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Govt sets up 3-member panel to probe Manipur violence
New Delhi: The Centre on Sunday set up a Commission of Inquiry, headed by the former chief justice of the Gauhati High Court Ajai Lamba, to probe the recent series of violence…
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Pak using social media, local influencers, narcotics to radicalise Kashmiris: Army
Srinagar: Pakistan is using a mix of social media, local influencers and narcotics to radicalise the Kashmir youth to pick up the gun but Army has launched various people-friendly initiatives to counter…
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Balasore rail accident: main line tracks repaired
Balasore: Two days after one of India’s worst train accidents at Bahanaga Bazar in Odisha’s Balasore district, two railway tracks have been made fit to carry trains after bulldozers and cranes removed…
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Iran to form naval alliance with 4 Gulf countries; India, Pakistan
Tehran: The Iranian navy announced a joint alliance with Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq alongside India and Pakistan, according to Iranian media. This Commander of the Iranian Navy Admiral Shahram Irani…
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Israelis protest against judicial overhaul for 22nd week
Tel Aviv: Thousands of Israelis protested in several cities for the 22nd week in a row against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the judicial system. The rallies took…
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Odisha train accident: Railway Board recommends CBI probe
Nearly 48 hours after the ghastly triple train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district that left 275 dead and more than 1000 injured, the Indian Railways Board has recommended CBI probe. Speaking to…
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Odisha train accident: 3 of the 8 missing TN passengers traced
Chennai: Three of the eight Tamil Nadu residents, who had reserved tickets in Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express that met with an accident in Odisha’s Balasore on Friday, leaving at least 275 dead, have…
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De-classify ‘Operation Bluestar’ documents: AAP MP Sahney
Chandigarh: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP from Punjab Vikramjit Singh Sahney on Sunday demanded that all government documents pertaining to ‘Operation Bluestar’ be de-classified. In a message to the Prime Minister’s Office…
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Delhi murder: Teen’s skull broken into pieces, reveals autopsy report
New Delhi: The autopsy report of the 16-year-old Sakshi, who was stabbed multiple times, kicked multiple times, and struck with a cemented stone six times by Mohammad Sahil Khan here in the…
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Wrestlers vs WFI: Next ‘mahapanchayat’ dates to be announced in 3-4 days
Chandigarh: With the date of next ‘mahapanchayat‘, only of wrestlers, to be announced in three-four days, a ‘mahapanchayat‘ was held on Sunday at Mundlana in Haryana’s Sonipat, a third in a series…
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14 dead after mountain collapse in China
Chengdu: Fourteen people were confirmed dead and five others remained missing following a mountain collapse on Sunday in Leshan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, according to local publicity department. The collapse took…
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Andhra: Rs 10L ex-gratia for kin of Odisha train accident victims
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday directed the officials to pay ex-gratia to the families of passengers from the state who died or were injured in…
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IndiGo plane with Union minister diverted for suspected engine snag
Dibrugarh: A Dibrugarh-bound plane of the IndiGo was diverted to Guwahati on Sunday morning after the pilot suspected a snag in the engine, officials said. Over 150 passengers were travelling on flight 6E-2652,…
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Odisha government revises train tragedy death toll at 275
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Sunday revised the triple train accident’s death toll to 275 from 288, and put the number of injuries at 1,175. According to Chief Secretary P K Jena, some…
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Kavach could not have prevented Odisha train accident: Railways
New Delhi: Indian Railways on Sunday said that indigenously-developed automatic train protection system “Kavach,” which was not installed on the route where the accident in Odisha’s Balasore occurred on Friday evening, could…
