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JKPC chief and legislator Sajad Lone questioned both the timing and the real motive behind Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s call for a sit-in at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. | Photo Credit: PTI J&K’s two regional parties, the J&K Peoples Conference (JKPC), and the J&K Apni Party (JKAP), have decided not to join the ruling National Conference’s…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a session at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, before it dissolves ahead of the 2026 Israeli elections, in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel’s Parliament dissolved early Friday (July 17, 2026) after passing a marathon of Bills in the last moments of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s…
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Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a landslide along Wujiang river in Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, Chongqing, China on July 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters A landslide on Friday (July 17, 2026) in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing killed eight people and left 34 missing, burying residential buildings…
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The court was hearing the petition filed by the residents of Bommaiahgoundanpatti which is a part of Theni-Allinagaram Municipality. The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has held that those residing within the territorial limits of a local body cannot claim right of burial/cremation in the burial/cremation ground vested with another local body. However,…
Representational image of a seismograph recording an earthquake. | Photo Credit: Reuters A strong earthquake struck the southern Mexican Pacific coast on Friday (July 17, 2026), right on the border with Guatemala, and was felt from Mexico City to El Salvador. Authorities have not immediately reported any severe damage or casualties in any country. The…
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Garry Sobers was batting on 364, the then world record, when the occasional off-spinner bowling to him, the batsman Hanif Mohammad, switched to left-arm spin. It was the third ball of the over. “Hanif, not a bowler of note,” Sobers is quoted as saying in Osman Samiuddin’s The Unquiet Ones, “asked the umpire if he…
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Garry Sobers could swing the momentum within a blink of an eye. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives In cricket’s deep memory, some players seem eternal and always relevant. The late Sir Donald Bradman was one, and Sir Garfield Sobers (89), who passed away in Barbados on Friday (July 17, 2026), was another. If batting’s…
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: Four-day textile and clothing expo, Bharat Tex 2026, concluded in New Delhi on Friday generating business enquiries worth more than $ 2.8 billion. The event brought together 1,647 exhibitors and attracted 11,315 buyers, including 6,090 international buyers, catalysing around ₹14,300 crore of textile investment commitments with more than 30 Memoranda of Understanding signed by…
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England players train ahead of the third place play-off against France. | Photo Credit: Reuters There is perhaps no lonelier fixture in football than the World Cup third-place playoff. For 30 days, players dream only of one destination. They imagine lifting the trophy, hearing their anthem before the final and writing themselves into history. Then,…
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The Kerala High Court has refused to quash the magistrate court proceedings in the sexual assault case against former Malappuram SP S. Sujith Das and two other police officers. The High Court dismissed the plea filed by Mr. Das, former Tirur DySP V.V. Benny, and former Ponnani CI Vinod Valiyattor, who had sought to quash…