Month: August 2026

Mobile phone in Prajwal Revanna’s prison cell: Several phone numbers found

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Mobile phone in Prajwal Revanna’s prison cell: Several phone numbers found

Central Jail, at Parappana Agrahara in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: File photo Following reports that a mobile phone was found in the Central Prison barrack housing former MP Prajwal Revanna, DIG of Prisons and Correctional Services Jinendra Khanagavi has initiated a probe into how the phone reached the barrack despite security arrangements. The CCB raid…

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Best Chennai Beaches for Dates and Breakups | A Love Guide

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Best Chennai Beaches for Dates and Breakups | A Love Guide

Disclaimer: No thenga manga pattani sundal police, garbage bins, or dupattas, have been harmed during the making of these love stories. The same however, cannot be said about love itself. The year was 2012. Everyone was convinced that the world would be pulverised on December 12 because the Mayan calendar said so. I was far…

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North Korea slams U.S.-South Korea military drills, threatens to exercise self-defence

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North Korea slams U.S.-South Korea military drills, threatens to exercise self-defence

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un. File | Photo Credit: Reuters North Korea on Friday (August 14, 2026) threatened to exercise its right to self-defence in a statement that slammed the upcoming U.S.-South Korean military drills as a war rehearsal that would be more provocative than last year. The U.S. and South Korean militaries are…

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Trump announces tariffs of up to 100% on imported drones

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Trump announces tariffs of up to 100% on imported drones

President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump announced on Thursday (August 13, 2026) tariffs of up to 100% on imports of unmanned drones and their components to reduce U.S. reliance on imports in an industry dominated by China. The U.S. president justified the decision on national security grounds, according to a…

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India needs a peaceful revolution: Sonam Wangchuk

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India needs a peaceful revolution: Sonam Wangchuk

Activist Sonam Wangchuk on Thursday (August 13, 2026) called for a “peaceful revolution” in the way India chooses its political leadership, saying the country needs a major change if it is to remain a “respectable nation” by 2047. In a video message ahead of Independence Day, Mr. Wangchuk also called for “India’s second Independence movement”,…

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Kanwar Yatra leaves 7,000 tonnes of waste in Haridwar; urine-filled bottles found at Har Ki Pauri

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Kanwar Yatra leaves 7,000 tonnes of waste in Haridwar; urine-filled bottles found at Har Ki Pauri

Workers clean up accumulated waste after the conclusion of the annual ‘Kanwar Yatra’, near ghat at Har Ki Pauri, in Haridwar, Uttarakhand on Thursday (August 13, 2026). | Photo Credit: PTI Haridwar administration has taken up a major clean-up drive to clear about 7,000 metric tonnes of waste left behind by kanwariyas across the city…

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Two severely injured as train derails in southeast England

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Two severely injured as train derails in southeast England

A train with around 150 people aboard derailed near the Lewes, England, railway station in East Sussex on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Two people were taken to a major trauma centre with “severe” injuries after a busy commuter train derailed near the southeast English town Lewes on Thursday (August 13, 2026),…

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Ghatkopar landslip toll rises to eight; residents uncertain over evacuation

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Ghatkopar landslip toll rises to eight; residents uncertain over evacuation

Rescue operation underway after a landslide struck Gaushiya Chawl, killing six people and injuring four others, in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar area. File | Photo Credit: PTI The body of the last person missing was recovered after a landslip struck two chawls, Ghausiya Chawl and Garib Nawab Chawl, in Chirag Nagar, Ghatkopar, in the early hours of…

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West Asia war LIVE: Bessent says U.S. to apply measures never seen on Iran

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West Asia war LIVE: Bessent says U.S. to apply measures never seen on Iran

The United Arab Emirates on Friday condemned an Iranian attack it said targeted two vessels linked to state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) as they passed through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has imposed an effective blockade of the strait and wants to charge users for passage, which the U.S. fiercely opposes. Iran is…

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Thalinomics goes for a toss as LPG fuels food price rise, Telangana logs 6.32% inflation

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Thalinomics goes for a toss as LPG fuels food price rise, Telangana logs 6.32% inflation

The price of a commercial 19 kg LPG cylinder in Hyderabad is currently ₹2,985 after a reduction of ₹209 at the beginning of August. | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal A new notice has gone up in Panchakattu Dosa, a popular restaurant franchisee in Hyderabad, that listed how the prices of various items that affect food…

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