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Kerala: African swine fever reported in Kannur and Wayanad
Wayanad/Kannur: Barely a week after over 300 pigs were culled in Wayanad district of Kerala to prevent spread of African swine fever detected there, new cases of the disease have been reported…
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Indian fishermen rescued by Sri Lankan Navy after drifting into country’s waters
Colombo: Sri Lanka Navy has rescued six distressed Indian fishermen who drifted into the country’s waters north of Talaimannar after their trawler suffered an engine failure, a statement said on Monday. The…
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Karnataka: Kumaraswamy visits kin of 3 killed in Dakshina Kannada
Dakshina Kannada: Former chief minister and second-in-command of Karnataka regional party JD(S) H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday visited the families of three youths killed in the district recently. Kumaraswamy had slammed the ruling…
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Karnataka: Section 144 extended till August 6 in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: The Karnataka government on Sunday extended Section 144 and other restrictions for two more days in Mangaluru. “Section 144 has already been extended till August 6 in Dakshina Kannada police jurisdiction.…
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Saudi family investment office becomes biggest shareholder in Israel’s Ontonomo
Riyadh: Saudi family investment office Mithaq Capital SPC become the largest shareholder in Israeli mobility intelligence company Otonomo Technologies Ltd. Its share in the company increased to 20.41 percent as per July…
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Parliament passes bill to ban funds for Weapons of Mass Destruction
New Delhi: Parliament on Monday passed a bill which seeks to ban funding of weapons of mass destruction and also empower the Centre to freeze, seize or attach financial assets and economic…
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Telangana: Contractor locks classrooms, toilets over unpaid dues
Hyderabad: A building contractor in Warangal on Friday locked classrooms of a government primary school over the non-payment of contracting bills, forcing students to sit in the open and attend classes. The…
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SL: Tamil party supports President’s call to form national government
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main Tamil minority party TNA on Monday announced that it will support President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s efforts to form an all-party national government to help the bankrupt country to recover…
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MP: Parents protest over kids reciting ‘Kalima’ in Kanpur school
Kanpur: The Florets School in Kanpur has landed in controversy after students were allegedly made to recite the ‘Kalma‘ as part of the morning prayers. Parents and some Hindu outfits staged a demonstration…
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Telangana: Bandi Sanjay’s Praja Sangrama Yatra enters 3rd phase
Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar will start the third phase of the ‘Praja Sangrama Yatra’ (walkathon) on Tuesday. On Monday, the MP offered prayers to the Goddess…
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Hyderabad: Seth Viccaji Pestonji Parsi fire temple observes 175 years
Hyderabad: Members of the Parsi community from the city celebrated the 175th anniversary of the Seth Viccaji – Seth Pestonji Meherji Parsi fire temple on Sunday. The 1000-odd Parsis (Zoroastrians) from Hyderabad’s…
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BJP aims to increase online presence ahead of Telangana assembly polls
Hyderabad: With a goal to reach the seat of power in Telangana, the BJP is resorting to WhatsApp to form opinions in its favor. The party is planning to digitally fight the Telangana…
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Part of Beirut port silos damaged in 2020 blast, collapses
Beirut: The northern part of the Beirut port grain silos has collapsed after being on fire for weeks, causing a huge cloud of dust, the National News Agency reported. The dust cloud…
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Praveen Nettaru murder: Karnataka police books four more men
The Karnataka police have booked four more people in connection with the murder of Praveen Nettaru, the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha who was hacked to death on July 27. According to senior…
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Afghanistan: Floods kill 120 people over past 1 month
Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan confirmed that at least 120 people died and 152 other injured due to floods in the past one month, which also caused heavy financial damage by affecting…
