Indian-origin Sikh Amar Singh gets Australian of the Year Local Hero award 2023 for community service

Chandigarh, January 28 Indian-origin Sikh volunteer, Amar Singh has been felicitated with Australian of the Year Local Hero award 2023 for supporting the community during floods, bushfires, drought and the pandemic. The photos of the ceremony have been shared by official Twitter handle of the awarding social enterprise. …

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Three dead, 4 hurt in latest California shooting; fourth incident in month

Beverly Crest (US), January 28 At least three people were killed and four others were wounded in a shooting in California area early Saturday morning. Sgt. Frank Preciado of the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed the shooting happened just after 2:30 am in Beverly Crest, an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood….

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‘Blast-like sound, balls of fire falling from sky’: Eyewitnesses recount  Sukhoi-Mirage crash in MP’s Morena

Morena, January 28Eyewitnesses to the crash involving two Indian Air Force fighter jets in Morena in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, which killed a pilot, recounted hearing a deafening sound and sighting balls of fire descending to the ground followed by two persons in uniform parachuting into the thicket nearby.A Sukhoi…

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Black vulture spotted in Gurugram’s Chandu wetlands, first such sighting in India

Sumedha SharmaGurugram, January 28Bird watchers from across NCR have flocked the Chandu wetlands in Gurugram as rare sighting of black vulture was reported from here recently. According to them, so far it is first sighting of a black vulture (Coragyps atratus) in Asia.No recorded sighting has also been ever reported…

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Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Mughal Gardens renamed ‘Amrit Udyan’

New Delhi, January 28 Rashtrapati Bhavan’s famed Mughal Gardens will now be known as ‘Amrit Udyan’, an official statement issued on Saturday said. The resplendent gardens are open to the public once a year and people can visit from January 31 this time. President Droupadi Murmu will grace the opening…

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Sabalenka subdues Rybakina to win maiden Grand Slam at Australian Open

Melbourne, January 28 Aryna Sabalenka bludgeoned her way to a maiden Grand Slam title at the Australian Open with a 4-6 6-3 6-4 win over Kazakh 22nd seed Elena Rybakina on Saturday in a thrilling final between two of the most exciting power-hitters in the women’s game. An 11th straight…

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Sikh woman robbed at Madrid’s hotel stranded in Spain

Madrid/New Delhi, January 28 An Indian woman was stranded in a foreign country with no passport as robbers allegedly snatched all her belongings at Hilton Hotel, Madrid, one of the most prestigious hotels in the capital city of Spain. It’s appalling that an IND🇮🇳 fashion entrepreneur @teenindiaorg Dir. Jasmeet…

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Union minister Pratima Bhowmik, CM Manik Saha, deputy CM in first BJP list of 48 candidates for Tripura poll

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, January 28 Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, Deputy CM Jishnu Dev Verma, Union minister Pratima Bhoumik and state BJP chief Ranjib Bhattacharjee figure in the first list of 48 candidates released by the BJP on Saturday for the February 16 Tripura elections. Ex-CM Biplab Deb, now…

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2 IAF fighter planes crash after ‘mid-air collision’ in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena

New Delhi, January 28 Two fighter jets of the Indian Air Force crashed following a suspected mid-air collision near Morena in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday. The two jets, a Russian-origin Sukhoi 30 MKI and a French-origin Mirage 2000 had taken off from Gwalior in the morning and were part of…

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Pilot dies as 2 IAF fighter planes crash in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena

New Delhi, January 28 An IAF pilot died as two fighter jets were involved in a suspected mid-air collision near Morena in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday. The two other pilots who were in the other jet ejected safely. The IAF said, “Fighter aircraft of IAF were involved in an accident…

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Day after being suspended for ‘security lapse’, Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes from J-K’s Awantipora

Awantipora, January 28 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi resumed his Bharat Jodo Yatra from here in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday, a day after cancelling the foot-march in Anantnag district after the party alleged security lapse. The Congress on Friday had alleged that police arrangements by the Union Territory’s…

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Pakistan opposes India’s notice to alter Indus Water Treaty as first hearing on dispute begins at The Hague

Sandeep Dikshit New Delhi, January 28 The first hearing in a dispute between Pakistan and India over the Indus Waters Treaty began at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague on Friday. The hearing began hours after “sources” here said that India had issued notice to Pakistan for modification…

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