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Ashwin replaces injured Axar Patel in India”s World Cup squad
New Delhi: India have predictably named veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin as a replacement for injured spin bowling all-rounder Axar Patel in their 15-member squad for the upcoming ODI World Cup, ICC announced…
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Jaishankar meets US NSA Sullivan, discusses progress in bilateral ties
Washington: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and discussed the progress in bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to take it forward.…
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Ujjain rape accused injured in failed bid to flee, arrested
Autorickshaw driver Bharat Soni, the main accused in the rape case of a 15-year-old girl, got injured after his bid to escape from police custody failed. He tried to flee when he…
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AAP bungalow controversy: ‘Will you resign if nothing found’, Kejriwal to PM
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday asked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi that if nothing is found against him in the fresh inquiry initiated by the Central Bureau of…
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Hyderabad: Old City commuters face challenges on Ganesh immersion day
Hyderabad: Old City residents faced a lot of problems due to traffic restrictions imposed in view of the Ganesh immersion procession on Thursday, September 28. The city police barricaded roads from Falaknuma…
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Students killing: Protests continue in Manipur, cars burnt, 2 BJP offices attacked
Imphal: Protests against the killings of the two young students continued for the third day in Manipur on Thursday with mobs burning down a BJP office and vandalised another office of the…
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Manipur: Committee formed to probe ‘excessive use’ of force on protesters by cops
Imphal: The Manipur government on Thursday constituted a committee to verify complaints of alleged use of excessive force on protesters, mainly students, by security forces here over the last two days, an…
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Hyderabad: Mahmood Ali inspects Ganesh immersion, takes aerial survey
Hyderabad: Telangana home minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali on Thursday, September 28, inspected the efforts of the state police and the administration in conducting Ganesh immersion in and around the city. He took part…
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Bengaluru: Actor Siddharth faces Cauvery protest heat, forced to end event
Bengaluru: Karnataka Rakshana Vedike activisits barged inside a Bengaluru hotel on Thursday and forced south Indian actor Siddharth to end the press conference he was addressing to promote upcoming Tamil movie “Chithha”.…
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UP: Negligent railway staff causes train to overstep platform, 5 suspended
Mathura: A woman was injured after a local train at Mathura railway station climbed onto the platform. On Thursday, September 29, investigations revealed that the officer on duty was on a video call…
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World Cup: Pakistan weaker team than India at this moment, says Waqar Younis
Chennai: Legendary pacer Waqar Younis rated India a better side over Pakistan going into the World Cup while basing his observation on the better preparation of the Rohit Sharma-led team ahead of…
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India’s external debt edges past $629 billion
New Delhi: India’s external debt rose by $4.7 billion in the April-June quarter to touch the USD 629.1 billion mark, although the debt-GDP ratio declined, RBI data released on Thursday showed. “The…
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Iran launches imaging satellite Nour-3 into earth’s orbit
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force successfully launched satellite Nour-3 (Light-3) into the earth’s orbit on Wednesday, marking the success in the country’s space endeavours despite being sanctioned by a…
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UAE: Nahyan bin Zayed visits Liwa Date Festival and Auction
Al Dhafra: Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Zayed Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation, Sheikh Nahyan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has visited the second edition of the Liwa Date Festival and…
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US imposes sanctions on Iran’s drone programme for ‘aiding Russia’
The United States on Wednesday, September 27, imposed sanctions on several entities that helped Iran procure sensitive parts for its drone programme, and accused Tehran of supplying “dangerous drones” to Russia for…
