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Israeli national arrested in Kerala for using satellite phone
A 75-year-old Israeli national, identified as David Bona, was arrested in Kerala, India, on Friday, February 21, for using a satellite phone without permission. Bona, who had arrived in India as a…
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Man who stabbed Salman Rushdie found guilty of attempted murder, assault
New York: A New Jersey man who stabbed renowned British-Indian author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage has been convicted of attempted murder and assault by a jury…
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Judge allows Trump admin to cut thousands of USAID jobs
Washington: A federal judge has cleared the way for the Trump administration to pull thousands of US Agency for International Development staffers off the job. US District Judge Carl Nichols on Friday…
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Top US immigration chief removed as Trump pressures mass deportations
Washington, Feb 22 (AP) The top official in charge of carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda has been reassigned amid concerns that the deportation effort isn’t moving fast enough. Homeland…
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Four migrant workers from Odisha stranded in Oman return home
Four migrant workers from Ganjam district, Odisha, returned home safely on Friday, February 21, after being stranded in Oman without receiving their salaries. The workers, who had been working as plumbers in…
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GCC countries’ economic growth to double in 2025: Report
Abu Dhabi: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies will outpace global growth in 2025, with the region’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth expected to double, said a report released Friday by the…
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‘Sambhal protest orchestrated from UAE’, claims UP police chargesheet
A special investigation team from the Uttar Pradesh Police in riot-hit Sambhal submitted a detailed chargesheet totalling more than 4,400 pages about six cases stemming from the violent protests against the Shahi…
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Cyberabad police bust ‘digital arrest’ rackets in Tamil Nadu, Kerala
Hyderabad: In two separate cases, the Cyberabad cyber crimes police busted two ‘digital arrest’ scam rackets, operating from Tamil Nadu and Kerala, for scamming two individuals off of Rs 1.38 crore and…
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Ahmedabad: 3 held for selling private videos of women at maternity hospital
Ahmedabad cyber crime police on Thursday, February 20, arrested three people for their involvement in uploading and selling private videos of women at hospitals across social media platforms. The accused aged between…
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Hyderabad: Panipuri seller’s ‘ATM heist’ fails, gets arrested
Hyderabad: Moghalpura police on Friday, February 21, arrested a man for attempted robbery of an ATM at the Shalibanda branch of State Bank of India (SBI). The accused has been identified as…
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Gymnastics: The name is Romania but it was against romance; here is the story of Nadia Comaneci
At the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976, 14-year-old Nadia Comaneci of Romania became the most famous girl in the world by scoring a perfect 10 in her gymnastics exercises. Before Nadia, nobody…
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Netanyahu decries release of wrong body as ceasefire violation
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge Friday for what he described as a “cruel and malicious violation” of the ceasefire agreement after a body that Hamas released as part of…
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UAE minister underscores stronger India-UAE ties
Kochi: Recalling the historical ties between India and the UAE, Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, UAE Minister of Economy said on Friday that the economic partnership between the two nations has witnessed…
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Wash away sins digitally? ‘Photo snan’ at Maha Kumbh for just Rs 1100!
The world knows AI as Artificial Intelligence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls it American-Indian, now we witness a new rendition, ‘Artificial Immersion’ with a new start-up offering a ‘digital snan’ at Maha…
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India calls Erdogan’s Kashmir remarks ‘unacceptable’
New Delhi: Nearly a week after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke on the issue of Kashmir during his visit to Pakistan, New Delhi on Friday, February 21, said such “unwarranted” statements…
