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A 24-year-old man, who had been reported abducted by a group, was arrested, along with three others, with 5 grams of suspected MDMA here on Friday. The arrested are Rijoy Beckson Francis, 24, of Maradu, Binu Mohanan, 34, of Puthencruz, Parvathi V., 35, of Haripad, and Sandranjali, 25, of Panangad. They were arrested from an…
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NEA day after reports of an FIR registered in Noida against a woman named Ruchika Singh for “abusing” Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to light, a senior Delhi Police officer said on Friday that the case had been transferred to the Parliament Street police station for further investigation. When reached for comment, Deputy Commissioner of…
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A single-judge Bench of Justice Madhu Jain was hearing a petition filed by Shraddha’s brother Shreejay Vijay Walkar. | Photo Credit: Hindu file The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to set a timeline for the conclusion of the trial in the Shraddha Walkar murder case, observing that the proceedings against accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala…
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Mr. Khalid has been booked under UAPA on allegations of being one of the ‘masterminds’ in the 2020 riots that left 53 people dead and more than 700 injured. | Photo Credit: file photo The Delhi High Court on Friday asked Delhi Police to respond to a plea by activist Umar Khalid seeking bail in…
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Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Rahul Gandhi. | Photo Credit: ANI Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Rahul Gandhi will arrive in Chennai on Saturday to participate in a meeting with 74 District Congress Committee presidents at a hotel on East Coast Road near Mamallapuram. Sources in the party said that it would be…
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Civic agencies have set September 30 as the deadline to clear construction debris from the Cooum as part of flood preparedness, ahead of the onset of the Northeast monsoon. At a meeting on Friday to finalise flood defence measures for the Cooum, the Water Resources Department (WRD) insisted on completing the removal of debris by…
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India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi (left) met with U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor (right) in Dhaka. Photo: X/@USAmbIndia. India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi on Friday (July 31, 2026) met with U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor, in Dhaka. Mr. Gor is on his first visit to Bangladesh in his capacity…
A staffer attached to the mortuary at Government Medical College Hospital in Vellore was suspended on Friday for reportedly demanding ₹2,000 cash to send the body of deceased for postmortem. The suspended staff was identified as R. Kannan. Initial inquiry revealed that victim B. Velu, a tribal from Palambattu village atop Peechamanthai hillock, requested Kannan…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: X/@IsraeliPM via ANI A month after a UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry led by Justice S. Muralidhar concluded that Israel’s action in Gaza constituted genocide, an Amnesty International report stated some of the ammunition and weapons that could have been used in furthering…
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Taiwan’s President William Lai Ching-te, right, holds talks with U.S. House Representative Young Kim in Taipei, Friday, July 31, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP A U.S. lawmaker urged Taiwan on Friday (July 31, 2026) to approve a drone spending proposal, warning that “time is short” for the island democracy as it faces the threat of…
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