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Day 2 of ceasefire: Hezbollah facility hit by Israeli raid

THE Israeli military on Thursday said it hit a facility in southern Lebanon belonging to Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, a day after a cease-fire between the group and Israel began.

Aus Senate passes rules on social media ban for teens

AUSTRALIAN lawmakers passed landmark rules to ban under 16s from social media on Thursday, approving one of the world's toughest crackdowns on popular sites like Facebook, Instagram and X.

Mobs storming courts worries Supreme Court

BANGLADESH's Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed on Thursday said untoward incidents in the country's apex and lower courts deeply concerned him after a lawyers' group tried to assault a Supreme Court judge in an open courtroom and another lawyer was killed in the past two days.

B'desh HC rejects plea to ban ISKCON

Issue does not warrant court’s involvement, says two-judge bench

Bear, cub electrocuted at sewage plant in Chamoli district, safety issues raised

A female bear and her cub died due to electrocution after coming into contact with the transformer of a sewage treatment plant (STP) in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, officials said.

Forces crack down on terror networks in Jammu

AFTER a series of terror strikes in the Jammu region, security forces have launched a massive crackdown against the overground workers (OGWs) of terrorist organisations to deny the outfits logistics support and prevent attacks.

Over 15L cases pending in Gujarat, but 535 judicial vacancies not filled

GUJARAT'S District and Subordinate Courts are grappling with a staggering backlog of 15.61 lakh pending cases, the Centre informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

After 13-day shutdown, schools and colleges in Manipur to reopen today

EDUCATIONAL institutions in Manipur will reopen on Friday after they remained closed for 13 days in the wake of violence even as the protesting Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) locked the offices of state and Central governments defying curfew.

Teenager raped inside ambulance in MP, 2 arrested

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped inside an ambulance in Mauganj district of Madhya Pradesh.

BJP govt renames 10 Gehlot schemes in 11 months in Raj

THE BJP-led government in Rajasthan has been actively rebranding schemes initiated during the tenure of former CM Ashok Gehlot.

After Kedarnath win, BJP readies for local polls

INVIGORATED by the party's recent victory in the Kedarnath bypoll, the ruling BJP in Uttarakhand has accelerated preparations for the local body polls.

Soren takes oath, calls spl House session from Dec 9

JHARKHAND Mukti Morcha (JMM) executive president Hemant Soren took oath as the 14th chief minister in a grand ceremony amid the presence of a galaxy of INDIA bloc leaders at Morhabadi ground in Ranchi on Thursday.

40 projects worth ₹3.2K cr for tourist sites okayed

THE Centre has approved 40 projects worth ₹3,295 crore for transformation of tourism places into iconic centres with the primary aim to decongest traditional and popular tourist sites under special assistance scheme for states, which was part of the budget announcement.

UGC approves flexible study duration of UG, draft norms for feedback soon

SOON, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) will be able to offer an option to undergraduate students to shorten or extend their study duration instead of the standard period of their degree programmes.

NIA raids 22 places in human trafficking case

THE National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted searches in 22 locations across six states as part of its probe into a case relating to human trafficking.

Wanted LeT operative brought back from Rwanda; CBI, NIA work together

THE CBI in coordination with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) extradited Salman Rehman Khan, a member of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) who was wanted in a terror case in India -- from Rwanda through Interpol channels, officials said on Thursday.

SC slams C'garh govt for firing woman sarpanch

THE Supreme Court recently hauled up the Chhattisgarh authorities for removing a 27-year-old female sarpanch on \"flimsy grounds\", citing delays in completion of her work.

This is how you encourage sportspersons, asks SC

THE Supreme Court on Thursday slammed the Himachal Pradesh government for denying employment to Pooja Thakur, an Asian Games gold medallist, under the sports quota, asking \"this is how you (state govt) encourage sportspersons?\"

JPC on Waqf Bill gets extension till Budget session

The government will not introduce the contentious Waqf Amendment Bill in the winter session of Parliament, as the Lok Sabha on Thursday adopted the motion to extend the term of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Bill.

Disruption of House a malady: Dhankhar

Parliament adjourned for third straight day on Thursday amid Oppn protests

WIKI & THE RIGHT TO CREATE KNOWLEDGE

HUMANS have an innate right not only to acquire information but also to contribute to its creation.

A SEASON FOR ONE NATION, MANY ELECTIONS

The power of incumbency and local factors highlighted by the year-end elections should make us rethink the plan to hold simultaneous polls. There's a lesson for political dynasties too

Suspecting theft, gang ties up, assaults Nepal boy; held

A three-member gang, including a Hindu outfit functionary, in Negamam near Pollachi was arrested for tying up a 17-year-old Nepal boy and assaulting him, suspecting him of stealing money from a hotel.

Day after tiger's death, eight snares recovered in Gudalur

A day after a three-year-old male tiger was found dead, Gudalur forest division officials conducted a combing operation in Chelukkadi estate on Thursday and recovered eight snares.

K'taka plans bill to oust governor as varsity chancellor

THE state government has proposed to make the chief minister the chancellor of Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University (KSRDPRU).

Kovai councillor dies; both city, rural cops say not our limits

DISTRICT and city police squabbled over jurisdiction to investigate the death of CCMC ward 56 councilor M Krishnamoorthy of the Congress, who died allegedly after falling from a bridge on the banks of Noyyal river at Pattanam on Wednesday night.

Food poisoning: Telangana CM pulls up officials

TAKING serious note of the recent food poisoning incidents in government educational institutions across the state, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy directed district collectors to conduct frequent inspections of schools, hostels and residential institutes to keep the quality of food being served to students in check and submit detailed reports on their findings.

Man tries to save wife who set herself on fire, both hospitalised with severe burns

A 22-year-old woman and her husband sustained severe burns after the woman allegedly immolated herself at their house in Kelambakkam on Tuesday and the man tried to rescue her.

Cong woman cheats family of ₹59L in med seat fraud, held

THE Job Racket Wing of the Avadi City Police has arrested a Congress functionary for allegedly swindling ₹59 lakh from a couple under the guise of getting a medical college seat for their daughter.

6 fishers whose boat capsized among 10 rescued by coastguard from jetty

SIX fishermen and four jetty workers stranded at a private jetty in Cuddalore were rescued by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Thursday.