Arvinder Singh Lovely resigns as DPCC chief

New Delhi, April 28 (UNI) In a major setback to the Congress Party at a time when the Lok Sabha election is going on, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Arvinder Singh Lovely resigned from his post on Sunday. Lovely, in his letter addressed to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, cited several reasons for his resignation,…

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6.5-magnitude earthquake hits off western Indonesia

Jakarta, April 28 (UNI) An undersea quake with a magnitude of 6.5 jolted western Indonesia’s West Java province on Saturday evening, without triggering giant waves, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The earthquake occurred at 23:29 Jakarta time (1629 GMT) on Saturday with its epicenter located 151 km southwest of Garut regency and…

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India, Iran discuss plans for closer defence cooperation

New Delhi/Tehran, April 27 (UNI) Senior officials of India and Iran discussed plans for closer defence cooperation between the two nations, in view of the delicate situation in West Asia and the Indian subcontinent. This was discussed by Iranian Defence Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani during a meeting with Indian Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane…

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