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Kerala Revised Budget: Kozhikode Light Metro project gets fresh impetus

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Kerala Revised Budget: Kozhikode Light Metro project gets fresh impetus

A view of the modified Panniyankara railway overbridge in Kozhikode. The structure was constructed a decade ago for the proposed Light Metro project in the city. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh The long-pending Kozhikode Light Metro project has received a fresh impetus in the Kerala government’s Revised Budget for 2026-27, with funds earmarked for the project-related activities and…

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Engineer shortage hits civic works across Bengaluru’s five corporations

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Engineer shortage hits civic works across Bengaluru’s five corporations

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 Amritraj optimistic of hosting WTA event in Chennai

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TNTA president Amritraj optimistic of hosting WTA event in Chennai

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 investigates former President over paramilitary massacres

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Colombia investigates former President over paramilitary massacres

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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Venezuela government, Opposition hold U.S.-backed talks on democratic transition

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Venezuela government, Opposition hold U.S.-backed talks on democratic transition

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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Russian attacks kill three in Ukraine’s Kramatorsk

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Russian attacks kill three in Ukraine’s Kramatorsk

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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Bullet train projects will be game-changers for Telangana: Kishan Reddy

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Bullet train projects will be game-changers for Telangana: Kishan Reddy

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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