NEWS

Aug- 2021 -

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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17 August

New action star is born: ‘Dhaakad’ director on Kangana Ranaut

Days after wrapping production on the forthcoming action film ‘Dhaakad,’ filmmaker Razneesh Razy Ghai took to social media to express…
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17 August

Pakistan: Hundreds throw woman in the air, tear clothes

Lahore: A case was filed against hundreds of unidentified individuals on Tuesday for assaulting and robbing a female TikToker and her…
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17 August

Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s statue vandalised in Pakistan; act caught on camera

Pakistan: The members of the extremist Pakistani organisation Tehreek-e-Labbaik vandalised Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s monument in Lahore on Tuesday. The perpetrator…
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17 August

Police constable shoots himself in head, in critical condition

New Delhi: A Delhi Police constable allegedly shot himself, near a police post in Vasant Vihar in Southwest Delhi. The…
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17 August

J&K: BJP leader shot dead by militants in Kulgam

Srinagar: A BJP leader in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district was shot dead by militants on Tuesday, officials said. At…
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17 August

‘Was the only bad actor in the team’: Dharmendra on 46 years of ‘Sholay’

Bollywood actor Dharmendra reacted to a tweet by director Ramesh Sippy after their film ‘Sholay’ completed 46 years on Sunday.…
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17 August

An underwater volcanic eruption gives Japan a new island

Approximately 6,000 islands make up the country of Japan. Now, the map of Japan will have to include another new…
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17 August

Duo arrested for running ISIS propaganda: NIA

Kannur: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested two people on Tuesday (August 17) for allegedly running ISIS propaganda on social…
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17 August

Deepika Padukone auctions clothes she wore at Jiah Khan’s funeral; Netizens slam it as a ‘cheap act’

Actress Deepika Padukone is often in the news for one reason or the other and this time for all the…
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17 August

Impatiens achudanandanii : Communist-named plants in Kerala

VS Achuthanandan and Lady Gaga share a common interest? Both of them are named after plants. In honor of his…
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17 August

Kashmir’s world-famous saffron cultivation gets a boost with new initiatives

Srinagar: The government of India has introduced new schemes and techniques for promoting saffron farming in the Kashmir valley. By…
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17 August

Dry fruits become costlier in Jammu as imports from Afghanistan disrupted

Imports from Afghanistan have been hampered since the Taliban took control of the nation, resulting in an increase in the…
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17 August

Rahul Gandhi took part in review meetings of various developments in Wayanad

Wayanad: Rahul Gandhi participated in a review meeting on Tuesday (August 17) to discuss a number of development projects in…
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17 August

Actress allegedly molested by interior designer in Mumbai

Mumbai: An interior designer has been booked by the Oshiwara police after an actress complained that he had molested her.…
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17 August

Worried over Covid-19 symptoms, couple commits suicide

Karnataka: On Tuesday, a 40-year-old man and his wife apparently killed themselves worried over symptoms of Covid-19 infection at Baikampady…
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17 August

Woman gang-raped, husband thrashed on pretext of providing job

Chhattisgarh: Three men were detained in Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh, after reportedly gang-raping a woman and assaulting her husband.…
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17 August

50-year-old tribal woman thrashed, 4 held

Dahod: In Gujarat’s Dahod district, a 50-year-old tribal woman was beaten up with a stick by a relative for not…
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