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Describing India as a 'global power' and its Prime Minister Narendra Modi a 'personal' friend, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday talked about his vision of a 'hexagon' of alliances in and around the region that will include India.This week, expression will be given to the...
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Days after a 19-year-old woman from Tripura was hospitalised in a serious condition following an assault by her live-in partner, police on Sunday said that the accused also burned her private parts using sanitiser and filmed her nude.The woman's mother alleged that the accused, who befriended her...
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A man in his early 20s was shot and killed by agents of the United States Secret Service and a deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office after allegedly entering the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago early on Sunday (local time), authorities said.The perimeter was cited to be around...
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All four international airports of the Russian capital were closed due to safety concerns on Sunday afternoon until further notice as air defence forces shot down 11 Ukrainian drones within an hour.The Russian civil aviation agency Rosaviatsia said in a press release that air traffic restrictions...
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The first border pillar between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh was erected at Seijosa on Sunday, in a significant step towards implementing the Namsai Declaration, aimed at resolving the inter-state boundary dispute, officials said.The installation of the border pillar was closely monitored by...
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India looks forward to engaging with the new government in Bangladesh, Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pranay Verma said on Sunday, expressing New Delhi's willingness to reengage with Dhaka.High Commissioner Verma was speaking with reporters after he met with Bangladesh Foreign Minister...
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An IndiGo flight from Ahmedabad with 144 passengers on board was diverted to Imphal on Sunday after a severe dust storm rendered visibility at Dibrugarh airport 'dangerously low', officials said.The sudden weather shift forced the flight crew to make a swift decision to re-route the aircraft from...
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A Canadian national who came to Pakistan this month to conduct doctoral research on 'anti-imperialist politics' has gone missing in Lahore city, police said on Sunday.Lahore police have registered a kidnapping case against 'unidentified suspects' on the complaint of Yousuf Rashid, a friend of...
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Unidentified persons were booked for trying to extort Rs 10 crore from a prominent Thane builder after claiming to be part of the 'Bishnoi group', a police official said on Sunday.As per the complaint filed by the 60-year-old businessman at Naupada police station, he received a series of WhatsApp...
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Manjinder Singh, 24, travelled to Russia on a student visa with hopes of higher education and supporting his family.He returned to his family, however, months later in a coffin, with his family alleging he was lured into joining the Russian Army under false promises. Singh had travelled to...
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Former CIA officer John Kiriakou has claimed that a final decision has been reached by the United States to initiate a military strike against Iran early next week.Speaking on the Julian Dorey Podcast, Kiriakou revealed that a fellow former intelligence official recently at the White House...
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The Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has taken serious cognisance of the incident at the sports nursery in Rohtak, where a basketball pole collapsed, resulting in the death of a teenage player in November last year.In its recent order, the commission observed that the incident prima facie...
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Three women from Arunachal Pradesh were allegedly subjected to racial abuse and intimidation by their neighbours in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar over a dispute that began with minor repair work in their rented flat, police said on Sunday.According to the police, the incident took place around 3.30...
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Two terrorists affiliated with Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) were killed in an encounter with security forces in a remote area in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said.The Army said the terrorists were killed during the 'Trashi-I' operation in the general area...
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Senior Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader Bhaskar Jadhav said the Opposition would boycott the customary tea party hosted by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday on the eve of the Maharashtra legislature's Budget Session.Fadnavis had personally written to senior members inviting...
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Top Maoist commander and the organisation's key 'strategist' Thippiri Tirupati alias Devji has surrendred, a top police official said on Sunday. Devji hails from Telangana's Jagtial district and his surrender can be seen as a deadly blow to the outlawed organisation, which now lacks...
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The Indian Coast Guard has intercepted a foreign boat in the Arabian Sea off Gujarat and apprehended four Iranian nationals after seizing 200 cartons of foreign brand cigarettes valued nearly Rs 5 crore, the ICG said on Sunday. The operation was carried out on Saturday off the Dwarka coast...
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Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday backed party leader Aaditya Thackeray's remark regarding the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls, asserting that as the largest constituent in the Opposition MVA, his fold has the 'first right' to the alliance's lone winnable seat from...
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A mild tremor was felt in Nepal's Koshi province on Sunday morning.The earthquake measuring 4.1 magnitude was recorded with its epicentre located at Ritak area of Sankhuwasabha district at 7.31 am, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre.Sankhuwasabha is 475 km east of...
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Tourist visa services from Bangladeshi diplomatic missions located in India will resume on Monday, a Bangladesh foreign ministry official stated on Sunday.The Bangladesh government had suspended tourist visa services from its diplomatic missions in India due to security reasons.However, after the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday highlighted strides made by India in the field of artificial intelligence, saying the AI summit showcased how animals were being treated in the country with the help of AI and how farmers were keeping track of their livestock and dairy.Addressing his monthly...
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India and the United States have decided to reschedule the proposed meeting of their chief negotiators in Washington, DC to finalise the text of the interim trade pact, sources said on Sunday.The Indian team was scheduled to start the three-day meeting on February 23.With regards to the visit of...
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Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar president Sharad Pawar was admitted to a private hospital in Pune on Sunday after suffering from mild dehydration, doctors said.The condition of the 85-year-old Rajya Sabha member was stable, they said. He has been admitted to the Ruby Hall...
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Former Assam Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah on Sunday joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of its state unit president Dilip Saikia in Guwahati.Borah became a BJP member during a function held at the Assam BJP headquarters 'Vajpayee Bhawan'.Along with him, former Congress...
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Two persons have been arrested in connection with communal clashes during a Shivaji Jayanti procession in Bagalkote, police said on Sunday. An FIR was registered following the incident in the Qila Oni area, where stones were allegedly thrown during the procession. Based on video footage...
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At least five police personnel were killed and four others were injured in a head-on collision between an SUV and a truck on National Highway 49 in Odisha's Jharsuguda district early on Sunday, the police said. The accident took place near Odisha Adarsh Vidyalaya in Jharsuguda Sadar police...
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At least 10 people were reported killed and around 50 others injured in Israeli airstrikes in eastern Lebanon, Times of Israel reported, citing Lebanese authorities, after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had targeted Hezbollah command centres. Two more people were reported killed in...
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Five teachers of a private school were arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in Odisha's Kendrapara district, the police said.The arrests were made after the father of the class 7 student and the district child welfare committee lodged separate complaints at the Rajkanika...
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A 46-year-old mechanical engineer in Maharashtra's Thane city has allegedly been duped of Rs 3.15 crore after being lured to invest in a fraudulent online trading platform, police said on Sunday.The complainant, a resident of the Kasarvadavali area, alleged that a person had contacted him and...
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Rajasthan has finalised its electoral rolls with more than 5.15 crore voters following the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, officials said on Saturday.According to an official release, the final electoral roll published on February 21 comprises 5,15,19,929 electors...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said his government is committed to the rapid expansion of rail connectivity across the country.In this direction, Modi said, on Sunday, he will have the privilege of inaugurating the country's fastest Meerut Metro and Namo Bharat train in Meerut.Following...
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Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje broke down on stage after a poem in tribute to her late mother Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia, father Jivajirao Scindia, and brother Madhavrao Scindia, was recited at a public event in Jhalawar district on Saturday. The occasion marked the third...
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Skipper Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma's rejigged philosophy of dropping anchor rather than going for big strokes will be tested by a quality South African side that seems ready to find chinks in the Indian armour during their opening Super Eight match of the T20 World Cup in Ahmedabad on...
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The Delhi police on Sunday arrested six individuals in Tiruppur district of Tamil Nadu for allegedly posting content in support of Pakistan-based terrorist organisations, officials said. According to the police, the arrests followed intelligence reports and a special team's investigation,...
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A 24-year-old man aspiring for a police job died after collapsing during a recruitment drive organised by the Government Railway Police (GRP) in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city, an official said. The incident occurred on Saturday morning during a 1600 metres running event at the...
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A 35-year-old woman and her six-year-old daughter were found murdered inside their residence in southeast Delhi's Sarita Vihar area, with police identifying a neighbour as the prime suspect and launching raids to nab him, an official said on Saturday. A PCR call was received around 10.30 pm...
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Bangladesh's newly elected Prime Minister Tarique Rahman./Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters
The first session of the newly elected 13th Parliament of Bangladesh is expected to commence in the second week of March, a top official of the ruling BNP said on Saturday. The spokesman for Prime Minister Tarique Rahman-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Salahuddin Ahmed, said that the...
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Pakistan in a midnight military action targeted at least seven terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan in retaliation for the recent rebel attacks, it emerged on early Sunday. In the latest terrorist incident, an army lieutenant colonel and a soldier were killed in a suicide attack in the Bannu...
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