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Jill and Jane Powell.. | Photo Credit: P.K. Ajith Kumar The scoreboard said: Jane Powell and Jill Powell 63 not out. Jane smiles at the memory. The twins were part of an England side that toured India. “The scorer could not tell us apart, so he added our runs together and bracketed us together,” Jane tells The…
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Eight months after the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) was formed by dissolving the erstwhile Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the five corporations under the GBA are reeling under a shortage of engineers, which is now affecting civic works. According to the GBA sources, nearly 40% of vacancies in the engineering section are yet to be…
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TNTA President Vijay Amritraj and SDAT Member-Secretary J. Meghanath Reddy with the award winners. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU The WTA 250 event has been allotted a slot in the official tennis calendar from November 2 to 8 at the SDAT-Tennis Stadium in Nungambakkam. However, the tournament’s staging hinges on financial support from the State…
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Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe Velez. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Colombian prosecutor’s office said Thursday (June 19, 2026) it had launched a probe into influential former President Alvaro Uribe over his alleged links to massacres by paramilitary groups during the worst years of the country’s armed conflict. More than a quarter of a…
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In this episode we look at the Tamil Nadu Assembly revives the Cauvery dispute with a resolution against Karnataka’s Mekedatu dam project, while Kerala’s first budget under Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan sparks political debate. We also look at Israel-Hezbollah clashes test a fragile U.S.-Iran deal, and more. Source link
Venezuela’s National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez and former Opposition lawmaker Dinorah Figuera meet for discussions on a democratic transition in the country, including strengthening the National Electoral Council (CNE), in Caracas, Venezuela June 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Members of Venezuela’s interim government met with the country’s Opposition party on Thursday (June 18, 2026)…
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A Ukrainian serviceman looks at an apartment building damaged by Russian military strikes in the frontline city of Druzhkivka, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine June 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian shelling killed three civilians in Ukraine’s frontline city of Kramatorsk in the eastern Donetsk region, a local official said…
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Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy and Telangana Labour, Employment and Mines Minister G. Vivek Venkatswamy attend the regional programme of the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rojgar Yojana (PM-VBRY) in Hyderabad on Friday, June 19, 2026. The event featured a live telecast of the national PM-VBRY programme from Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi,…
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Abdullah M. Abu Shawesh. File. The Palestinian Authority has called upon the Union government and Indian humanitarian organisations to act “urgently” and help the Palestinian healthcare sector overcome the “state of collapse” it is currently in, following nearly three years of military campaign by Israel. Citing the ‘Aarogya Maitri’ project of the Government of India,…
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The military did not provide evidence that the vessel was ferrying drugs. A video posted on X showed a boat speeding through the water before being struck and bursting into flames. Photo: X/@Southcom The U.S. military attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday (June 18, 2026), killing three…
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