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British Museum in London sacks staffer after precious historic treasures stolen
London: The British Museum, one of London’s premier tourist attractions with thousands of precious artefacts on display, has sacked a staffer pending legal action after several treasures from a storeroom were found…
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Adani Gangavaram port workers protest demanding wage hike, clash with cops
A large number of workers at Adani Gangavaram Port in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam held a protest on Thursday, August 17, following call for strike given by the workers union. The protesters demanded…
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Hate speeches, calls for violence stain I-Day fete at many places
The country marked the 77th Independence Day enthusiastically on Tuesday, August 15. Meanwhile, several video clips surfaced on social media unambiguously showing hate speech being delivered against the Muslim community in several…
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J&k: West Bengal man arrested with stolen pistol in Srinagar
Srinagar: A man from West Bengal was arrested on Thursday, August 17 with a pistol that he had stolen from a house here, police said. Lokesh Kumar, a native of West Bengal’s…
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Army, NDRF teams rescue 300 people from flood-hit villages in Kapurthala
Kapurthala: Army and NDRF teams on Thursday rescued nearly 300 people from marooned villages in Punjab’s Kapurthala district. Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner Karnail Singh said six teams of the National Disaster Response Force…
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Pakistan’s caretaker PM Kakar assures US of ‘free and fair election process’
Islamabad: Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has assured the US of “a free and fair election process” in the country, days after the little-known politician from Balochistan province assumed office. Pakistan…
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Hyderabad: Lambada woman confined, beaten up by LB Nagar cops at night
Hyderabad: In yet another case of police brutality, a woman from the Lambada community was allegedly confined and thrashed by cops at the LB Nagar police station leaving her with serious injuries.…
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Modi became PM because Congress saved democracy, Constitution: Mallikarjun Kharge
New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said that it is the grand old party which has saved the democracy and the Constitution that people like Narendra Modi and Amit Shah…
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Met dept predicts heavy rain in parts of Andhra Pradesh for next four days
Amaravati: The India Meteorological Department has forecast heavy rain in parts of Andhra Pradesh for the next four days from Thursday. Rain is expected due to a north-south trough running from south…
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Delhi Assembly: 4 BJP MLAs protest against discussion on Manipur, marshalled out
New Delhi: Four BJP MLAs were marshalled out of the Delhi Assembly during its proceedings on Thursday for protesting against a discussion ever the Manipur issue. AAP MLA Durgesh Pathak began a…
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Istanbul residents urged to save water amid drought
Istanbul: Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has urged residents of Turkey’s largest city to save water amid the current drought and subsequent water shortage. Warning that Istanbul’s dam filling rate falls to merely…
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Telangana HC takes up PIL over allotment of land to BRS
Hyderabad: Telangana High Court on Wednesday took up the hearing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) for the allotment of land to the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) party offices by the…
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Italy’s public debt hits new record high
Rome: The Bank of Italy said the country’s public debt set an all-time record of 2.843 trillion euros ($3.09 trillion) in June, reflecting in part an increase in government borrowing. That number…
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Jharkhand: NDA, INDIA bloc candidates file nomination for Dumri bypoll
Ranchi: Ruling JMM’s Bebi Devi and AJSU Party’s Yashoda Devi on Thursday filed their nomination papers as INDIA bloc and NDA candidates respectively for the September 5 by-election to Dumri assembly seat…
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Indian banks may see a decline in their earnings
New Delhi: Indian banks may see a decline in their earnings as net interest margins (NIMs) stop rising due to the central bank’s decision to extend its pause on rate hikes, S&P…
