, 2019: An attack on two crowded mosques during Friday prayers left multiple people dead, police said, on what

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March 14, 2019 The India Observer #Airstrikes, #Balakot, #ElectionCommission, #IAFPilot, #India-Pakistan, #No war, #Pakistani aircraft, #peacetalks, #political posters, #Tea stall, #Varthaman, #War, #WingCommander, Indian Air Force

A tea stall in Pakistan has IAF pilot Abhinandan’s photo with a special message

The tea stall has put up a banner with an image of Wing Commander Varthaman, sipping tea, and the text

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March 14, 2019 The India Observer #China, #JeM, #MasoodAzhar, #Pakistan, #UNSanctionscommittee, India

India ‘disappointed’ after China blocks bid to ban JeM chief for 4th time

As it has done in the past, Beijing put a technical hold on the proposal just as the deadline was

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Boycott Surf Excel: Detergent brand faces backlash for ad promoting Hindu-Muslim harmony

In the ad, a young Hindu girl, dressed in a white t-shirt, chooses to get stained in Holi colors in

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March 7, 2019 Bipasha Joshi #Afzal Naik, #Amethi, #Babar, #Bajrang Dal, #Chief minister, #CRPF jawans, #dryfruits, #FIR, #J&K, #JAMMU AND KASHMIR, #JAMMUANDKASHMIRGOVERNMENT, #Kashmirivendors, #Lucknow, #Mehbooba Mufti, #NarendraModi, #National Conference, #NDTV, #Omar Abdullah, #PULWAMA DISTRICT, #Rafale, #RSS, #Saffron, #Sonia Gandhi, #Vishwa Hindu Dal Trust, PTI

Kashmiri vendors attacked by saffron-clad men in Lucknow, 4 held

Lucknow March 7, 2019: Even after the Supreme Court’s order, which directed all states and union territories to ensure that

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Blood Meal Cattle: India refuses to bite the bullet as another mutiny rears its head on ‘Non-Negotiable’ Sticking Point

US threatens to scrap India’s preferential trade treatment New Delhi, March 6: US insistence that India import dairy products sourced

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March 4, 2019 The India Observer #Balakot, #BJP#Modigovt., #JaisheMohammad, #Jamnagar, #loksabhaelections2019, #MasoodAzhar, #MiG21Bison, #Pulwama, #Rafale, #Terrorism, Adam Rizvi, Indian Air Force

Facing flak for Rafale Remark, Modi Asks Oppn to ‘Use Common Sense’

India will not sit quietly in the fight against terrorism and would do all to cure it of the root,

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March 1, 2019 The India Observer #AdamRizvi, #IAFPilot, #ImranKhan, #MiG21, #NarendraModi #terrorists, #Pakistan, #PM Modi, #PMImranKhan, #Tricolour, #Vice-Chief Marshal, #WagahBorder, #War, #Wing Commander Varthaman, Indian Air Force

IAF pilot Abhinandan returns from Pak via Wagah border, gets hero’s welcome

Wagah/Attari, March 1 : After a suspenseful wait lasting hours, Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman finally returned home from

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Terrorism is caused by ‘distortion of religion’ and ‘misguided belief’: Swaraj tells OIC

Abu Dhabi, Mar 1 (PTI) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday raised the issue of terrorism at the Organisation of

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February 28, 2019 The India Observer #Air Vice Marshal R G K Kapoor, #Balakote, #CRPF jawans, #F16s, #Geneva Conventions, #IAF fighters, #ImranKan, #IndianAirforce, #JeM, #MiG21, #NarendraModi, #War, Indian Air Force

Very happy Abhindandan will return tomorrow, expected it under Geneva Conventions, says IAF

New Delhi, Feb 28 (PTI) The Indian Air Force Thursday said it is very happy that captured pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan

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Trump hints at de-escalation in Indo-Pak tension after US mediation

The US President has expressed hope that the conflict between India and Pakistan will be coming to an end. New

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February 27, 2019 The India Observer #Balakote, #ImranKhan, #India-Pakistan, #Jaish-e-Mohammad, #modi, #Pulwama, #sushmaswaraj

“India Doesn’t Wish To See Further Escalation”: Sushma Swaraj In China

WUHAN, CHINA: Feb 27: On the day when tensions have escalated across the border with Pakistan conducting air strikes in India

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February 27, 2019 The India Observer #Balakote, #India-Pakistan, #Jaish-e-Mohammad, #JammuandKashmir, #LineofControl

Imran Khan shrugs responsibility if tensions escalate

Imran Khan’s remarks come after Pakistan claimed “strikes across Line of Control from within Pakistani airspace”. India-Pakistan February 27: Pakistan

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February 27, 2019 The India Observer #Balakote, #FOREIGNMINISTERSHAHMEHMOODQURESHI, #ImranKhan, #JammuandKashmir, #KPK, #LoC, #NarendraModi, #NOWSHERA

‘Need to Demonstrate Right, Will and Capability for Self Defence’: says Pak After Its Jets Enter India’s Air Space

In a statement, the Pakistan Foreign Office said the country struck non-military targets, avoiding human loss and collateral damage. Islamabad,

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February 27, 2019 The India Observer #Air Traffic, #Balakte, #Chandigarh, #Dawn News paper, #ImranKhan, #Internet services, #Jaish-e-Mohammad, #jammu, #JammuandKashmir, #Major General Asif Ghafoor, #MasoosAzhar, #Pakistan military, #Pakistan occupied Kashmir, #Pakistani F-16, #Prime Minister Modi, Leh, Srinagar

Pak claims to have caught 2 IAF pilots, India shoots down Pak F-16

Most flights shut down as tensions rise between two countries NEW DELHI-ISLAMABAD, Feb 27th Pakistan military has claimed to

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Pre-dawn Indian air strike destroys JeM camp in Pakistan, sources say up to 350 terrorists killed

New Delhi, Feb 26 (PTI) In a pinpointed and swift air strike that lasted less than two minutes, India pounded Jaish-e-Mohammed’s

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India Prepares to Get Pakistan Blacklisted for Terror Link Move May Affect Neighbour’s IMF Package

Blacklisting of Pakistan by FATF may result in it being downgraded by multilateral lenders like IMF, World Bank, ADB, EU

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February 10, 2019 Saeed Naqvi #Russia, #Taliban, Afghanistan, US

US, Russia And Blackwater Mercenaries Plot Different Futures For Afghanistan

Two parallel peace processes on Afghanistan are underway. In Doha, Zalmay Khalilzad, US Special Representative for Afghanistan has held extensive