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Ashes: Wickets fall like nine pins as Australia seize advantage on Day 1 of Boxing Day Test

Melbourne, 26/12: Australia fought back hard to take a 42-run lead against England on an eventful opening day of the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground, where 20 wickets tumbled ⁠in front of record crowd of 94,199. Josh Tongue led England’s bowling with 5-45 after England won the toss and elected to field first…

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Indian student shot dead near University of Toronto campus, no information on attackers yet

Toronto, 26/12: Shivank Avasthi, a 20-year old Indian doctoral student, was shot near the University of Toronto Scarborough campus. The Consulate General of India in Toronto expressed agony over the killing of the Indian student in Toronto. We express deep anguish over the tragic death of a young Indian doctoral student, Mr. Shivank Avasthi, in…

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Pakistan to get 16 more J-10s fighter jets from China, total fleet to reach 36: Pentagon report

New Delhi, 25/12: China has supplied 20 fourth generation J-10C fighter jets to Pakistan in the last five years and will supply another 16 of them as per an agreement between the two nations, according to Pentagon’s latest report on the military and Security developments including China. The delivery of J-10C combat jets is Beijing’s…

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Chitradurga accident | Five bodies retrieved so far; cops say DNA testing to be done for identification

Chitradurga, 25/12: Five bodies of people who were in the ill-fated bus that collided with 14-wheeler truck have a been retrieved from the accident spot near Javangondanahalli in Hiriyur taluk on Thursday morning. Besides that six people are missing while 21 people are injured. The driver of the truck bearing the registration of Haryana-registered Canter…

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At least 9 people charred to death in Karnataka’s Chitradurga as private bus-truck collide

Chitradurga, 25/12: In a horrific accident, as many as nine people were charred to death and others sustained injuries when a heavy truck rammed into a private bus after hitting road divider on the national highway near Javangondanahalli, Hiriyur taluk in the wee hours. The bus was heading towards Gokarna from Bengaluru. The collision was…

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