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Priest accused of sexually harassing minor boys arrested

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Priest accused of sexually harassing minor boys arrested

The Mangaluru police have arrested Siprian Pinto, the priest at St. Vincent Ferrer Church at Valencia in Mangaluru, for alleged aggravated sexual assault on five 14-year-old boys. Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy said Pinto was arrested at the house of his relatives. The police will produce him before the magistrate after the interrogation and completion…

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Uttar Pradesh Khadi festival begins in Meerut

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Uttar Pradesh Khadi festival begins in Meerut

Khadi institutions from various regions of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Bihar have also set up stalls displaying their diverse range of handwoven textiles and indigenous products,” said Shishir Singh, Chief Executive Officer of the Uttar Pradesh Khadi and Village Industries Board.. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The ten-day Khadi Festival and Exhibition organised by the…

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City scrapes through first monsoon spell amid widespread waterlogging

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City scrapes through first monsoon spell amid widespread waterlogging

Chennai experienced widespread waterlogging during the first intense spell of Northeast monsoon rain on Saturday night. However, the floodwater drained in most parts of the city by dawn, barring Perambur and Velachery. In Perambur, Stephenson Road and areas near the Ganesapuram subway were among the areas affected. The prolonged stagnation raised concerns about the efficiency…

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Hubballi: BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai seeks early decision on sugarcane prices

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Hubballi: BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai seeks early decision on sugarcane prices

Basavaraj Bommai. | Photo Credit: File photo MP and former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has urged the State government to announce the State Advised Price (SAP) for sugarcane without delay and evolve a permanent formula for price fixation in consultation with farmers and sugar factories. Speaking to presspersons in Hubballi on Saturday (October 17), he…

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Delhi SIR: Public audit in two booths find over 100 voters wrongly marked absent, shifted, or dead

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Delhi SIR: Public audit in two booths find over 100 voters wrongly marked absent, shifted, or dead

At least 100 voters from two polling booths in Delhi’s Okhla constituency were found to have been wrongly classified as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate (ASDD) during the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, a public audit covering 258 households over seven days found.  Also read | Muslims disproportionately flagged in Delhi SIR These…

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Sanskrit admission camp in Coimbatore on October 20

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Samskrita Bharati, Coimbatore, will conduct a special admission camp for its Sanskrit correspondence course and Balakendram children’s programme on Vijayadashami, October 20. The morning session will be held at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, R.S. Puram, from 10 a.m. to noon, and the afternoon session at the Samskrita Bharati office in Tatabad, near Power House and Aachi…

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Foreign object on runway forces flight to abort landing at KIA

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An Air India Express flight from Goa had to abort landing at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) and make a turnaround on Saturday. According to sources, the flight, which was scheduled to land at 8.10 p.m. at the KIA, was asked by the Air Traffic Control (ATC) to make a turnaround after noticing a foreign…

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20-year-old Andhra student makes top 20 list for James Dyson Award with voice-enabled Braille printer

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20-year-old Andhra student makes top 20 list for James Dyson Award with voice-enabled Braille printer

Lingampalli Himaja, a student from Vishnu Women’s University in Bhimavaram, who has developed RUDHRA, a voice-enabled Braille printer. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A question posed by a visually impaired student in Bhimavaram—“Why should I type when I can speak?”—inspired 20-year-old engineering student Lingampalli Himaja to develop RUDHRA, a voice-enabled Braille printer, which has recently…

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Shivakumar told not to engage in scaring sugarcane farmers

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Shivakumar told not to engage in scaring sugarcane farmers

Karnataka Sugarcane Growers Association president Kurbur Shantakumar meeting protesters in Yerikoppa near Dharwad on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT By saying that sugar factories will shut down if they agree to the demands by farmers to pay higher prices for sugarcane, Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar is engaging in scaremongering. This is unacceptable, farmers leader…

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