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The four men then take him into custody for possessing 20 grams of mephedrone. Mumbai: Four cops were suspended today in Mumbai, police said, after a video showed them allegedly planting drugs on a man went viral on social media. In the video, two officers can be seen frisking a man as two others can…
File photo of Yuki Bhambri (right) and Albano Olivetti.© X/@AITA__Tennis India’s Yuki Bhambri and Albano Olivetti advanced to the men’s doubles third round of the US Open with a hard-fought win over 15th seeds Austin Krajicek and Jean-Julien Roger in New York. The Indo-French pair defeated the USA-Dutch team 4-6 6-3 7-5 in…
Chandigarh: A day after Haryana BJP president Mohan Lal Badoli floated his name as a candidate from Ladwa for the upcoming Haryana Assembly polls, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday said it is the BJP’s “parliamentary board” which decides who contests from where. “I am the MLA from Karnal…BJP parliamentary board will decide from…
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Critics say officials in the Chinese finance hub have used the sedition offence, which has roots in British colonial rule, to target government critics and stifle dissent. | Photo Credit: AFP Hong Kong police said on Saturday (August 31, 2024) that two people were arrested for sedition under a new national security law, accusing them…
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Russian officials have said Kyiv’s attack on the Kursk region will fail to divert Russian forces away from the east of Ukraine. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian forces have gained control of the Kirove settlement, known in Ukraine as Verezamske, in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, the defence ministry said on Saturday. Donetsk is one…
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England’s Joe Root celebrates after reaching his 34th Test century, in the second Test against Sri Lanka at the Lord’s cricket ground on August 31, 2024 | Photo Credit: Action Images via Reuters It took the Yorkshireman past the 33 Test hundreds scored by Alastair Cook to make Root England’s greatest centurion in the game’s…
The test is more accurate than existing methods. Scientists have created a novel method for detecting brain cancer that is faster and less invasive than typical surgical biopsies. The newly developed ‘liquid biopsy’ uses only 100 microlitres of blood and can detect biomarkers associated with glioblastoma-the most prevalent and lethal type of brain tumour-in just…
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Bhubaneswar: The slowing of India’s economic growth to a 15-month low of 6.7 per cent in the April-June quarter was due to “lower” government spending in the wake of the enforcement of the model code of conduct for the recent Lok Sabha polls, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Saturday. The RBI had projected a…
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Image for representation only | Photo Credit: Reuters At least 47 Indians trapped in cyber scam centres in Laos have been rescued from Bokeo province of the country, the Indian Embassy in the Southeast Asian country said on Saturday (August 31, 2024). Indian authorities have been cautioning its nationals against fake job offers in Laos…
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Sukhbir Badal had earlier sought “unconditional forgiveness” for “all mistakes” (File) Amritsar: A day after the Akal Takht declared him guilty of religious misconduct, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday appeared before the highest temporal seat of Sikhs and sought an apology for the “mistakes” committed by the party and its government…