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Two Army officers attacked, their female friend raped by miscreants near Mhow in Madhya Pradesh

Mhow, 12/9: Miscreants attacked two young Army officers and their two women friends and also raped one of them when they were out on a picnic in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district in the wee hours of Wednesday, police said. Badgonda police station in-charge Lokendra Singh Hirore said the officers, aged 23 and 24, undergoing Young…

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Three unidentified terrorists killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur

Srinagar,9/11 Three unidentified terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. The clash occurred in the Khandara Top area of Basantgarh, a defence spokesperson reported. Acting on specific intelligence, security forces launched an operation near Basantgarh and established contact with the terrorists at the Kathua-Basantgarh…

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Modi govt approves Ayushman coverage for six crore senior citizens

New Delhi, 11/9: The Modi govt on Wednesday approved bringing everyone above 70 years within the Ayushman Bharat programme, thus benefitting six crore senior citizens. An amount of Rs 3437 crore have been allocated for the programme by the cabinet. What Others Are Reading Kerala constitutes 7th State Finance Commission Delhi govt decides compounding of…

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She said, he said: Kamala Harris bests Donald Trump in US presidential debate

Washington DC, 11/9: Kamala Harris repeatedly got under the skin of Donald Trump in their first presidential debate, challenging him on foreign policy, economy and abortion as she sought to erase the memory of President Joe Biden’s disastrous face-off earlier with the Republican candidate. “You’re not running against Joe Biden. You’re running against me,” Vice…

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Pakistan violates Jammu border ceasefire, BSF jawan injured in unprovoked aggression

Jammu,,11/9: A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel was injured when Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing on Indian posts in violation of a ceasefire agreement along the border on Wednesday, officials said. The BSF troops also retaliated but the casualties on the Pakistani side were not known immediately, they said. “At about 2.35 am, an…

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Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris for US President after debate with Donald Trump

Washington DC, 11/10: Taylor Swift, one of America’s most celebrated pop-culture icons with a giant following across the world, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in the immediate aftermath of the presidential debate on Tuesday. The endorsement by Swift, delivered mere minutes after Harris and former President Donald Trump stepped off the debate stage in Philadelphia,…

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FIH President Tayyab Ikram pays courtesy visit to Chief Minister Sri Mohan Charan Majhi

Bhubaneswar, 10/9: President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), Mr. Tayyab Ikram, today met with Chief Minister Sri Mohan Charan Majhi and deliberated on the contribution of Odisha to global hockey and the collaborative efforts to further the hockey development in the state. The meeting focused on key initiatives to further develop the sport, the…

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Mamata invites agitating junior doctors for meeting to resolve impasse over RG Kar issue

Kolkata, 10/9: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday evening invited the agitating junior doctors for a meeting at the state secretariat to resolve the impasse over the RG Kar hospital issue. Your small delegation (maximum 10 persons) may visit ‘Nabanna’ now to meet government representatives,” an email sent by the state’s Health Secretary…

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