Vibhor Anand, a Delhi resident who claims to be an advocate has been arrested by the Mumbai Police cyber cell for spreading ‘fake news’ regarding Sushant Singh Rajput death case. Reports said Mumbai Police has taken him into custody on Thursday. Following Sushant Singh Rajput’s death on June 14, Vibhor […]
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3-4 Rafale fighter jets to join Indian Air Force in November first week
Amid the ongoing China border conflict, Indian Air Force’s (IAF) offensive capabilities will get a boost as 3-4 Rafale fighter jets would be arriving at the Ambala airbase in Haryana by the first week of November. This would be the second batch of these French-origin fighter jet aircraft as the […]
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Govt soon to decide on minimum age of marriage for girls, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the government will soon take a decision on revising the minimum age of marriage for girls after it receives a report from the committee set up for this. The Prime Minister said the girls’ gross enrolment ratio in education has turned higher than […]
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Philippines, to avoid ban on seafarers, probes Covid-19 outbreaks in ships
The Philippines is investigating Covid-19 outbreaks on ships that changed crews in Manila in a bid to avoid a ban on Filipino seafarers. Stricter protocols in crew-change hubs may be put in place, depending on the probe’s results, Transportation Assistant Secretary Narciso Vingson Jr. said in a statement Friday. The […]
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Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad tests positive for Covid-19, goes into home quarantine
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Azad confirmed on Twitter that he has contracted the viral disease and also requested people who came in contact with him in the last few days to […]
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Racial tensions simmer in South Africa over alleged murder of farmer
Emotions ran high Friday as two black suspects appeared in a South African court over the murder of a white farmer which has sparked racial tensions. A barbed wire fence ringed the court house in the central town of Senekal and police and a water cannon were deployed as opposing […]
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LeT, JeM backing Taliban in fighting in Helmand, says top Afghan official
Against the backdrop of intense attacks by the Taliban in Helmand province of Afghanistan, a top Afghan official has said that fighters from Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) are involved in the fighting. The crucial province has witnessed violent clashes between the Taliban and Afghan forces since the last […]
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Ananth: Audience won’t accept anything mediocre even if it’s free
After seven months of complete shutdown, theatres finally got a nod to reopen with 50% occupancy. Happy with the move, filmmaker-actor Ananth Mahadevan feels now is the time when small-budget yet high on content films can lead the movement. “The darkness between you and the big screen, the community viewing […]
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Financial crisis could emerge from pandemic, says Chief Economist
World Bank Chief Economist Carmen Reinhart said the coronavirus pandemic is turning into a major economic crisis and warned of the possibility of a financial crisis emerging. “This did not start as a financial crisis but it is morphing into a major economic crisis, with very serious financial consequences,” Reinhart […]
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IPL 2020: Morgan appointed KKR captain after Karthik steps aside
Two-time IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders will see a change of guard as the management revealed that current captain Dinesh Karthik has opted to hand over captaincy of the franchise to Eoin Morgan for IPL 2020. Karthik, who hasn’t had the best of shows with the bat this season, scoring […]
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Ballia shooting unfortunate but…: BJP MLA Surendra Singh defends accused
Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Surendra Singh on Friday said the firing incident in Reoti area which killed a 46-year-old man on Thursday was unfortunate but it was an act of self-defence. “If he hadn’t fired, then dozens of his relatives would’ve been killed. Wrongdoers should be punished under law. What […]
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Odisha couple charred to death from stove fire while making tea
A middle-aged couple from western Odisha district of Jharsuguda was charred to death on Friday morning, when the 40-year-old wife’s clothes caught fire while she was lighting a coal-fired stove inside their house. Police officials in Jharsuguda said 40-years-old Geeta Das of Rampur village under Brajrajnagar police station area was […]
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PM Modi to hold a dozen campaign rallies in poll-bound Bihar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold 12 campaign rallies in poll-bound Bihar, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) election in-charge for the state Devendra Fadnavis announced on Friday, where his party is looking to retain power in alliance with chief minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal(United) and others. “PM Modi will hold […]
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‘Blood-coloured’ clothes found at Hathras rape accused’s house, kin say it’s red paint
Investigating the case of alleged gang rape and murder of Hathras woman, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) claimed to have recovered clothes stained in ‘blood colour’ from the house of one of the four accused, Luv Kush Sikarwar. However, Sikarwar’s family has refuted the claims. They claimed that Ravi […]
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Brazil’s Covid-19 death toll tops 152,000
Brazil registered 713 deaths in the last 24 hours from the novel coronavirus, raising the nationwide death toll to 152,460, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday. Tests detected 28,523 new cases of infection in the last 24 hours, bringing the national count to 5,169,386. Also on Thursday, Minister of […]