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Robbers attack family with sharp weapons in Bhadrak, 4 including 3 women injured in heist

At least four of a family including three women were injured after armed robbers barged into their house at Napanga village under Bhandaripokhari police limits in Bhadrak district late on Wednesday night and attacked them with sharp weapons before decamping with cash and gold worth lakhs of rupees.According to sources, a group of masked assailants…

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South Korea’s Yoon names new defence minister after botched martial law

Seoul, 5/12 : South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has accepted the resignation of Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun and nominated ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Choi Byung-hyuk, as new defence minister, Yonhap news reported on Thursday. Yoon’s office confirmed the nomination of Choi, a former army general, for the office. Kim has been reported as having…

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French PM Michel Barnier loses no confidence vote and is expected

Paris: French lawmakers passed a no-confidence measure against Prime Minister Michel Barnier and his Cabinet on Wednesday, sending the country into a fresh spasm of political turmoil that leaves it without a clear path to a new budget and threatens to jolt further the financial markets. France’s lower house of Parliament passed the measure with…

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CM post is technical arrangement; will work unitedly with allies, says Fadnavis

Mumbai, 4/12: BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said the post of Chief Minister is a “technical arrangement” and he would run the new Maha Yuti coalition government in Maharashtra by taking allies Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar along. Mumbai: BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said the post of Chief Minister is a “technical…

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Parliament Winter Session: Rajya Sabha clears bill to replace 100 years old Boiler Act

New Delhi,3/12: The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday cleared a bill to provide for the regulation of boilers, safety of life and property of persons from the danger of explosions of steam-boilers and uniformity in registration. The Boilers Bill, 2024 seeks to repeal the century old Boilers Act, 1923. The bill, which aims to decriminalise seven…

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