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Twitterati asks Musk to buy Sri Lanka instead of Twitter for $43 billion
New Delhi: Twitter users want Tesla CEO Elon Musk to acquire Sri Lanka instead of the microblogging site for $43 billion, as the country faces its worst economic crisis since its Independence.…
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Watch: Turkish restaurant owner launches kebab into space
Ankara: In one of the unusual incidents in Turkey, a restaurant owner launched Adana’s famous “pipe kebab” into space. On Tuesday, April 12, Yasar Aydin – who owns a kebab restaurant, and…
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Four held for ‘raping’ Bengal monitor lizard in Maha forest
Mumbai: Four persons were arrested for allegedly raping a Bengal monitor lizard in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR) in Maharashtra, a forest official said on Wednesday. The incident, which occurred at Gothane village…
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Guard your lemons, thieves steal 60kg in UP’s Shahjahanpur
Shahjahanpur: Anything that is valuable is a thief’s delight. And with the prices of lemon skyrocketing in the market, thieves in Shahjahanpur stole 60 kilograms of lemon stored in a vegetable trader’s…
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Bhubaneswar child sets world record for creating maximum number of paintings by toddler
Bhubaneswar: Two and a half years old child prodigy, Anvi Vishesh Agrawal from Bhubaneswar has found her name in the World Book of Records, London and India Book Records, for creating 72…
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Watch: Fistfight between two pilgrims at Makkah’s Grand Mosque
Riyadh: A video clip of a fight between two pilgrims that broke out in the Grand Mosque in Makkah Al-Mukarramah on Thursday has gone viral on social media. The video, that has been…
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Friends gift bottles of petrol, diesel to couple as wedding gift in Tamil Nadu
Chengalpattu: A newly married couple was gifted bottles of petrol and diesel by their friends, recently. A video went viral on social media, where a group of youth were seen gifting their…
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Tamil Nadu: ‘Dead’ man walks home 24 hours after being buried
In a bizarre incident, a 55-year-old man who was presumed dead and buried by his family returned home. The incident occurred in Banagaladpur near Erode district in Tamil Nadu. According to a…
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Tamil Nadu: Man builds temple in memory of his pet dog
Sivaganga: A man from Sivaganga’s Manamadurai has built a temple in the memory of his late dog.Muthu, an 82-year-old retired government employee, has built the temple for his dog Tom on his…
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Manipur: 10-yr-old girl attends classes with sister in lap
Imphal: Meiningsinliu Pamei — a 10-year-old girl in Manipur, goes to school while babysitting her sister in lap. A photograph and a video of Pamei — a student of Class 4, attending…
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Family frantically searches for missing cat, announces 10K reward
Prayagraj: The family of Mohd Tahir is in deep distress after their pet cat went missing. Some family members cannot stop crying and some have stopped eating since the day ‘Lucy’ went…
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Nitin Gadkari comes to Parliament in Hydrogen car amid fuel hike
New Delhi: In a protest against the rising rates of fuel, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari turned up to the Parliament in a hydrogen-powered car, on Wednesday. The minister was dissatisfied with…
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Caller tune on COVID-19 likely to stop soon
New Delhi: Amid the steady decline in COVID-19 cases, the Health Ministry has decided to stop the caller tune on Coronavirus awareness and precautions, said sources. The Covid19 caller tune was started…
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Bulldozer given as gifts in wedding in Uttar Pradesh district
Prayagraj: Now that the bulldozer has become a mascot of sorts for the Yogi Adityanath government, miniature bulldozers are now being given as gifts. At a mass marriage function in Katra in…