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TN: 300-member team to capture rogue tusker ‘Arikomban’

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu forest department has deployed 300 personnel and three ‘kumki’ elephants to capture the rogue elephant relocated from Chinnakanal in the Idukki district of Kerala. The elephant had reached…
New Parliament inauguration: ‘Coffin’ says RJD, BJP, Asad Owaisi hit back

Nagpur: All-India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday hit out at Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) for its comparison of the new Parliament building with a coffin questioning the need of…

Iran-Taliban exchange gunfire at Zabol border over water dispute

Tehran: Clashes broke out on Saturday between Iranian and Afghan Taliban forces at the border between the two countries, Iranian police said without reporting casualties, amid a water dispute between the two…
Karnataka: Congress MLA Puttarangashetty refuses deputy speaker post

Chamarajanagara: Senior Congress leader C Puttarangashetty, whose name has been cleared by the party for the position of Deputy Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly, on Sunday refused to accept the post. The MLA,…
Kejriwal meets ailing Satyendar Jain in hospital, hails him hero

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal met ailing former minister and senior leader Satyendar Jain at the Lok Nayak Hospital (LNH) on Sunday. Tweeting about the meet, Kejriwal…
Wrestlers vs WFI: Sakshi Malik, Sangeeta Phogat detained amid protest

New Delhi: Protesting wrestlers along with their supporters allegedly jumped over the police barricades and tried to march towards the newly constructed Parliament building. However, they were stopped by the police, deployed…
Savarkar’s self-respecting nature couldn’t tolerate mindset of slavery: PM Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar, saying his personality exuded strength and his fearless and self-respecting nature could not tolerate the mindset of slavery. Paying…

UN warns Yemen’s food insecurity remains serious threat

Sanaa: Despite the efforts of the UN and its partners, the problem of food insecurity in Yemen remains a severe threat, warned an official of the world body. David Gressly, the UN…
6 magnitude quake hits Pakistan; tremors felt in Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir

Islamabad: A powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted several parts of Pakistan on Sunday morning, sparking panic and forcing residents to flee their homes. The epicentre of the quake was the border region of…
Parliament Inauguration: ‘Coffin’, says RJD, BJP hits back

New Delhi: The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Sunday likened the architecture of the new Parliament building to a coffin, drawing a sharp response from the BJP which said people will bury…
ChatGPT lands US lawyer in trouble after it cites bogus cases

San Francisco: ChatGPT has fooled a lawyer into believing that citations given by the AI chatbot in a case against Colombian airline Avianca were real while they were, in fact, bogus. Lawyer…
Indian expats among 15 cyclists injured in hit-and-run in Kuwait

Kuwait: Indian expats were among the 15 people who were injured in a hit-and-run accident in Kuwait’s Al Khaleej Al Arabi street, a media report said citing the country’s Ministry of Interior.…
Beirut museum reopens after 3-year repair from port blast

Beirut: The Sursock Museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art has reopened after three years of repair to its building and collections damaged by massive port explosions in Beirut in 2020. The…
Finland to see biggest drop in housing prices in 30 yrs

Helsinki: Housing prices in Finland are expected to have the biggest drop this year since 1993, according to a housing market review conducted by Hypo, a credit institution specialising in the sector.…
Iran dismisses Ukrainian Prez’s drone supply claims as baseless

Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman rejected as “baseless” the Ukrainian President’s claims about Iran supplying Russia with drones for use against Ukraine. Nasser Kanaani made the remarks in a statement published…