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Voters can choose up to three candidates in their preferential order. The candidate who polls 50 per cent plus one vote as the first preference will be declared the winner. (Representational Image)

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In 1st polls since Easter attacks, Sri Lankans up for tomorrow's...

Nearly 16 million people are eligible to vote for the president from among a record 35 candidates.

15 Nov 2019 1:07 PM IST

US President Donald Trump, engaged in personal attacks on House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi. (Photo:AP)

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Trump has admitted to bribery, says Pelosi as impeachment probe...

'What the president has admitted to and says it's perfect,' I say it's perfectly wrong. It's bribery,' Pelosi said.

15 Nov 2019 1:00 PM IST

She said that the international community has to assist India in eradicating radical Islamist terror that is when the human rights situation will be possible. (Photo: ANI)

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'Kashmir an integral part of India,' says Indian columnist at US...

This was the second hearing by US Congress in the last three weeks on Kashmir, which has been under restrictions since...

15 Nov 2019 10:17 AM IST

Joe Biden will be competing with 20 other candidates including heavyweights like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to win Democratic nominations. (Photo:AP)

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North Korea calls Biden 'rabid dog' that 'must be beaten to death'

Pyongyang is renowned for its vitriol, but the verbal deluge was unusually ferocious even by its own standards.

15 Nov 2019 9:10 AM IST

Captain Kent Wegener of the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department told reporters the entire incident, captured on videotape, took 16 seconds as the young man stood in one spot and fired on one student after another. (Photo: Twitter)

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On 16th birthday, California student walks into high school and opens...

The teenaged gunman, whose name was not provided by police, survived the self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

15 Nov 2019 8:54 AM IST

The US said the system was not compatible with NATO forces and could compromise the F-35 fighter jet program and aid Russian intelligence. (Photo: File)

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13.8 million TV viewers watch Trump's live impeachment hearing on...

The Nielsen company said 10 different networks aired live or taped coverage of the hearing, which stretched nearly six...

15 Nov 2019 8:40 AM IST

$\We condemn Pakistans disappointing misuse of UNESCO to spew venom against India and politicise it,\ she added. (Photo: ANI)$ World

Pak has 'DNA of terrorism': India's reply on Kashmir at UNESCO

Ananya Agarwal, who led the Indian delegation noted that Pakistan, in 2018, ranked 14th on the fragile state index.

15 Nov 2019 8:27 AM IST

The victim was forced to sit on a scooter. When he disagreed, his classmate forcefully took him to a shanty near Deba Ray College at knifepoint.

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Teenager kills one, injures three in Russian college before shooting...

Last October a teenage gunman killed 20 people and injured more than 40 at his college in Moscow-annexed Crimea.

14 Nov 2019 6:39 PM IST

$Over 20,000 Baloch people have been abducted by Pakistani security forces and many killed in the last two decades. Our message to the Indian government is that they have to raise their voice against the atrocities by the Pakistani security forces,\ said Hammal Haider, foreign affairs spokesperson of the Baloch National Movement. (Photo: Twitter | @HammalHaider)$ World