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US government sues Arizona state over makeshift border wall
Washington: The US federal government is taking Arizona and its top officials to court, demanding the state remove a makeshift border wall along the Mexico border constructed of garish shipping containers, but…
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Activist Khaled Beydoun’s Twitter account held in India
The Twitter account of activist and Washington Post columnist Khaled Beydoun was held in India on December 13. Khaled is one of the staunch critics of the BJP-led Union government and his…
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Morbi councillors oppose Gujrat govt’s move to supersede nagar Palika
Morbi: The councillors of the Morbi Nagarpalika have opposed the Gujarat government’s move to supersede it in a letter to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel opposing the state government’s move. After the collapse…
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Pilibhit ‘fake’ encounter: HC sentences 43 cops for 7 years
Lucknow: In a major development in the Pilbhit encounter case, the Allahabad High Court convicted all 43 policemen involved in the case. The High Court sentenced all the culprits to 7 years…
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Pvt member resolution in RS to urge Centre to formulate Population Control Act
New Delhi: BJP MP Harnath Singh Yadav on Friday will bring the private members resolution in the Rajya Sabha to urge the Central government to formulate the Population Control Act. The resolution…
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17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas to be held from January 8 to 10
The 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention will be held from 8th to 10th January 2023, for the very first time in India’s cleanest and smartest city – Indore – in the…
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Uttar Pradesh man kills child, gets lynched by villgers
Bulandshahr: A one-and-a-half-year-old child was hacked to death in Saujhana Jhaya village of this district by an alcoholic. The accused, identified as Kaju, alais Kishanpal, took the child, who was playing outside…
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Sri Lanka’s GDP contracts 11.8% in Q3
Colombo: Amid the ongoing economic crisis, Sri Lanka’s Department of Census and Statistics said that the island nation’s estimated gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 11.8 per cent year-on-year in the third…
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World sees Pakistan as epicentre of terrorism: S Jaishankar
United Nations: The world sees Pakistan as the epicentre of terrorism and Islamabad should clean up its act and try to be a good neighbour, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said, recalling…
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Valiant Mumbai nurse tells UNSC of lasting toll of 26/11 night of hospital terror
United Nations: A Mumbai nurse who came face to face with the 26/11 terrorists at a hospital and protected 20 newborns gave a moving testimony before the UN Security Council about the…
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Bilawal Bhutto launches vituperative personal tirade against PM Modi
United Nations: Pakistans Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has called for cooperation between New Delhi and Islamabad on terrorism, but veered off into a personal vituperative tirade against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
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Maha: Bahadur Shah Zafar’s portrait smashed by right-wing group in biryani outlet
Pune: A portrait of Bahadur Shah Zafar hung on the wall of a biryani outlet in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur city was smashed up by a group of young men belonging to a right-wing…
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Kerala official suspended over ‘derogatory’ remark against defence personnel
Thiruvananthapuram: An official attached to Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited, (Supplyco), has been suspended for making an “objectionable” remark against the defence personnel. Sujoy Kumar was placed under suspension for likening…
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India in danger of becoming Hindu nationalist State: US Congressman
Washington: India is facing the danger of becoming a Hindu nationalist State, an outgoing Democratic Congressman known for his anti-India tirade said on Thursday. Describing himself as a “lifelong human rights advocate”…
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Hyderabad: Two more arrested in fake baba case of Chandrayangutta
Hyderabad: Two more persons were arrested by Chandrayangutta police in connection with the “black magic cheating case”. The arrested persons are Ghulam Jagadugar and Pradeep. They are arrested from Karnataka. On December…
