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Suicide bomber on motorcycle kills at least nine soldiers in northwest Pakistan

August 31, 2023 admin

Nine soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle set off his explosives next to a convoy in northwestern Pakistan on August 31, the military said. Another five soldiers were wounded in the attack in Bannu district, the military’s public relations wing said in a statement. Pakistan’s restive northwest, which borders Afghanistan, has…

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Hockey India Announces Men And Women’s Squads for Asian Games 2023

August 31, 2023 admin

Veteran striker Akashdeep Singh and young Karthi Selvam have been dropped but experienced Lalit Upadhyay made a comeback to the 18-member Indian men’s hockey team selected for the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. Hockey India selectors dropped three players — Akashdeep, Karthi and defender Jugraj Singh from the champion side of the Asian Champions…

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Will Withdraw Notification On Dissolution Of Gram Panchayats: Punjab To High Court

August 31, 2023 admin

The Punjab government, through its August 10 notification, had dissolved all gram panchayats. Chandigarh: The Punjab government on Thursday told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that it is withdrawing its notification dissolving all gram panchayats in the state. The court was hearing a petition by Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Gurjeet Singh Talwandi, who…

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Vivek Ramaswamy’s Big Offer For Russia If It Exits China Military Alliance

August 31, 2023 admin

Vivek Ramaswamy said Russia has to exit its military alliances with China (File) Washington: To address the growing challenge posed by China, it is important not to let Russia fall into Beijing’s lap, Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said on Thursday, asserting that if elected, he would achieve this goal by offering a “deal”…

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Students Told To Give ‘No Torn Jeans’ Undertaking By Kolkata College

August 31, 2023 admin

The principal said the move to sign the affidavit was “to enforce strict discipline in the institute”. Kolkata: Kolkata-based AJC Bose College students described their principal’s instruction to sign an affidavit with the declaration that they will not wear torn or artificially torn jeans to college as a diktat interfering with their freedom of expression….

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Supreme Court Questions Convict Over Payment Of Fine

August 31, 2023 admin

Bilkis Bano was 21 years old and five months pregnant when she was gangraped in 2002.. New Delhi: The Supreme Court questioned one of the convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case today about depositing the fine imposed on him when the hearing on the pleas challenging his remission was in progress. Appearing for convict…

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Elon Musk’s ‘X’ Sued By Thousands Of Employees Over Severance Pay: Report

August 31, 2023 admin

The case is Chris Woodfield v. Twitter, X Corp. and Elon Musk (No. 1:23-cv-780-CFC) Billionaire Elon Musk’s X, the social media formerly known as Twitter, is facing 2,200 arbitration claims from ex-employees since Mr. Musk took over the company and fired most of its workforce. The filing fees alone for that volume of cases could…

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India vs Pakistan: Full House At Hotels And Kandy Stadium Ahead Of Asia Cup 2023 Clash

August 31, 2023 admin

There is a lot of excitement among cricket fans, especially the Indians, for the upcoming clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan in Asia Cup 2023, but there is a lot of struggle involved for a lot of these die-hard supporters of Men in Blue as tickets are sold out, so are the hotels and accommodation…

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Woman Dragged, Beaten With Sticks In Madhya Pradesh, 3 Arrested: Cops

August 31, 2023 admin

She was apparently deranged, a senior police official said. (Representational) Sagar: Three persons were arrested in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar city on Thursday after a video showing a woman being brutally thrashed at a bus stand went viral. She was apparently deranged, a senior police official said. The woman was dragged, beaten with sticks and kicked…

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Explained | Decoding the OCCRP’s Adani report

August 31, 2023 admin

The story so far: In its order dated March 2, on the batch of petitions concerning the Adani-Hindenburg matter, the Supreme Court of India had directed the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to conduct investigations in accordance with specific terms of reference. The first term was to probe whether there has been a…

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