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Sidhu Moose Wala shooter arrested with Punjab Police uniforms | Mint
Two of the Lawrence Bishnoi-Goldy Brar gang's "most wanted" criminals were arrested by the Delhi Police on July 3. The arrested criminals include one of the primary shooters in the murder of Punjabi musician Sidhu Moose Wala. On May 29, unidentified assailants
Satellite images show unique desert lakes
The satellite Jilin-1 recently sent back a series of images from space showing of lakes
Mumbai: Cyber cops help woman get Rs 7L sent to wrong a/c
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Patna: Ex-MLA held for bid to get daughter killed
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Patna: 218 more test for Covid-19
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10 GHMC swachh autos, drivers vanish into thin air
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IMA- Kalyan holds awareness program on sex education for children
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Kolkata: Why pool cars are losing kids
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‘Not just face, but body should also be punished’: Akhilesh Yadav’s remark on Nupur Sharma ...
The National Commission for Women on Monday asked police in Uttar Pradesh to take action against Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav for allegedly instigating hatred and ill-will against suspended BJP member Nupur Sharma. The Supreme Court last week said
Sushant Singh Rajput drug case: Actor’s ex-flatmate Siddharth Pithani granted bail by Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court on Monday granted bail to Siddharth Pithani, the former flatmate of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, arrested in a drugs case related to the actor's death. Rajput's former girlfriend Rhea
Madras High Court refuses to stall AIADMK’s July 11 general council meet
Division Bench says litigant can approach single judge seeking a stay of the meeting ...
Suspected food poisoning in U.P. residential school, 15 girls taken ill
Warden of the school Mukesh Devi informed the basic education officer that out of the total 83 girls in the school, 30 were complaining of uneasiness and vomiting ...
Hong Kong lawmaker who met China's Xi tests positive for COVID
HONG KONG, July 4 (Reuters) - A Hong Kong lawmaker who met President Xi Jinping during a rare visit by the Chinese leader to the territory last week said he tested positive for COVID-19 two days after the meeting. Steven Ho, who is part of the city's
China downgrades Typhoon Chaba but heavy rain to fall in several provinces
BEIJING, July 4 (Reuters) - Typhoon Chaba weakened into a tropical depression, but it is still expected to bring heavy rain in the central and eastern part of China over the next few days as it moves northward, Chinese forecasters said on Monday. The Central
India's Maruti Suzuki to phase out pure petrol-powered cars in 10 years - ET
BENGALURU, July 4 (Reuters) - Automaker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MRTI.NS) will phase out vehicles that run completely on petrol in seven to ten years, the Economic Times newspaper
Japan FY2021/22 tax revenue seen revised up to record amount -draft
TOKYO, July 4 (Reuters) - Japan's government has revised up its estimates of national tax revenue from the last fiscal year ended in March, as a weak yen and economic recovery
India to drop windfall tax if oil prices fall $40 a barrel
NEW DELHI, July 4 (Reuters) - India will only withdraw its windfall tax introduced last week for oil producers and refiners if global prices of crude fall as much as $40 a barrel from present levels, Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj told Reuters on Monday. The
Explainer: Why Australia is battling floods again
MELBOURNE, July 4 (Reuters) - Torrential rain is lashing Australia's southeast coast, forcing thousands of people from their homes because of the danger of floods and landslides in a region battered by major flooding four times in the past 18 months. Some
China, HK to launch rate 'Swap Connect' in boost to financial integration
HONG KONG, July 4 (Reuters) - China and Hong Kong will launch a new "Swap Connect" scheme after six months, allowing mutual access to interest rate swaps trading to promote financial derivatives markets, and also upgraded a separate currency swap
Several eastern Chinese areas in mass COVID testing to curb new waves of infections
SHANGHAI, July 4 (Reuters) - Parts of eastern China are running fresh rounds of mass COVID-19 testing, as the country faces new waves of infections while recovering from impact of the spring outbreaks that hit Beijing and Shanghai. China continues to demand
Chinese-Canadian billionaire due to go on trial in China on Monday - embassy
BEIJING, July 4 (Reuters) - Chinese-Canadian billionaire Xiao Jianhua, who went missing in Hong Kong five years ago, was due to go on trial in China on Monday, the Canadian embassy in Beijing said. China-born Xiao, known to have links to China's Communist
Uzbekistan says 18 killed, hundreds wounded in Karakalpakstan unrest
ALMATY, July 4 (Reuters) - Eighteen people were killed and 243 wounded during unrest in Uzbekistan's autonomous province of Karakalpakstan which broke out last week over plans to curtail its autonomy, Uzbek authorities said on Monday. Security forces
BTS rekindle debate about military service in South Korea
SEOUL, July 4 (Reuters) - A surprise decision by South Korean boy band BTS to take a break from live shows has rekindled debate about mandatory military service in a country setting global pop-culture trends while facing a decades old Cold War threat. Military
China central bank upgrades currency swap with HKMA, expands size
BEIJING, July 4 (Reuters) - China's central bank said on Monday that it has upgraded a currency swap facility with Hong Kong to a permanent agreement and expanded the size to 800 billion yuan ($119.40 billion) from 500 billion yuan. The agreement, signed
India in charge at Edgbaston despite Bairstow ton
BIRMINGHAM, England, July 3 (Reuters) - India tightened their grip on the rearranged fifth test against England, with an overall lead of 257 and with seven wickets in hand, despite Jonny Bairstow's belligerent hundred on day three of the contest at
Japan coalition headed for election win, LDP seen gaining seats -poll
TOKYO, July 4 (Reuters) - Japan's ruling coalition is headed for victory in a July 10 upper house election, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's
Macau steps up COVID testing as infections surge
HONG KONG, July 4 (Reuters) - Macau kicked off a new round of COVID-19 testing for its more than 600,000 residents on Monday, as officials in the world's biggest gambling hub raced to limit spiralling infections in the city's worst outbreak since the
