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Pak’s Asim Munir conferred with Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour

Islamabad: Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, has been awarded Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour, the King Abdulaziz Medal of Excellence. Munir is currently on an official visit…
Three killed after lorry rams into stationary Bolero in Mancherial

Hyderabad: Three people were killed and 10 injured after a lorry rammed into a stationary Bolero near Jaipur village of Mancherial district, Telangana, in the early hours of Monday, December 22. According…

Quran with bullet holes found outside Sweden’s Stockholm mosque

A defaced copy of the Quran with six bullet holes and chained to the railings of the stairs of the Stockholm Mosque in Sweden, was found at its premises. Calling it a…
Lynching incident: Kerala CM assures justice, orders strict action

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday assured that justice would be ensured for the family of Ramnarayan, a Chhattisgarh native who had died in an alleged mob lynching incident at…
Rise of deepfake cyberbullying poses growing problem for schools

Washington: Schools are facing a growing problem of students using artificial intelligence (AI) to transform innocent images of classmates into sexually explicit deepfakes. The fallout from the spread of the manipulated photos…
Pregnant woman killed over inter-caste marriage in Hubballi

Hubballi: A pregnant woman died at a private hospital here, after her parents’ family allegedly attacked her over inter- caste marriage, police said on Monday. Police have arrested three persons, including the…
Bondi beach shooting: Gunman had firearms training, Australian media reports

Melbourne: A suspected gunman accused of killing 15 people at Sydney’s Bondi Beach conducted “firearms training” in an area of New South Wales outside of Sydney with his father and recorded a…

Hyderabad man stabbed by friends following row over girl

Hyderabad: A 20-year-old man was stabbed by his friends following a row between them, allegedly over an issue involving a girl at Balapur on Sunday night. The man who is identified as…
Over 5,400 Afghan refugees deported from Iran, Pakistan in single day

Kabul: Over 5,400 Afghan migrants have been repatriated from Iran and Pakistan in a single day, a Taliban official said on Sunday. Sharing the High Commission for Migrants’ Issues report on X,…
No specific info on prime suspect in Hadi’s killing: Bangladesh police

Dhaka: Bangladesh Police has said they have no “specific information” on the whereabouts of the prime suspect in the killing of prominent youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi. The remarks came a day…
Hyderabad NRIs confused ahead of SIR in Telangana

Hyderabad: Ahead of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana, which will be held in phase 3, Non-Resident Indians (NRI) are confused over the fate of their names in…
Delhi air quality ‘very poor’, Narela logs highest AQI at 418

New Delhi: Thick grey haze shrouded Delhi on Monday morning, with the air quality remaining in the ‘very poor’ category with a reading of 366, according to the Central Pollution Control Board…
Indian-origin Amazon veteran Anand Varadarajan named Starbucks CTO

Houston: Starbucks has appointed Indian-origin technology executive Anand Varadarajan as its new executive vice president and chief technology officer (CTO), tapping a nearly two-decade Amazon veteran to lead its global technology operations.…
Air India flight returns to Delhi after take-off due to tech issue

New Delhi: Air India on Monday said a Mumbai-bound flight returned to Delhi shortly after take-off due to a technical issue. The aircraft landed safely at Delhi and the passengers and crew…
Bengal SIR hearing sessions: ECI disallows individual institution certificates

Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has made it clear that academic qualification certificates issued by individual educational institutions, including schools and colleges, will not be recognised as valid identity documents…