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Three dead, 16 injured in Lebanese prison fire
Beirut: Three prisoners were killed and 16 others injured in a fire inside a prison in Zahle, located in the Bekaa valley in eastern Lebanon, the media reported. The fire was set…
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Sikkim flash flood death toll rises to 27, search operations continue for 141 people missing
Gangtok: The toll in the flash flood in Sikkim rose to 27 on Saturday even as search operations continued for the 141 people who are still missing, an official report said. Twenty-seven…
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Watch: 2 groups throw chairs at each other in brawl at Hyderabad’s LB Stadium
Hyderabad: Three persons were injured when two groups clashed at LB Stadium during a wrestling competition on Friday night. The incident took place when Mohd Salam alias Salam Pahelwan and his students…
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Karnataka police hunt for jilted lover who raped, killed girl
Chitradurga: Karnataka police have launched a hunt for a jilted lover who allegedly kidnapped, raped and fatally attacked a 19-year-old girl, police said on Saturday. According to Police, Arpita was kidnapped by…
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ISRO preps first flight test to demonstrate crew escape system for human space mission
Chennai: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is preparing for the first Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1) to demonstrate the crew escape system as part of its human space mission called…
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Telangana saw 81.6% increase in cultivation area in 10 yrs: Agri min
Hyderabad: Telangana agriculture minister S Niranjan Reddy on Friday said that the area under cultivation has increased from 1.31 crore acres in 2014 to 2.38 crore acres by 2022-23, which means an…
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TMC’s indefinite sit-in outside Raj Bhavan enters third day, delegation to meet Guv
Kolkata: The indefinite sit-in demonstration outside Raj Bhavan by TMC activists led by senior leader Abhishek Banerjee entered the third day with protesters asserting their stir will continue till Governor C V…
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Two held while attempting to smuggle clouded leopard skin in Bengal
Kolkata: The West Bengal forest department has arrested two people while they were attempting to smuggle clouded leopard skin near Jaldapara National Park in Alipurduar district, sources said on Saturday. “We are…
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Doctors should not mislead public through signboards, visiting cards, announcements: NMC
New Delhi: A doctor should not use an unusually large signboard and write on it anything other than his name, qualifications, titles, specialty or registration number, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has…
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Canada confirms staff evacuated from Delhi over several weeks
Toronto: Canada has confirmed of relocating some lower-level diplomatic staff from its High Commission in New Delhi to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore amid the ongoing tensions with India. The evacuation took place…
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Sunak tells Trudeau he hopes to see ‘de-escalation’ in India-Canada tension
London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that he hoped to see a de-escalation in diplomatic tensions between India and Canada after New Delhi asked Ottawa to withdraw its 41 diplomats…
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Karnataka woman farmer commits suicide after alleged harassment by micro-finance company
Bengaluru: In a tragic incident, a woman farmer in Karnataka’s Chikkamagaluru district committed suicide after being allegedly harassed by staffers of a microfinance company to repay a loan, police said on Saturday…
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FIR lodged against Karnataka activist for asking people to keep weapons at home
Shivamogga: Karnataka Police have lodged an FIR against a Hindu activist who asked members of the community to keep weapons at home and worship swords, officials said on Saturday. Arun Kumar Puthila,…
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Over 300 Israelis, 256 Palestinians killed as war escalates
Dozens of rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel on Saturday morning, October 7, in which more than 300 Israelis were reportedly killed and 1,864 wounded. Medical sources in Gaza…