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CJI calls Justice M.R. Shah ‘Tiger Shah’ for courage and fighting spirit
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Monday referred Justice M R Shah, who retired Monday as a Supreme Court judge, as “Tiger Shah” and said he has been a…
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Jharkhand: Woman’s hair chopped off, beaten for ‘refusing’ to marry
Medininagar: A 19-year-old woman was allegedly beaten up, her hair chopped off, and then paraded on the orders of village panchayat members in Jharkhand’s Palamu district, after she reportedly refused to get…
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Watch: Karnataka villagers refuse to pay electricity bill; cite Congress’ poll promise
Chitradurga: A video of a group of villagers in this district on Monday allegedly refusing to pay their electricity bill citing the pre-poll promise of the Congress to give 200 units for…
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Secondary schools with 100 students in classes 9, 10 will be upgraded: CM Khattar
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday said those secondary schools in villages, which had 100 students in classes 9 and 10 last year, would be upgraded to class 12.…
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Pak’s NA adopts motion seeking formation of committee to file case against Chief Justice
Islamabad: Pakistan’s National Assembly on Monday unanimously adopted a motion seeking the formation of a special committee to file a case against Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial in the Supreme Judicial Council…
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Saudi Arabia: Visit visa holders can’t perform Haj
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Haj and Umrah on Sunday reaffirmed that the visit visa holders are not allowed to perform the Haj. The ministry emphasized that the visit…
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Patnaik flags off maiden flight from Bhubaneswar to Dubai
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday flagged off the maiden flight from Bhubaneswar to Dubai at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here. A total of 174 travellers aboard the first…
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British PM Rishi Sunak welcomes Ukraine President Zelenskyy on surprise visit
London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday laid out a warm welcome for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on a surprise visit to the UK and reiterated his support for the war-torn…
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Saudi bans residents from entering Makkah without permit
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Public Security has announced that residents without valid entry permits will be denied access at security checkpoints on roads leading to Makkah, effective…
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Video: First look of the world’s largest residential tower being built in Dubai
Abu Dhabi: Dubai’s real-estate agent Al-Habtoor Group founding chairman has shared a video of the first look at the upcoming world’s largest residential tower. On May 11, Al Habtoor Group had announced…
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5 Muslim players excluded from french league over refusal to wear LGBT colours
Five Muslim players from French football league “Toulouse” were excluded from the game against Nantes on Sunday after they refused to take part in Ligue 1’s campaign against homophobia. French teams in…
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Mass and rapid migration is unsustainable, warns UK Home Secretary Braverman
London: Britain’s Indian-origin Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, on Monday, issued a stark warning shot against “unsustainable” mass and rapid migration into the country and called for action to cut growing migrant numbers.…
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2020 Delhi riots: Former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain moves Delhi HC to quash FIR
New Delhi: Former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain on Monday approached the Delhi High Court seeking to quash an FIR registered against him for the offence of rioting during the communal violence that…
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Fire breaks out at plastic factory in Delhi; no casualties
New Delhi: A fire has broken out at a plastic factory in outer Delhi’s Bawana area on Monday, an official said. No causality, however, has been reported, a fire department official said.…