Row over Savarkar poster: Man involved in stabbing shot in leg in Karnataka’s Shivamoga

Shivamogga (Karnataka), August 16 A man, who was suspected to be involved in clashes here and stabbed a person, was shot in his leg when he allegedly tried to attack the policemen who went to detain him, police said on Tuesday. Mohammed Zabi alias Charbi (30), a resident of Marnami…

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FIFA bans India for third party influence; Women’s U17 World Cup not to be held in India

New Delhi, August 16In a massive setback for the country, world football governing body FIFA on Tuesday suspended India for “undue influence from third parties” and said the U-17 Women’s World Cup “cannot currently be held in India as planned.” The country is scheduled to host the FIFA tournament from…

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Amid India’s concerns, Chinese ‘spy ship’ docks at Lankan port; Beijing says vessel not threat to security interests of any country

Colombo/Beijing, August 16 A high-tech Chinese research ship docked on Tuesday at the strategically important Hambantota port China leased from the Sri Lankan government, days after Colombo asked Beijing to defer the port call amidst India’s concern over the vessel’s presence in its neighbourhood. The Chinese ballistic missile and satellite…

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Chinese research ship docks at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port

Colombo, August 16 A high-tech Chinese research ship docked at Sri Lanka’s southern port of Hambantota on Tuesday, days after Colombo asked Beijing to defer the port call amidst India’s concern over the vessel’s presence in its neighbourhood. Chinese ballistic missile and satellite tracking ship ‘Yuan Wang 5’ arrived in…

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President Murmu, PM Modi pay tributes to Atal Bihari Vajpayee on death anniversary

New Delhi, August 16 President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a host of other dignitaries paid tributes to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his fourth death anniversary on Tuesday. They were joined by several Union ministers and other leaders, including Home Minister…

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Charter plane carrying 12 passengers from India lands at Karachi airport

Islamabad, August 15A charter airplane from India with a dozen passengers on board landed at Pakistan’s Jinnah International Airport in Karachi on Monday, according to a media report.The special flight departed from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, and landed at Karachi airport at 12.10 pm (local time), Geo News…

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Nitish Kumar cabinet expansion today; nearly 30 ministers to be inducted

Patna, August 15 The two-member cabinet in Bihar comprising Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Prasad Yadav will be expanded on Tuesday when about 30 members will be inducted from different constituents of the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ or the Grand Alliance. According to highly placed sources, the swearing-in will take…

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