Month: July 2024

Red Alert In Dakshina Kannada Due To Heavy Rain; Schools, Colleges Shut

July 8, 2024 admin

Due to heavy rainfall, members of the public were asked to stay away from rivers (File) Mangaluru (Karnataka): The Dakshina Kannada district administration has issued a ‘red alert’ for Tuesday with the Met department predicting heavy rainfall. Schools and colleges would remain closed on Tuesday (July 9), it said. In the wake of heavy rain,…

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Gagan Narang To Be India’s Chef De Mission In Paris Olympics, PV Sindhu To Be Female Flag Bearer

July 8, 2024 admin

London Olympics bronze medallist shooter Gagan Narang on Monday replaced Mary Kom as India’s Chef-de-Mission for the Paris Olympics where ace shuttler PV Sindhu will be the female flag bearer during the opening ceremony. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President PT Usha said the 41-year-old Narang’s elevation from deputy CDM’s position was an…

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A major Russian missile attack on Ukraine kills at least 20 people and hits a children’s hospital

July 8, 2024 admin

Emergency workers respond at the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital hit by Russian missiles, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 8, 2024. A major Russian missile attack across Ukraine on Monday killed at least 31 people and injured 154, officials said, with one striking a large children’s hospital in the capital of Kyiv, where emergency crews searched the…

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Poll Panel Allows Sharad Pawar’s Party To Accept Donations Ahead Of Maharashtra Assembly Polls

July 8, 2024 admin

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday allowed the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar to accept donations keeping in mind the forthcoming assembly polls in Maharashtra. The Sharad Pawar-led outfit had requested the commission to certify the status of the party for it to accept voluntary contributions from the public. The poll panel has authorised the…

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Probe Agency Can’t Peep Into Private Life Of Accused On Bail: Supreme Court

July 8, 2024 admin

The court said the accused cannot be deprived of all his rights guaranteed under Article 21 New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday held that bail conditions allowing an investigating agency to continuously track the movements of an accused violate the right to privacy guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. A bench of Justices…

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Judge To Cops In Mumbai BMW Hit-And-Run

July 8, 2024 admin

Mumbai: The Mumbai police on Monday found itself in a spot with the application of a provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita in the BMW-hit-and-run incident, among the first high-profile cases under the newly-introduced law that replaced the British-era Indian Penal Code. A woman was killed and her husband injured in Worli early Sunday morning…

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Rajasthan Woman Dies By Suicide A Day After Getting Married: Police

July 8, 2024 admin

The DSP said that the police is investigating the case from all angles (Representational) Jaipur: A day after getting married, a woman allegedly died by suicide by jumping from the seventh floor of an building in an apartment complex in Ajmer district of Rajasthan on Monday, police said. Komal Sharma (32), a resident of Jaipur,…

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Zimbabwe Captain Sikandar Raza’s Honest “World Champions” Remark For India After Loss In Second T20I

July 8, 2024 admin

Indian cricket team during second T20I vs Zimbabwe in Harare.© AFP Opening batter Abhishek Sharma shone with a historic century in India’s dominating 100-run win over Zimbabwe in the second T20I in Harare on Sunday. The southpaw slammed 100 off 47 balls with the help of 7 fours and 8 sixes as India…

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Pakistan Chief Selector Wahab Riaz Drops Sitter In Match Against India Champions, Gets Brutally Trolled

July 8, 2024 admin

Former Pakistan pacer Wahab Riaz was on the receiving of some trolling from fans on social media after he dropped a regulation catch during the World Championship of Legends (WCL) match against India at Edgbaston. Wahab, who is the current chief selector of the Pakistan men’s senior team, was visibly disappointed after dropping…

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Rishi Sunak Makes Apology Calls To Ex-MPs After UK Election Loss

July 8, 2024 admin

He had apologised to his party colleagues and the nation in his farewell speech (File) London: Former British prime minister Rishi Sunak spent the weekend calling the Conservative Party candidates who lost their seats in the general election last week to apologise for the party’s worst performance at the ballot box, with just 121 seats…

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