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44 killed, over 300 injured in Leh flash floods
At least 44 people have been killed and over 300 injured in flash floods triggered by a massive cloudburst in Leh town of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ladakh region, the police said on Friday.
Shoot-at-sight orders in Karachi, toll reaches 85
Authorities have issued shoot-at-sight orders as ethnic violence triggered by the assassination of a politician in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi entered its fifth day, taking the death toll to 85. Interior minister Rehman Malik has issued orders to the law enforcement agencies to shoot terrorists at sight in order to control the growing wave of targeted killings, and violence that have claimed 85 lives in the last four days, Pakistan Tribune reported.
Cash for vote: Four legislators booked in Jharkhand
The Jharkhand vigilance bureau has lodged a First Information Report (FIR) against four legislators after a news channel telecast a sting operation showing them ready to sell their votes in the Rajya
CBI gets two-day custody of Amit Shah
The Gujarat High Court on Friday granted two-day custody of former minister of state Amit Shah to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake shootout case.
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Two Maoists surrender in Jharkhand
Two Maoists on Friday surrendered before police in Jharkhand, where the police have launched 'Operation Nai Disha' to bring ultras back to the mainstream.
Marshal Tuti and Suresh Munda of CPI(Maoist
Pranab heads to Dhaka for signing of $1 bn credit pact
Building on Bangladesh the Prime Minister, Ms Sheikh Hasina's visit to New Delhi eight months ago, the finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, travels to Dhaka on Saturday for the signing of a $1 billi
Parents' outrage over halal-only school dinners in Britain
A council in Britain has triggered a backlash among parents and animal welfare groups after introducing halal-only menus at state schools, a media report said on Friday.
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Shooter Gagan Narang threatens to skip Commonwealth Games
Overlooked for the coveted Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's ace shooter Gagan Narang on Friday said he was demotivated and was thinking to skip the New Delhi Commonwealth Games this October.
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US Coast Guard seizes ship with 3.5 tonnes cocaine
A Honduran-flagged ship carrying 3.5 tonnes of cocaine was seized and five of its occupants were arrested by the US Coast Guard off the Honduran coast.
The vessel was intercepted on Tuesday off the e
US Coast Guard seizes ship with 3.5 tonnes cocaine
A Honduran-flagged ship carrying 3.5 tonnes of cocaine was seized and five of its occupants were arrested by the US Coast Guard off the Honduran coast.
The vessel was intercepted on Tuesday off the e
