INDIA

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Notorious Odisha gangster killed in encounter: Police

11:02 pm July 24, 2021

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: Notorious gangster Sheikh Hyder was killed in an encounter on Saturday in Odisha’s Balasore district as he allegedly tried to escape from custody during transit between two jails, police said. The incident took place near Simulia when Hyder allegedly tried to escape after snatching a service gun from a policeman, they claimed. The vehicle […]

Study on to restore elephant corridors: TN govt to HC

10:58 pm July 24, 2021

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has informed the Madras High Court that a comprehensive study was being undertaken with the assistance of World Wildlife Fund to ensure that elephant corridors and habitats in the Nilgiris area, if invaded, are restored to the forests and the animals. International experts are also part of the inititiave,the first […]

Amit Shah, NE CMs give standing ovation to Mirabai Chanu

10:53 pm July 24, 2021

Shillong: Union Minister Amit Shah and Chief Ministers of all eight North Eastern states on Saturday gave a standing ovation to Mirabai Chanu who took home India’s first Olympic medal in weightlifting at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, officials said. Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh broke the news during the meeting which was chaired by the […]

Sensational Mirabai Chanu snatches silver at Tokyo Olympics

10:49 pm July 24, 2021

Tokyo: Mirabai Chanu ended India’s 21-year wait for a weightlifting medal at the Olympics by clinching a silver medal in the 49kg category to open the country’s account here on Saturday. The 26-year-old lifted a total of 202kg (87kg+115kg) to better Karnam Malleswari’s bronze in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. With this, she exorcised the ghosts […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

12:11 am July 24, 2021

New Delhi: Some Delhi-based Kashmiri journalists and over 25 people from the Kashmir Valley were selected as potential targets for surveillance between 2017 and mid-2019 by an yet unidentified government agency that is also believed to be a client of the Israeli company NSO Group, The Wire reported on Friday. The leaked list that has […]