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Tamil Nadu cabinet recommends release of 7 convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case

The Tamil Nadu cabinet on Sunday recommended the release of seven convicts in former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case. The cabinet's recommendation will be sent to the TN governor immediately, said fisheries minister D Jayakumar after the cabinet meeting that lasted for two hours in Chennai.

BJP achieved in 48 months what Congress could not in 48 years, Modi at BJP national executive

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Launching a searing attack on the Congress party and other opposition parties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that those who failed in government failed in opposition too.

Afghanistan: 3 killed as suicide bomber targets rebel leader commemoration in Kabul

At least three persons were reportedly killed and nine others sustained injuries after a suicide bomber blew himself up in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Sunday. 

Ban cheese imports? Pakistan discusses outside-the-box ideas to avoid IMF bailout

Pakistani economic advisors discussed banning imports of luxury cars, smartphones and cheese in a wide-ranging strategy session on how to avoid seeking a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a senior government advisor said.

May wraps 'suicide vest' around UK over Brexit, says Johnson

Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal wraps "a suicide vest around the British constitution" and hands the detonator to the European Union, former foreign minister Boris Johnson said in comments that drew strong criticism.