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Christian Michel alleges abuse in Tihar Jail to UK Prime Minister
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A source close to the Briton corroborated that the letter dated November 5 is indeed in Michel's hand-writing. The communication is copied to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, British Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, and Michel's British lawyer Toby Cadman, among others. Sunak's office did not respond to a request from IANS to confirm receipt of the letter or react to its contents.
UK bizman apologises after Indian-origin doc slams his 'racist joke'
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The 70 year-old founder of Pimlico Plumbers, London's largest independent plumbing company, had attended the annual ceremony as a guest, alongside the likes of Chris Tarrant, Merlin Griffiths, Nina Wadia and Ranj Singh. ''I was really honoured to be a guest at the British Curry Awards and had a wonderful evening with a bunch of like-minded hard-working entrepreneurs doing good work for charity," the Metro reported Mullins as saying in a statement
Volodymyr Zelensky visits troops in Donetsk, presents state awards
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"I am honored to be with you here in Donbas today. Allow me to congratulate you on your holiday and the great holiday of our entire state - the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. I wish you strength to heroically defend our state, as you are doing now," Zelensky was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the President's Office on Tuesday.
Republicans' House Minority Leader's Joe Biden impeachment move falling through
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Joe Biden, who is not only growing strong with approval ratings with the public as his presidential performance is being endorsed, but also found greater support among his partymen for stopping the much touted former president Donald Trump's Red Tsunami ending in a whimper. Final tally for the house is Democrats 213 and Republicans 222.
Donald Trump did not disclose publicly $19.8mn loan he got as President from Daewoo
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The loan from Daewoo could have represented a conflict of interests, media reports said. Trump failed to disclose a $19.8 million loan from a company with historical ties to North Korea, while he was the US president, according to a new media report which said that documents obtained by the New York attorney general, and reported by Forbes, on Sunday indicate a previously unreported loan owed by Trump to Daewoo, the South Korean conglomerate.
ECP gears up to de-seat Imran as PTI chair
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Serving a notice to Khan to appear before the ECP on December 13, the Commission has decided to start proceedings into the case. In light of Article 63 (1)(p) of the Constitution of Pakistan, that led to declaring Khan guilty of false statements and incorrect declarations in the Toshakhana case, the ECP maintains that the former premier cannot hold the position of his political party as well.
'Fate of China's colonies under new Xi Jinping'
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The webinar was attended by four prominent experts Dolkun Isa President of World Uighur Congress (WUC) Germany; Marco Respinti, a well known Italian journalist and Director-in-Charge of 'Bitter Winter' which is a daily newspaper focused at religious suppression and denial of human rights in China and is published in eight languages; Lhadon Tethong, a prominent Tibetan activist and Director of Tibet Action Centre; Tashi Dhundup, President National Democratic Party of Tibet (NDPT).
Political instability in Pakistan continues to pose serious challenges
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The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its major coalition in country's largest province Punjab, led by Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi, who is also leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), have been on constant consultations to formulate a plan to take take forward Khan's announcement.
Russian leader rebukes US for 'containing' others
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"Washington and its Western allies use various methods -- imposing illegal sanctions, blackmailing, intimidating, inflating conflicts -- in a bid to destroy other countries' traditional values, history, culture and religion," Volodin said at the 15th plenary session of the Collective Security Treaty Organization's Parliamentary Assembly (CSTO PA) held in Moscow on Monday.
Pakistan President cautions Imran not to attack new COAS, military
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A PTI source while sharing a screenshot of a WhatsApp message conveyed to the party leadership and the social media team, claimed that President Alvi conveyed to Khan that under the new military establishment respect of the institution is like a "red-barrier", which should not be crossed, The News reported.
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