Japan protests as Russia’s Putin visits disputed Kuril Islands

Japanese PM says Putin's visit to the Pacific island chain, seized by the Soviet Union in 1945, is 'unacceptable'.
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Sukhbir Singh Badal was attacked while he was walking towards the langar hall after paying obeisance at the gurdwara.