The Congress delegation, constituted over the Nagaland killings, will submit its report to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi at 4 pm on Thursday. A firing incident by security personnel had left 14 civilians dead in two separate incidents that occurred earlier this month and also led to the death of security personnel […]
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Bangladesh, Maldives exchange key agreements after talks
Four important agreements were exchanged on Thursday between Maldives and Bangladesh during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ongoing state visit to the island nation. Apart from the agreement exchange, a symbolic handover of keys to military vehicles donated by Bangladesh to Maldives took place between Maldives’ Chief of Defence Force, Major General […]
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DuckDuckGo plans to bring its privacy-focussed browser to desktop
DuckDuckGo has announced that it is working on a privacy-focussed browser for desktop. The company also has browsers for Android and iOS devices which are claimed to shield your Internet activity from third-party trackers. DuckDuckGo aims to offer these privacy features to desktop users with its new Web browser. Its […]
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Explosion outside Kabul’s passport office
An explosion took place close to the gate of the passport office in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday. General Mobin, the spokesman of the Kabul security department, said the explosion in front of the passport department was a car bomb, Tolo News reported. No casualties have been reported.(ANI)
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‘Home Alone’ actor Devin Ratray arrested on domestic violence charges
‘Home Alone’ star Devin Ratray was arrested on Wednesday over domestic violence charges. As per People magazine, Ratray was arrested after authorities in Oklahoma City issued a warrant regarding an altercation with a woman earlier this month. The 44-year-old actor has been charged with one count of domestic assault and battery by strangulation and another count of […]
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J-K: Three held in Budgam with counterfeit currency notes
Three persons were arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam on Thursday for possessing counterfeit currency notes. The Budgam police busted a fake currency notes racket with the arrest of Taufeeq Hussain Khawaja, Farooq Ahmad Ganaie, and Abdul Hamid Ganaie Through a press release, the police informed that during checking at Narbal area, the police party intercepted […]
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Congress top leadership speaks to Harish Rawat, invites him to Delhi to discuss impending issues
Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and Congress veteran Harish Rawat will attend a pre-scheduled meeting in Delhi with the party’s top leadership on Friday, confirmed party sources on Thursday. Amid the growing tensions in Uttarakhand Congress, the party’s top leadership spoke to Harish Rawat inviting him to Delhi to discuss impending issues, sources said. Rawat is scheduled to arrive in Delhi […]
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India, Australia seek to expedite bilateral trade talks
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has held talks with his Australian counterpart Dan Tehan to expedite the bilateral Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) negotiations. According to a statement released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Thursday, the two leaders held talks on December 21 through video conference. “The ministers appreciated the […]
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Nakuul Mehta tests positive for Covid-19
Actor Nakuul Mehta has contracted COVID-19. On Thursday, Nakuul took to Twitter and informed everyone about his diagnosis. He also shared that he has been binge-watching some international web series, listening to podcasts, eating homemade warm meals, and consuming the required medicines to beat the virus. “Grateful for Will Smith, a barrage of […]
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PM Modi inaugurates, lays foundation stone for development projects worth Rs 870 cr in Varanasi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 22 development projects worth Rs 870 crores in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi on Thursday. Before the inauguration, the Prime Minister reviewed the development projects along with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The Prime Minister laid the […]
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China locks down Xi’an amid Covid-19 surge
China on Thursday shut down Xi’an, the capital city of the country’s Shaanxi province in a bid to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak amid the growing global threat of Omicron variant across the world, local media reported. Zhang Fenghu, a deputy director of the leading group on epidemic prevention and control in Xi’an, said the […]
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Akhilesh Yadav demands ‘Bharat Ratna’ for Chaudhary Charan Singh
Paying his tributes to Chaudhary Charan Singh on the occasion of his birth anniversary, which is observed as National farmers’ Day (Kisan Diwas) across the country, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday demanded Bharat Ratna for the former Prime Minister. “Hearty tributes to the most respected Chaudhary Charan […]
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PM Modi to chair review meeting over Covid situation today evening
Amid the concerns over the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting at 6.30 pm today to review the pandemic situation in the country. India has reported 7,495 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, Union Health Ministry informed on Thursday. […]
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3 bodies retrieved after Myanmar landslide
Three bodies have been recovered as of Thursday morning after a landslide hit Myanmar’s Kachin state on Wednesday, media reported citing Fire Services Department. All three recovered bodies were identified as males, the statement cited by Xinhua news agency said. Over 80 people went missing in a jade mine landslide in Myanmar’s Kachin state in the […]
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Rising tensions in Uttarakhand Congress, Harish Rawat, top state leaders to meet party high command in Delhi tomorrow
Amid the escalation of tensions in Uttarakhand Congress, party veteran Harish Rawat along with other top leaders of the Congress’ state unit is scheduled to arrive in Delhi tomorrow to meet the party High Command. Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Pritam Singh, Uttarakhand Congress chief Ganesh Godiyal and party leader […]