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18 August

Woman can abort 23-week-old Foetus due to domestic violence, says HC

Observing that domestic violence can affect a woman’s mental health and can be a valid reason for terminating a pregnancy,…
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18 August

Assam Rifles seized Rs 1,600 crore illegally traded goods from Myanmar

Guwahati: Assam Rifles has seized over Rs 1,600 crore worth of illegally traded goods in the northeastern states in India …
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18 August

India-Abu Dhabi flights: Etihad Airways issues new guidelines

Abu Dhabi: Etihad Airways announced that Indian nationals with a visa or residence permit issued by the US, United Kingdom…
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18 August

Commodity Market: Gold price rises marginally

Mumbai: Gold and silver prices today edged higher in Indian markets. On Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) gold futures were up…
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18 August

IMD issues ‘Orange Alert’ for moderate rain

New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for moderate rain in New Delhi on Friday.…
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18 August

Battlegrounds Mobile India is now out for iOS users: Here’s everything you can win

Apple’s App Store now offers Battlegrounds Mobile India for iOS devices, so iPhone users can download the game to play…
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18 August

Sedition case filed against Lok Sabha MP for praising Taliban

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh police registered a sedition case against Shafiqur Rahman Barq, Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal and two others…
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18 August

Forex Market: Indian rupee gains against UAE dirham

Mumbai: Indian rupee gained against the US dollar and UAE dirham. As per market experts, the strong buying in the…
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18 August

‘Armed Taliban outside, no food supply’: Stranded Indians plead for help

‘I have been staying in a friend’s room for four days. I also saw gun-toting Taliban forces patrolling outside the…
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18 August

Governor’s convoy attacked

Shillong: Convoy of Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik was attacked by unidentified miscreants. The carcade was returning from Assam after…
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18 August

Sunanda Pushkar Death Case: Delhi Court acquits Shashi Tharoor

New Delhi: Rose Avenue Court in Delhi has discharged Congress MP Shashi Tharoor from all charges in connection with the…
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18 August

‘CBI should be an autonomous body like the Election Commission of India’: Madras High Court

Chennai: The Madras High Court has said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should be an autonomous body like…
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18 August

Kabul-bound military aircraft is found with human remains

The US Air Force said its Office of Special Investigations is investigating an incident at the Kabul airport on Monday…
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18 August

State HC calls live-in relationship with married woman ‘illicit’

Jaipur: According to a single-judge bench of the Rajasthan High Court, a live-in relationship between a man and a married…
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18 August

India crosses a landmark milestone in Covid vaccination

New Delhi: India has crossed a landmark milestone in Covid-19 vaccination. Till now more than 56 crore doses had been…
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18 August

Olympian auctions silver medal to raise fund for baby’s surgery

Maria Andrejczyk, Polish javelin thrower, auctioned off her Tokyo Olympics 2020 silver medal in order to help pay for the…
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18 August

‘India must help all Afghans, provide refuge to Hindu and Sikh minorities’: Prime Minister Narendra Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) that India will protect its citizens in…
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18 August

British Airways announces additional flights from Indian cities

Mumbai: British Airways announced additional flights from Indian cities to London. The announcement came as the British government moved India…
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18 August

Breaking news: Justice BV Nagarathna to become the first woman Chief Justice of India

New Delhi: Judge BV Nagarathna will become the first woman to hold the position of Chief Justice of India in…
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18 August

BMC opens Mumbai’s first EV charging station

Mumbai: Aaditya Thackeray, the environment minister in Maharashtra, opened an electric vehicle charging station in the Dadar area of Mumbai…
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18 August

Diesel price reduced by oil companies

Mumbai: Public sector oil companies in the country reduced the price of diesel by 22 paise. Petrol price remained unchanged.…
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18 August

Indian citizenship granted to Sindhi refugees from Pakistan

Indore: The Union government granted Indian citizenship to 75 Sindhi refugees from Pakistan. This was done as part of the…
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18 August

Kerala HC permits 9-year-old girl to accompany her father to Sabarimala temple

Kochi: On Tuesday, the Kerala High Court allowed a minor girl to accompany her father to Sabarimala for ‘darshan’. The…
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18 August

‘The Central government wants to assist Kerala, but the present government is posing hindrances’: JP Nadda

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda came down heavily on Kerala government over the Covid-19 situation in…
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18 August

Fake online shopping racket; over 10,000 people duped

New Delhi: The Delhi Police’s cyber cell recently busted a fake online shopping racket in which over 10,000 people were…
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18 August

‘We will have to watch the situation incredibly carefully’: Shashi Tharoor

Thiruvananthapuram: Former Union minister and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that Afghanistan could become a base for Pakistan-backed terrorism and…
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18 August

IMD forecasts heavy rainfall in Maharashtra on Aug 18, issues orange alert

Mumbai: India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted rainfall across Maharashtra on Wednesday, and heavy rainfall in some areas. The weather…
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18 August

Gulf country extends validity of visas of stranded residents

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia announced that the validity of residence permits, visit visas and exit and re-entry visas of stranded expats…
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18 August

Facebook sends notice to Rahul Gandhi, asking to remove post ‘expeditiously’

New Delhi: On Tuesday, Facebook sent a notice to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi regarding a video posted on Instagram in…
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18 August

State govt crosses 6 crore mark in Covid vaccination

Lucknow: UP’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage passed a major milestone on Tuesday, with the health department administering more than six crore…
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18 August

India-UAE flights: New guidelines announced for passengers from India, Pakistan, 4 other countries

Dubai: Civil Aviation Authority in Dubai announced new travel guidelines for passengers from 6 countries including India. As per the…
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17 August

Man shot dead in front of father for testifying in rape case in UP

Meerut: A 27-year-old man was shot dead in broad daylight in front of his father near a hamlet in Kairana,…
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17 August

Mazar in Delhi vandalised for second time in a month, two arrested

Chattarpur: Two men have been detained in Chattarpur, South Delhi, for allegedly destroying a Mazar. The same Mazar was vandalised…
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17 August

Hugh Jackman starrer ‘Reminiscence’ to release in India on August 27

Hugh Jackman’s Reminiscence will be shown on the big screen in India on August 27th, announced Warner Bros Pictures. Mortal…
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17 August

Government reclaims 141 acres around Bengaluru lakes

Bengaluru: Over 141 acres of land around 58 lakes in Bengaluru have been reclaimed by the state government of Karnataka…
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