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Tripura chariot tragedy: One more succumbs to injury, toll mounts to 8
Agartala: With one more wounded person succumbing to her injury on Tuesday, the death toll in the June 28 chariot tragedy in Tripura rose to eight, including three children, the police said.…
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RSS has never approved of violence: Bhagwat
Mumbai: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday said the Sangh’s leaders have always opposed violence. He was speaking at the release of a Marathi translation of a biography of RSS…
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Alluri Sitarama Raju’s role a glorious chapter in India’s freedom movement: Murmu
Hyderabad: Paying glowing tributes to legendary freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju, President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday urged intellectuals and historians to make countrymen, especially the younger generation, aware of the stellar contributions…
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Nitish Kumar, not BJP, framed Lalu-Tejashwi in IRCTC scam: Samrat Chaudhary
Patna: A day after the CBI filed a charge sheet against Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav in a case to the land-for-job scam, state BJP President Samrat Chaudhary claimed on Tuesday that…
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Sachin, Seema and PUBG: An Indo-Pak love story
Noida: It’s as filmi as it gets. Imagine an Indian man obsessed with an online game who comes across a woman gamer from Pakistan’s Karachi. They spend hours online every day, and…
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Hyderabad: Anjuman-e-Khawateen arranging mass weddings since 1991
Hyderabad: Anjuman-e-Khawateen, headed by social activist Ms. Kishwar Kamran, is a charitable group that has been arranging marriages of 10 couples, every year since 1991. Mass marriages usually take place on the…
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Iran becomes new permanent member of SCO
New Delhi: Iran on Tuesday became the new permanent member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) at an India-hosted virtual summit of the grouping. In his opening remarks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
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Imran Khan’s party leadership prepares ‘peaceful’ protests in case he is arrested
Lahore: Pakistan’s former premier Imran Khan’s party is devising a “peaceful” protest strategy in case he is arrested in the next two weeks, a media report said on Tuesday. The 70-year-old Pakistan…
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Over 50k devotees visit Amarnath cave shrine in first four days of pilgrimage
Srinagar: More than 50,000 people have visited the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas since the start of the annual pilgrimage four days ago, officials said on Tuesday. M Anapurna, a…
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Necessary to change mindset about Hindi, it’s rich langauge: Giriraj Singh
New Delhi: Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Giriraj Singh on Tuesday said it is necessary to change mindset about Hindi and increase its use in official work. The minister was speaking…
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Manipur: Mob tries to loot weapons from security camp; 1 killed
Thoubal: A mob allegedly tried to loot weapons from a camp of the Indian Reserved Battalion (IRB) in Manipur’s Thoubal district on Tuesday, leading to a clash with the security forces in…
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Turkey and Egypt restore diplomatic ties, end years of tensions
Ankara: Turkey and Egypt on Tuesday took a big step towards restoring full diplomatic ties between countries by dispatching ambassadors for the first time in years. Egypt has nominated Amr Al-Hammamy as…
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9 hrs after accident on Samruddhi Expressway, bus was issued PUC certificate
Mumbai: The private bus which caught fire on the Nagpur-Mumbai `Samruddhi Expressway’ leading to the death of 25 passengers was issued a Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate nine hours after the horrific…
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Intense rains wreak havoc across Kerala; red alert sounded in 3 districts
Thiruvananthapuram: Cutting across towns and villages, incessant heavy rains battered several parts of Kerala on Tuesday, widely uprooting trees, damaging houses, and causing waterlogging. Several people had a narrow escape as huge…