North Korea test-fires salvo of ballistic missiles

Korea, 5/6:North Korea test-fired a salvo of eight short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, extending a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations this year that US and South Korean officials say may culminate with a nuclear test explosion.     South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were…

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Hyderabad minor gang-rape: Opposition mounts attack on TRS government and police, seeks CBI probe

Hyderabad, 5/6:The Telangana police on Saturday apprehended two juveniles, among the five boys accused of raping a minor girl in Hyderabad a week back.     The shocking incident of a 17-year-old girl raped by five boys, three of them juveniles, in a car, came to light only on Friday – six days after the…

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Merely smuggling gold not terrorist activity, says Delhi HC; grants bail to 9 held under UAPA

New Delhi, 4/6: In a significant judgement on Friday, the Delhi High Court has declared mere smuggling of gold without any connection whatsoever to threatening economic security or monetary stability of the country cannot be described as a terrorist act.     A bench of Justices Mukta Gupta and Mini Pushkarna said possession, use, production,…

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Congress won’t allow saffronised textbooks, says Rahul Gandhi

Bangalore, 4/6: Despite Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s damage control measures, the Congress led by its former president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday kept up the ante against the BJP government over the revised school textbooks.     “The Congress will not allow textbooks that will be fatal for Karnataka’s diversity,” Rahul said in a series…

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Manish Sisodia accuses Assam CM Himanta Biswas Sarma of giving PPE kit deals to wife, son

New Delhi, 4/6:As India battled the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, then Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma gave contracts to companies of his wife and son’s business partners to supply PPE kits above market rates, AAP leader Manish Sisodia alleged on Saturday citing media reports.     At a press conference, he claimed that while…

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Two non-local labourers injured in J&K grenade attack

Shopian, 4/6:Two non-local labourers were injured in a grenade blast in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday evening.     “Terrorists lobbed a grenade at Aglar Zainapora, area of Shopian, resulting in minor injuries to 2 outside labourers. Area has been cordoned off. Further details shall follow. @JmuKmrPolice,” Kashmir Zone police said in a tweet….

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