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Kabul (Afghanistan), July 9 (ANI): A new United Nations report has called for an end to the prevailing abuse against women in Afghanistan, and warned that ignoring this culture of impunity will create an environment of political and social insecurity....

L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (ANI): Addressing the media following the G-5 outreach summit here, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, once again took on the West and blamed it for the current economic meltdown....

Bhubaneswar, July 6 (ANI): BJP leader Manoj Pradhan, who is an accused in Orissa's Kandhmal riots, took oath on Monday as member of the legislative assembly....

New Delhi July 6 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee proposed to allow 100% deduction in the computation of donor, in the donations given to electoral trusts with a view to reform the system of funding of political parties....

Bhopal, June 30 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Rameshwar Thakur took oath as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh at a ceremony at Raj Bhavan today....

Washington, June 29 (ANI): A first family vacation now takes about as much planning as the US invasion of Grenada....

Patna, June 29 (ANI): Debananda Konwar took oath as the Governor of Bihar at a ceremony at Raj Bhavan today....

Washington, June 25 (ANI): The White House has announced that it has rescinded the invitations made to Iranian diplomats, which offered a chance to party down on July 4 with US officials at embassies around the world to celebrate America's Independence Day....

New Delhi, June 24(ANI): Senior journalist Harish Khare, on Wednesday took over as the media adviser to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh....

Krishnagiri (TN), June 21 (ANI): Grown extensively over almost 800 hectares of agricultural land in Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu, Jasmine flower is changing the lives of the farmers exporting it to the Gulf countries....

New Delhi, June 20 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh took upon himself the responsibility for party's defeat in the recent parliamentary elections on the first day of party's National Executive meet which commenced here on Saturday....

Melbourne, June 18 (ANI): The Kevin Rudd Government has smashed the annual record for VIP jet flights, handing taxpayers a three million dollars bill in the process....