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Bigg Boss 13 winner Sidharth Shukla passes away

Bigg Boss 13 winner Sidharth Shukla passes away

Actor Sidharth Shukla passed away on Thursday at Cooper Hospital. He was 40. He suffered a massive heart attack in the morning. He lived with his mother and two sisters. This news came as a shock for his fans as the actor recently appeared on reality shows Bigg Boss Season 13 and Dance Deewane 3 with rumoured girlfriend Shehnaaz Gill.  Siddharth Shukla, the winner of Bigg Boss 13 was a popular face of showbiz and has been a part of films like Humpty Sharma Ke Dulhania. The actor's last screen outing was Ekta Kapoor's popular show 'Broken But Beautiful 3' in…
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Five suspects arrested in Mysuru gang rape case

Five suspects arrested in Mysuru gang rape case

According to sourcesFive people have been arrested in connection with the Mysuru gang rape case. On tuesday a post graduate student was molested and sexually assaulted near Chamundi foothills on the outskirts of Mysuru. The victims male friend was also assaulted. The arrest comes after five days of the crime being committed. One of the five in police custody who belong to Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu is suspected to be a juvenile. The Director General and Inspector General of Police Praveen Sood said the operation was still on to nab the sixth accused in the case. There are speculations that the…
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Vaccination slot booking on WhatsApp

Vaccination slot booking on WhatsApp

The MyGov Corona Helpdesk on WhatsApp now allows users to locate their nearest vaccination centre and book their vaccine-appointment. The Ministry of Health and MyGov announced it. To contact MyGov Corona Helpdesk chatbot, citizens can save the WhatsApp number +91 9013151515 on their phones, start a chat by typing ‘Book Slot’ and send it to the number. This will generate a 6-digit one-time password on the respective mobile phone number. Users then choose a preferred date and location, based on the pincode and vaccine type. All users can follow this sequence to get a confirmation of their centre and day…
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Landslide blocks flow of Chenab, officials warn of dam burst

Landslide blocks flow of Chenab, officials warn of dam burst

The flow of Chenab river has been blocked due to a massive landslide near Junda Village of Himachal’s Lahaul-Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh on Friday. Some villages, including Jarsath, are under threat. The water has entered four houses and the families have been shifted to safer places. Some cowsheds and cattle have also been moved to safer areas. As precautionary measures, all the villages along Chenab are on alert and people have been evacuated from the low lying areas of nearby villages. Although some water is now flowing out of the dam from one corner, there is danger of bursting of the…
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Snake dies when a man bites it to seek revenge

Snake dies when a man bites it to seek revenge

In a case of human revenge, a 45-year-old tribal man bit a snake to death after the latter bit him in a remote village in Odisha's Jajpur district. Kishore Badra of Gambharipatia village under Salijanga panchayat under Danagadi block was returning home after working in his paddy field on Wednesday night when a snake bit him on his leg. He managed to capture the viper and bit it to death in a bid to take revenge. “Something bit on my leg while I was returning home on foot last night. I switched on my torch and found it to be…
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Landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur left One dead and around 30 people buried

Landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur left One dead and around 30 people buried

Accrding to sources the landslide took place on the Reckong Peo-Shimla Highway in Kinnaur at around 12 pm .One person has died and around 30 people are feared buried after a landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur left many vehicles trapped under debris this afternoon. A truck, a state-run bus and other vehicles were buried after the rockslide. Accrding to sources the bus, travelling To Shimla, had 40 people on board. The local police said 25-30 people were trapped or buried. Six people have been rescued including the driver. Teams of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) were sent to the area…
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After UNSC maritime session, Pak threatens continued militarisation

After UNSC maritime session, Pak threatens continued militarisation

Pakistan has threatened to continue militarising citing what it claimed was a “geo-strategic competition and the pursuit of military dominance by some states”, while mentioning India. After Monday’s high-level meeting on maritime security at the UN Security Council, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative Munir Akram sent a written statement to the Indian Mission to be included in the record of the session. India is the current President of the Council and the meeting was presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Akram asserted that “India has nuclearised the Indian Ocean and continues to induct advanced weapons systems and naval delivery platforms” with…
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Actress Shilpa Shetty and her mother accused of fraud

Actress Shilpa Shetty and her mother accused of fraud

Film actress Shilpa Shetty and her mother allegedly have been accused of cheating crores of rupees. Shilpa Shetty and her mother Sunanda Shetty started a fitness company called Iiosis Slimming Skin Salon and Spa. The responsible officials of the company approached many people in the name of opening their branch. It is alleged that Shilpa Shetty and her mother took crores of rupees from two people in the name of opening a branch of the centre. Millions of rupees were collected from them in the name of wellness center. Two FIRs have been registered at Hazratganj and Vibhuti Khand police…
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Taliban capture northern Afghan city of Kunduz

Taliban capture northern Afghan city of Kunduz

Afghan forces and the Taliban were fighting fiercely Sunday in the centre of Kunduz.The Taliban said Sunday they had captured the key Afghan city of Kunduz, a claim confirmed by an AFP correspondent in the vicinity, as fierce fighting raged in the centre of a second northern capital, Shar-e-pul. officials and residents confirmed, that the insurgents did capture two other provincial capitals in the last 48 hours.The Taliban have taken two provincial capitals since Friday, but Kunduz would be the most significant to fall since the insurgents launched an offensive in May as foreign forces began the final stages of…
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Afghan government’s top media officer killed by Taliban

Afghan government’s top media officer killed by Taliban

The Taliban claimed responsibility for killing Dawa Khan Menapal, head of the Government Media and Information Centre (GMIC). The assassination was the latest in a series conducted by the hardline Islamist group to weaken Ghani's democratically elected, western backed regime. U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan condemned Taliban fighters killing the Afghanistan government's top media and information officer in the capital Kabul.They condemned the act as an affront to human rights and free speech.  Menapal had also served as a spokesperson in Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's outreach team.
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