India successfully test-fires long-range hypersonic missile; Rajnath describes it as historic

New Delhi, 17/11: In a major boost to its military prowess, India has successfully flight-tested a long-range hypersonic missile off the coast of Odisha, an achievement that has put the country in a select group of nations having the weapon that can strike with extreme speed and evade most air defence system. Defence Minister Rajnath…

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New fields, more players make the Manipur story bloodier

Jibram, 17/11: The official website of Jiribam district lists poverty, low rate of literacy and unemployment as the major “social issues” in this western frontier of Manipur. Nothing surprising for a landlocked terrain which lacks industries or major infrastructure. Though not mentioned in the website, a “social issue” of explosive nature is ripping apart the…

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Blow for India as Shubman Gill fractures left thumb; all but out of Perth Test

New Delhi/Perth,16/11: India were dealt a telling blow on Saturday after star top-order batter Shubman Gill sustained a left thumb fracture which is likely to rule him out of the opening Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Optus Stadium in Perth. Gill, one of the young heroes of India’s last Border-Gavaskar Trophy triumph, is…

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What Zameer said was wrong: Karnataka Deputy CM D K Shivakumar on kariya row

Bengaluru,16/11: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress president D K Shivakumar on Saturday publicly censured his Cabinet colleague B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan for his ‘racist’ comments on Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy. I’m saying this as the party president…what (Zameer) said was wrong. We’ve talked to him internally, and he has apologised,” Shivakumar…

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Curfew imposed, internet suspended in Manipur as protesters go on rampage

Guwahati, 16/11: Curfew was clamped in several Manipur districts from 4.30 pm on Saturday after protesters went on a rampage in the Meitei-dominated Imphal Valley districts following recovery of six bodies, suspected to be those who went missing in Jiribam district on November 7. Protesters, mainly women, attacked the houses of some MLAs in Imphal,…

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