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Islamabad: A minor girl was kidnapped, raped, and burnt to death in Islamabad’s Kohsar town. Her body was recovered from a water tank from one of the houses in the town, at Old Kirpa Road falling under the jurisdiction of Kirpa Police Station, The News reported. The father of the victim, hailing from Mardan, lodged […]
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has said that a girl, who has attained puberty, can marry without the consent of her parents under Muslim laws while hearing a plea seeking protection to a couple who got married against the consent of girl’s parents. Justice Jasmeet Singh observed, “A girl on attaining puberty could marry […]
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New Delhi: Work on Kamal Haasan’s ‘Indian 2’ has resumed today. The film’s shoot came to standstill in 2020 after a crane collapsed on the set during the shooting of the film near Chennai, leaving 3 dead and 10 injured. Sharing the update, filmmaker Shankar Shanmugam tweeted, “Good morning Indians, we are glad to announce […]
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Mumbai: It’s a clash of the titans as Bollywood stars Saif Ali Khan and Hrithik Roshan pack a powerful punch in the “Vikram Vedha” teaser, which was released by the makers on Wednesday. A modern retelling of the classic folktale ‘Baital Pachisi’, the upcoming movie is the Hindi adaptation of the Tamil neo-noir action thriller […]
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New Delhi: Shares of NDTV jumped 5 per cent to hit their highest trading permissible limit for the day on Wednesday after Adani group launched a bid to take over the media company. The stock climbed 5 per cent to Rs 384.50 — its upper circuit limit as well as 52-week high — on the […]
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Toronto: Parents who shout at their kids for their screen addiction have to first control their digital media consumption for relaxation as such people are more likely to engage in lower-quality parenting, a new study has revealed. The researchers from University of Waterloo found that parents with higher levels of distress engage in more screen-based activities […]
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New York: A 29-year-old Indian-American female hiker, who got swept away in a flash flood last week at the Zion National Park in the US state of Utah, has been found dead, according to a senior official from the park. Jetal Agnihotri of Tucson, Arizona, went missing on August 19 when flash floods swept multiple […]
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Mumbai: Equity benchmarks gave up early gains on Wednesday and were later trading lower in tandem with weak global markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex, which climbed 82.36 points to 59,113.66 in early trade, later fell in the negative territory. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty had advanced 27.9 points to 17,605.40 in initial trade but failed […]
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Mumbai: The rupee depreciated 4 paise to 79.87 against the US dollar in opening trade on Wednesday, tracking the strength of the American currency in the overseas market. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 79.84 against the dollar, then fell to 79.87, registering a decline of 4 paise over the last close. […]
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New Delhi: India logged 10,649 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,43,68,195, while the active cases declined to 96,442, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll has climbed to 5,27,452 with 36 fatalities which includes four deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at […]
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Medak: In a sensational incident, some unidentified burglars killed a couple at their residence at Paithara village of Kulcharam Mandal at midnight. The victims were Lakshmaiah (55) and Lakshmamma (51). The couple were attacked with sharp weapons when they were in deep sleep. As the news of the double murder spread all over the Mandal, […]
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California: Humans help one another; it is one of the pillars of civilised society. However, a new study conducted by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, reveals that a lack of sleep impairs this fundamental human trait, with real-world consequences. Sleep deprivation has been linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, depression, diabetes, […]
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New Delhi: The Indian tennis star Sania Mirza on Tuesday pulled out of the US Open 2022 due to a tendon injury in her forearm and hinted about some change in her retirement plans. The 35-year-old picked up the injury while competing at the Canadian Open earlier this month. She played at last week’s Cincinnati Open […]
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Washington: James Cameron’s Academy Award-winning 2009 epic adventure ‘Avatar,’ which was released in theatres 13 years ago, is all set to return to theatres on September 23rd this year. The film will be re-released in theatres in India three months prior to the release of its sequel – ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’. The second […]
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San Francisco: After a Twitter whistleblower claimed that the microblogging platform lied to Elon Musk about bots, the tech billionaire has now reacted to it and shared some cryptic tweets. On the microblogging site, Musk said that “in case anyone feels like buying a fine whistle…” along with a picture of a whistle. So spam prevalence […]
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New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday termed the Adani group’s buying of 29.18 per cent stake in media group NDTV a “hostile takeover”. Taking to Twitter, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said: “The news of a deeply over-leveraged company owned by the PM’s ‘khaas dost’ making a hostile takeover bid of a well-known TV news […]
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San Francisco: Tech giant Meta has announced that it will now let its Quest VR headsets users log in via a new Meta account. The company said this update will roll out globally on a gradual basis, so, users who do not have the option to create a Meta account and Meta Horizon profile right […]
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Mumbai: Even as Mumbai reported a spike in Covid-19 cases, mega star Amitabh Bachchan announced late on Tuesday night that he had tested positive and urged “all those that have been in my vicinity and around me, please get yourself checked and tested also”. The much-loved actor has been hosting Season 14 of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’. […]
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New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is conducting raids at multiple locations across the nation in connection with a money laundering case pertaining to illegal mining and extortion in Jharkhand and Bihar. The raids are underway in Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Jharkhand and Delhi-NCR. Pankaj Mishra, the close aide of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren was […]
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Hyderabad: Barring sporadic instances of violence, Tuesday night passed off peacefully in the city. A Sub-inspector and two civilians were injured in separate incidents while a police vehicle and three private vehicles were damaged by protestors at various places. The protest had started on Monday night after Goshamahal legislator T Raja Singh allegedly made derogatory […]
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Bhadohi: A former village head in Uttar Pradesh Bhadohi district has been booked for allegedly assaulting a Dalit girl and subjecting her to casteist slurs. Girija Shankar Yadav, in-charge of the Chauri police station, where the case was registered, said that the incident took place in a school in Manikpur village. He identified the former village […]
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Hyderabad: Tension continues in the city following the derogatory comments of BJP legislator T Raja Singh against Prophet Mohammed and his subsequent release on bail on Tuesday. Groups of youngsters continued their protest in the city. Reports of protest came in from Amberpet, Tallabkatta, Charminar, Moghalpura, Khilwat, Bahadurpura and Chanchalguda. The surroundings of Charminar continued […]
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By Avi Dutt India is now at a crucial stage where infrastructure investment will play a vital role in sustaining economic growth. However, land acquisition, aggressive bidding and non-performing assets are key challenges to infrastructure PPPs (public-private partnerships). Further, India is dealing with a high level of stressed assets, and there is a need to […]
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What is more appalling about the preventable road accidents in India caused by potholes is that no one is held accountable for such tragedies. Even the conservative official figure puts the pothole death toll at 5,626 between 2018 and 2020. This is quite alarming for a country that aspires to compete with developed nations in […]
