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Journalist shot dead in Bihar; CM expresses concern, Oppn flays govt
Araria: A journalist was shot dead by unidentified people in the Araria district of Bihar early on Friday, police said. Vimal Kumar Yadav (35), who worked for a Hindi daily, was killed…
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2020 Delhi riots: SC adjourns hearing on Umar Khalid’s bail plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday deferred the hearing on the bail plea filed by student activist Umar Khalid who was arrested and charged under the Unlawful Activities Activities (Prevention) Act…
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Bitcoin crashes as investors including Elon Musk’s SpaceX dump cryptocurrency
Bitcoin dipped by nearly seven percent on Friday, dropping below the USD 27,000 level as investors, including Elon Musk’s SpaceX, dumped the cryptocurrency. This move came amid global government bond yields reaching…
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Attacks on churches, Christians’ homes: Pak police arrest 2 main suspects
Lahore: Pakistani police have arrested two prime suspects involved in the unprecedented attacks on 21 churches and nearly three dozen homes of the minority Christian community over blasphemy allegations, Punjab caretaker Chief…
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Manipur govt seeks report over display of firearms at ‘unofficial’ I-Day parade
Imphal: The Manipur government has sought a report from the Churachandpur deputy commissioner and superintendent of police over the display of sophisticated firearms by a group of people at an “unofficial” Independence Day…
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India’s first state-of-the-art 3D post office opens in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: India’s first 3D-printed post office built with a robotic printer using 3D printing technology that deposits concrete layer-by-layer in accordance with computerised 3D model drawing input was inaugurated in the city…
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SC agrees to early hearing of CBI’s pleas seeking cancellation of Lalu’s bail
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to an early hearing on pleas filed by CBI seeking the cancellation of bail granted to RJD President Lalu Prasad by the Jharkhand High Court…
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Rs 50K fee levied on Telangana Cong candidates contesting elections
Hyderabad: The Telangana Congress will start accepting applications from candidates planning to contest the state Assembly elections, which will be held towards the end of the year, beginning Friday, a senior party…
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Out of 225 RS MPs, 75 face criminal charges: Report
New Delhi: Out of the 225 sitting Rajya Sabha MPs, 75 have declared criminal cases against themselves, with four facing charges of crimes against women, a new report revealed on Friday. In…
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Teesta Setalvad blames IISc admin for preventing her from holding meet on its campus
Bengaluru: Human rights activist Teesta Setalvad on Friday said she was prevented from delivering a lecture at the premier Indian Institute of Science as the administration cancelled the meeting at the last…
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Telangana: 2 dead after car rams into parked truck in Sangareddy
Hyderabad: Two persons were killed in a road accident in Telangana’s Sangareddy district on Friday. According to police, a car rammed into a parked truck on Bidar road in Zaheerabad. Both the…
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Indian-origin candidate qualifies to contest Singapore presidential election
Singapore: Indian-origin former minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam and two others have been issued the certificates of eligibility for Singapore’s presidential election slated to take place on September 1, the Elections Department said in…
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Israel: Senior Navy Reserve Officer suspended over judicial reform protests
Tel Aviv: The Israel Defence Forces confirmed on Thursday that a senior naval reserve officer was suspended from duty after telling his commanding officers he would refuse to serve in protest against…
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Escalating violence threatens hospitals in Sudan
Khartoum: Al Nao hospital, the last operating health facility in Omdurman city northwest of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, is threatened by the escalating violence, Doctors Without Border (MSF) said. “Violence is now…
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Hyderabad: Ganesh Utsav Committee reveals theme for Khairtabad idol
Hyderabad: The Khairatabad Ganesh Utsav Committee members on Thursday revealed the theme for this year as ‘Sri Dasha Maha Vidya Ganapathi’. A poster featuring a colossal 63 feet clay Ganesh idol along…
