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30 Oct

Kannada star Puneeth Rajkumar’s fan dies of heart attack after news of actor’s demise

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A hardcore fan of Puneeth Rajkumar from Marur village in Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka, died on Friday (October 29) night after the demise of the Kannada star. The person who has been identified as Parashuram Devammanvar passed away at 11 pm due to a heart attack after Puneeth died earlier the same day due to cardiac arrest. The actor had experienced chest pain, for which he was admitted to Vikram Hospital in Bengaluru, where he later died. Puneeth’s mortal remains have been shifted to Bengaluru’s Sree Kanteerava Stadium for public viewing, where a large number of fans could be seen waiting…

24 Oct

Indian-origin travel blogger who went to Mexico for birthday killed in drug-gang shootout

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California-based Himachal Pradesh’s Anjali Ryot was only a few hours away from her 30th birthday when her life was snuffed out on Wednesday, October 20, in a shootout between two gangs in Mexico’s Tulum. In fact, she was there with her husband to celebrate her birthday. Anjali’s family in Himachal Pradesh was shattered when they were informed about her death. Her brother Ashish is now desperately trying to go to Mexico and coordinate with the authorities to bring her body to India for the last rites. He has urged the mayor of Tulum to speed up the procedure for his…

23 Oct

In Bengaluru, NCB seizes 3kg drugs hidden in lehengas; 1 arrested

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In a major operation, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized 3-kg drugs worth crores in Bengaluru. The consignment, which was to be sent to Australia, was hidden in three lehengas, officials said, adding that they have arrested one person in connection with the case. Acting on a tip-off, a team led by NCB Zonal Director, Amit Ghawate intercepted a parcel containing 3 kg of white-colored crystalline substance on October 21, according to a report in NDTV. As per the report, the material seized is believed to be a banned substance, pseudoephedrine which was retrieved after opening each fold of the…

23 Oct

PM Modi calls for continuation of ‘double engine’ govt. to make Goa self-sufficient

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for the need to have continuation of "double engine" government in order to realise the vision of making Goa self-sufficient. He said this while interacting with the beneficiaries and stakeholders of 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat Swayampurna Goa programme' via video-conferencing. His 'double engine' reference was to the BJP governments at the Centre as well as in the State. The Assembly polls in Goa, which is currently ruled by the saffron party, are due in February next year. "Goa can become 'swayampurna' (self-sufficient) only when it makes cent per cent use of the developmental avenues and…

22 Oct

Massive fire at 60-storey Mumbai building, man falls to death from 19th floor

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Level-4 fire broke out at a multi-story residential building near the Lalbaug area in South Mumbai's Parel on Friday afternoon. As many as 12 firefighting teams are at the spot trying to douse the blaze. The fire has broken out on the 19th-floor Avighna park towers building. At least one person has been reported dead in the incident. "Level 4 fire broke out at Avighna park apartment, Curry Road around 12 noon today," said Mumbai Fire Brigade. The deceased identified as Arun Tiwari (30) injured in the high-rise building fire was taken to the KEM hospital, where he was declared…

21 Oct

MP: IAF trainer jet crashes in Bhind, pilot ejects safely

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An Indian Air Force (IAF) plane crashed in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district on Thursday morning. "An IAF Mirage 2000 aircraft experienced a technical malfunction during a training sortie in the central sector this morning. The pilot ejected safely," the IAF said in a tweet. The pilot ejected safely before the aircraft crashed in Mankabagh village of the district, Bhind Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar Singh said. The plane caught fire after the crash, he said, adding that the pilot was rescued. The aircraft had taken off from the Maharajpura airbase at Gwalior in the morning. Bhind district administration and IAF…

21 Oct

‘Farmers Have Right to Protest, But Can’t Block Roads Indefinitely’: SC

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The Supreme Court on Thursday said farmers protesting at Delhi borders against the three farms laws have the right to agitate but they cannot block roads indefinitely. A bench headed by Justice S K Kaul said it was not against the right to protest even when the legal challenge is pending but ultimately some solution has to be found. A bench of Justices SK Kaul and CT Ravikumar asked the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of farmers union, whether they have a right to block the road. Responding to this, SKM said that the road management can done be…

20 Oct

India vs Australia Warm-up for T20 World Cup: India would look to finalise their batting order for the tournament

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Their preparations for the T20 World Cup off to a smooth start, India would look to finalise their batting order for the tournament-proper when they take on Australia in their second and final warm-up game here on Wednesday. India will face Pakistan in their main event lung-opener on Sunday. The tournament will be Virat Kohli's last as skipper in the format besides being the swan-song for head coach Ravi Shastri. As pointed out by Kohli before the warm-up game against England on Monday, India's top three is already settled with KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma opening the batting and the skipper coming in at the…

19 Oct

India records lowest single-day COVID case rise in 231 days; 164 deaths reported

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India recorded 13,058 new coronavirus cases which is the lowest in 231 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,40,94,373, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll reached to 4,52,454 with 164 fresh fatalities, while the active cases have declined to 1,83,118, the lowest in 227 days, according to the data updated. The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 30,000 for 25 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 114 consecutive days now. The active cases comprise 0.54 per cent of the total…

18 Oct

Rail roko: Farmers squat on rail tracks; 150 locations in the Northern Railway zone affected

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Several train routes, were affected on Monday (October 18, 2021) as protesters squatted on railway tracks to extend support to the Samyukt Kisan Morcha's six-hour 'rail roko andolan'. According to a railway official, four sections of the Ferozepur division (Punjab) were blocked by the protesters and the Ferozepur-Fazilka section in Ferozepur city and the Ferozepur-Ludhiana section at Ajitwal in Moga were affected. During the rail roko agitation, the protesters demanded the removal of Union minister of state for home Ajay Kumar Mishra ‘Teni’, whose son has been arrested in the Lakhimpur Kheri case. Groups of farmers staged sit-ins at railways…