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Over 74 per cent voter turnout in Rajasthan Assembly polls
Jaipur: Approximately 74.13 per cent voter turnout was recorded in Rajasthan on Saturday in the mainly direct contest between the Congress and the BJP to form a new government in the state,…
- India
Over 68% vote in Rajasthan polls, stray incidents of violence reported
Jaipur: More than 68 per cent of the electorate in Rajasthan voted by 5 pm on Saturday in a bipolar contest involving the Congress and the BJP to elect the new state government,…
- India
Rajasthan elections: 68.24% voter turnout recorded till 5 pm
Jaipur: The Election Commission of India (ECI) said that 68.24 percent of votes were polled in Rajasthan till 5 pm on Saturday, November 25. As per Chief Electoral Officer, the state witnessed…
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Uttarakhand tunnel: Option of manual drilling being considered
Uttarkashi: With the auger machine encountering hurdles in the rubble time and again, rescuers are considering switching over to manual drilling at the Silkyara tunnel where 41 labourers have been trapped for…
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Drilling at Silkyara tunnel on hold for another day, 41 trapped workers await rescue
Uttarkashi: Drilling at the collapsed Silkyara tunnel to evacuate 41 workers trapped inside for 12 days was yet resume Friday evening, a day after it was put on hold following a snag.…
- India
Centre gives 7-day deadline to social media platforms to address deepfakes
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday gave a seven-day deadline to social media platforms to tweak their policies as per Indian regulations in order to address the spread of deepfakes on their…
- Middle East
Qatar accepts India’s plea against death sentence to 8 ex-navy officials
India’s appeal against the death penalty to eight former Indian Navy personnel, sentenced last month, in an alleged espionage case has reportedly been accepted by a court in Qatar. According to reports,…
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Timeline: 12 days since Uttarakhand tunnel collapse, rescue ops put on hold again
Dehradun: As the rescue operations to evacuate 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand’s Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi district entered the twelfth day on Thursday, it faced a fresh hurdle. Drilling had to be…
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UP Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act does not prohibit beef transport: HC
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has observed that the Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act does not prohibit transportation of beef. The above observation was made by Justice Pankaj Bhatia while…
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Workers may be rescued in few hours or by tomorrow from Silkyara tunnel: NDMA
New Delhi: 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand’s Silkyara tunnel for the last 11 days are likely to be rescued in the next few hours or by tomorrow, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)…
- Middle East
Director of Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital arrested by Israeli forces
Tel Aviv: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday arrested Mohammed Abu Selemya, director of the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, along with few other staffers of the largest medical facility in the…
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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue operations enter final stretch; iron hurdle removed
Uttarkashi: Rescue operations to evacuate 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand’s Silkyara tunnel entered the final stretch early Thursday after a late-night hitch when the machine drilling the escape passage through the rubble…
- Kashmir
J&K: 4 army personnel, 1 militant killed in Rajouri encounter
Four Army personnel and one militant were killed in an encounter in the Dharamsal village in Kalakote tehsil in the border district of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, November 22.…
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US foiled assassination plot against Sikh separatist, warned India: Report
Washington: US authorities have thwarted a conspiracy to assassinate a Sikh separatist on American soil and issued a warning to India over concerns that it was involved in the plot, according to…
- Middle East
Israel agrees for 4-day ceasefire, Hamas to release 50 hostages
Tel Aviv: The Israeli Cabinet has agreed to a four-day humanitarian pause and a deal with Hamas to secure the release of 50 hostages, including women and children, being held in Gaza…
