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- Bangalore
Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally in Bengaluru taken into police custody
Bengaluru: In a special operation, the CCB on Friday, March 6, took into custody 124 Bangladeshi nationals who were allegedly residing illegally in Bengaluru, police said. Among them 48 men, 42 women…
- Middle East
Smallest coffins are the heaviest: The 165 Iranian school girls who never came home
They had arrived for morning classes. When the strike hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab, a city in southern Iran, on February 28, the girls were at their desks.…
- India
Ban on fish, meat to prevent ‘violent tendencies’ in children: Bihar Dy CM
Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha, on Monday, February 23, said the decision to ban the sale of meat and fish near religious places, educational institutions or crowded locations was…
- India
School bus overturns into stream in Kerala, students escape unhurt
Thiruvananthapuram: A school bus carrying 21 children lost control and overturned into a stream adjoining the road near Marayamuttom here on Tuesday, February 17, but the students escaped unhurt, police said. All…
- World
Australia won’t repatriate 34 women and children from Syria
Melbourne: The Australian government will not repatriate from Syria a group of 34 women and children with alleged ties to the Islamic State group, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday, February 17.…
- World
Man who assassinated former Japanese prime minister gets life in prison
Tokyo: A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment on Wednesday, January 21, according to NHK public television. The case has revealed…
- World
China’s population falls as births drop 17 pc decade after 1-child policy ended
Bangkok: How do you convince a population to have more babies after generations of a policy that limited families to just one? A decade after ending China’s longtime, one-child policy, authorities are…
- World
Indian-origin New Jersey woman arrested, charged with murdering two sons
New York: US authorities have arrested and charged a 35-year old Indian-origin woman in New Jersey with murdering her two young children. Investigation has revealed that Priyatharsini Natarajan of Hillsborough, New Jersey,…
- India
Rajasthan: Panchayat bans daughters-in-law from using phones with cameras
Jodhpur: A village panchayat in Rajasthan’s Jalore district has prohibited daughters-in-law and young women from 15 villages from using phones with cameras starting January 26. Additionally, taking a phone to public functions…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh pulse polio drive : Over 54L children vaccinated
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Sunday conducted the Pulse Polio programme across the state, administering the life-saving drops to more than 54 lakh children below five years of age. The initiative,…
- India
Ruskin Bond hospitalised in Dehradun due to leg problem
Dehradun: Author Ruskin Bond has been admitted to a hospital in Dehradun due to a leg problem, a close friend of the writer said here on Sunday. After visiting Bond at the…
- World
Social media ban for children under 16 starts in Australia
Melbourne(Australia): Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect Wednesday as families taking back power from tech giants but warned the…
- Middle East
Killing of children must end now: UNICEF on ceasefire violation in Gaza
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has called for an end to the killing of children in Gaza. In a statement on Thursday, December 5 said, “In Gaza, more than…
- India
Special SIR camp for sex workers in Kolkata’s red-light area on Dec 9
Kolkata: The West Bengal CEO’s office is set to launch a camp on December 9 at Sonagachi, Asia’s largest red-light district, to aid sex workers in filling up enumeration forms as part…
- India
Man murders estranged wife, posts selfie as WhatsApp status
Coimbatore: A 32-year-old man brutally hacked his estranged wife at a women’s hostel and posted his selfie with her body as WhatsApp status, police said on Monday. The incident left the inmates…
