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Pakistani Taliban announce three-day cease-fire on Eid al-Adha
Peshawar: The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Sunday announced a three-day cease-fire with the Pakistani government during the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. Eid ul-Adha is being celebrated in Pakistan from June…
- India
Trinamool Congress’s Abhishek Banerjee undergoes minor surgery
Kolkata: Senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday underwent a minor surgery on his back at a Kolkata-based hospital and his condition is stated to be stable, authorities of the medical…
- India
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rijiju meets Congress chief Kharge
New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday, a week ahead of the first session of the new Lok Sabha. Rijiju met Kharge at the Congress…
- India
NEET row: Bihar Police recover 6 post-dated cheques issued to ‘facilitators’
Patna: The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of Bihar Police has recovered six post-dated cheques which were suspected to have been issued in favour of the mafia demanding over Rs 30 lakh from…
- India
Karnataka fuel price hike: Rates still lower than neighbouring AP, Maha
New Delhi: The Congress-ruled Karnataka government’s move to raise local tax on auto fuels pushed petrol prices above Rs 100 a litre and diesel to Rs 89, but rates are lower than…
- India
Chhattisgarh: 6 Naxals carrying Rs 48L bounty killed in encounter
Narayanpur: Six of the eight Naxalites killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Saturday were senior rank cadres and carried cumulative cash rewards of Rs 48 lakh,…
- India
India distances itself from any communique from Swiss summit on Ukraine conflict
New Delhi: India on Sunday refrained from associating itself with any communique emerging from a Ukraine summit for peace hosted by Switzerland and asserted that it will remain engaged with all stakeholders…
- India
Uttarakhand accident: Need to check ‘hill endorsement’ of drivers’ licence, say officials
Dehradun: A day after fifteen tourists died in a road accident in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag, officials said on Sunday that there was a need for greater focus on ‘hill endorsement’ in drivers’ licences…
- Kerala
Kerala govt to provide house for kin of Kuwait fire victim
Thrissur: The Kerala government on Sunday promised to provide a house to the family of Binoy Thomas, who died in the recent Kuwait fire, under its LIFE Mission housing scheme. A native…
- India
No need to teach about riots, demolition in schools, says NCERT chief
New Delhi: Rejecting accusations of saffronisation of school curriculum, NCERT’s director has said that references to Gujarat riots and Babri masjid demolition were modified in school textbooks because teaching about riots “can…
- India
Shah orders implementation of area domination, zero-terror plans in Jammu
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday, June 16, directed security agencies to implement area domination and zero-terror plans in the Jammu division as they did in Kashmir to achieve…
- India
Jharkhand: Congress panel to begin LS poll performance review from June 20
Ranchi: The poll review committee of the Jharkhand Congress will start evaluating the party’s performance in the five Lok Sabha seats where it faced defeat, from June 20, the head of the…
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UP: Man throws infant daughter into canal over ‘sibling fights’
Meerut: A man allegedly threw his two-year-old daughter into a canal and later claimed that he did it because she and her brother would fight with each other, police said on Sunday.…
- India
Stay on Yediyurappa’s arrest betrays court’s selective justice: Mehboba
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday termed the Karnataka High court staying the arrest of BJP leader B S Yediyurappa in a POSCO case on the grounds that he is former…
- Bangalore
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah defends hike in petrol and diesel prices
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday defended the hike in petrol and diesel prices saying that it will ensure funding essential public services and development projects. With the opposition BJP and…
