Japan quake toll rises to 13 as rescuers haul people from collapsed mall

Kumamoto, 28/7: Rescuers were frantically searching on Wednesday for survivors of a 7.1-magnitude earthquake that shook southern Japan, killing at least 13 ⁠people, knocking out power to thousands of homes and rupturing roads across the region. Eight people were pulled alive from the rubble of a partially collapsed shopping mall ⁠near the city of Kumamoto…

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MONTH-LONG WORLD ORAL HEALTH MONTH PROGRAM CONCLUDES AT IDS

Bhubaneswar, April 22: As many as 19 screening and treatment camps were organised by the Institute of Dental Sciences (IDS), faculty of dental sciences of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) here, to mark the ‘World Oral Health Month’ catering to the needs of 1,153 individuals across various locations. The treatment procedures included…

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Ram mandir fund theft | Accused laundered cash using relatives’ bank accounts; used it for investments, lending

Lucknow, 9/7: The accused arrested in the alleged ‘embezzlement’ of offerings at the Ram temple in Ayodhya used to ‘park’ the ‘stolen money’ into the bank accounts of their relatives and later got it back through bank transfers in an apparent bid to conceal its source.According to sources, the embezzled money was used for share…

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HC abolishes Karnataka ACB, transfers pending cases to Lokayukta Police Wing

Bangalore, 11/8: In a significant judgment, the High Court of Karnataka on Thursday abolished the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), formed by the state government in 2016 by withdrawing the Lokayukta police wing’s power under Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act.     Allowing a batch of petitions filed challenging the creation of ACB, a division bench…

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