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US Army soldier killed in Tesla Cybertruck explosion

The person who died in the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck packed with explosives outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel was an active-duty US Army soldier, three US officials told The Associated Press on Thursday.

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January 03, 2025
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Impeached Prez Yoon Vows To 'Fight To The End'

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol issued a defiant statement to his conservative supporters gathered outside his residence in the capital of Seoul, vowing to \"fight to the end\" against what he called \"anti-state forces\", as law enforcement prepared to detain him over last month's martial law decree.

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January 03, 2025
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Musk calls for fresh UK elections in sharp Starmer attack

Tesla chief executive officer Elon Musk called for fresh UK elections in the latest sign of how Donald Trump's incoming US administration could be a thorn in the side of Keir Starmer's government.

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January 03, 2025
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Court rejects bail petition of Hindu priest Das again

● He [Chinmoy Das] faces serious charges like sedition and others involving the security and sovereignty of our country. MOFIZUL HAQUE BHUIYAN, Public Prosecutor

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January 03, 2025
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Police Raid Jeju Air Over Crash, Ban CEO From Leaving S. Korea

South Korean police raided the offices of Jeju Air and the operator of Muan International Airport on Thursday as they step up a probe into the fatal crash of a Boeing 737-800 that killed 179 people.

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January 03, 2025
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10 People Wounded in NY Shooting

A group of men fired at least 30 gunshots into a crowd gathered outside a nightclub in New York's Queens on New Year's Day, injuring 10 people.

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January 03, 2025
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Prashant Kishor booked over BPSC protest

Former political strategist and Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Thursday began an indefinite hunger strike at the historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna to press the demand for the cancellation and fresh conduct of Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) prelims exam.

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January 03, 2025
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Drop in tourist arrivals in Goa? State minister slams influencers

Amid reports of a drop in tourists in Goa on New Year's Eve this year, state tourism minister Rohan Khaunte on Thursday said his department was working on a plan to \"expose influencers\" who have tried to misguide people into choosing other destinations.

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January 03, 2025
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Minor Beaten to Death in Pune Over Suspicion of Affair, Three Held

Three members of a girl's family, including her father, were arrested here on Thursday for allegedly killing a 17-year-old boy as they suspected him of having an affair with his daughter, police said.

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January 03, 2025
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Amritpal's Aides Set To Launch Party On Jan 14

Associates of radical Sikh leader Amritpal Singh are set to launch a political party on January 14, an aide of the jailed Khadoor Sahib MP said on Thursday, with an event being planned to coincide with the \"Mela Maghi\" in the holy city of Muktsar Sahib in Punjab.

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January 03, 2025
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ICJ's climate action ruling can send a strong message

After filing a strong objection to the underwhelming climate finance agreement at the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, India again slammed developed countries for their lacklustre commitment to climate action at the Hague.

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January 03, 2025
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Filling the gaps in school education

The UDISE (Unified District Information System for Education)-Plus data on enrolment and drop-out in schools paints a sobering picture of school education in the country.

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January 03, 2025
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The battle to beat the heat

The warming levels reached in 2024 are a warning. The time for climate action is now

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January 03, 2025
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Why Delhi Is Building Bridges With The Gulf

The changing global landscape—marked by a perceived rebalancing with the U.S., Russia's setbacks in Syria, and a weaker Iran juxtaposed with a stronger Israel—offers new opportunities for India's ties with GCC

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January 03, 2025
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Urban renewal with street vendor haats

Indian cities face a multitude of challenges, and among them is the persistent issue of unregulated streets and street vending that demand better management and organisation.

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January 03, 2025
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Woman kills twins, dies by suicide in Raj

A 38-year-old woman allegedly killed her one-year-old twin sons and later died by suicide on Tuesday in Shivganj town of Sirohi district in Rajasthan, police said on Thursday.

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January 03, 2025
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HC Judge Recuses From Hearing Teltumbde's Plea in Koregaon Case

Justice Sarang V Kotwal of the Bombay high court on Thursday recused himself from hearing an appeal filed by academician Anand Teltumbde against the special court's rejection of his discharge plea in the 2018 Elgar Parishad case in Pune.

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January 03, 2025
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Maha Govt Urges Nikam To Be Spl Prosecutor In Beed Murder Case

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said he has requested senior lawyer Ujjwal Nikam to be the special public prosecutor in the murder case of Beed sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh.

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January 03, 2025
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CJI-LED BENCH TO HEAR BHOJSHALA SURVEY PETITION

The Supreme Court on Thursday tagged All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and parliamentarian Asaduddin Owaisi's petition with a series of cases—some challenging the validity of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, and others advocating for its strict enforcement.

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January 03, 2025
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Punjab DSP Dismissed Over Bishnoi Interview

The Punjab government on Thursday dismissed deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Gursher Singh Sandhu on charges of facilitating the recording of an interview with gangster Lawrence Bishnoi by a TV channel while Bishnoi was in the custody of the CIA in Kharar.

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January 03, 2025
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New Kerala, Bihar governors sworn-in

RJD president Lalu Prasad's remarks that doors of the opposition INDIA bloc are open for Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar triggered speculations in the state, which will go to the assembly polls later this year, even as the JD(U) leader on Thursday attempted to downplay Prasad's offer.

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January 03, 2025
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Bolstering of trade ties in focus as Iranian minister visits India

Iran's deputy foreign minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi is visiting India for talks aimed at resuming energy trade, which stopped in 2019 because of US sanctions, and exploring options for ramping up non-oil trade.

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January 03, 2025
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CBI Books Its Officer, 7 Others in Bribery Case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked its deputy superintendent of police, BM Meena, who is part of the banking securities fraud branch in Mumbai, for allegedly demanding and accepting bribes through middlemen and hawala channels in lieu of favours granted to individuals under the agency's scanner for bank fraud.

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January 03, 2025
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Tribunals can restore property to abandoned parents, says SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that tribunals constituted under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, are empowered to order the restoration of property to parents if their children fail to fulfil their obligation of care.

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January 03, 2025
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Anna Varsity Sexual Assault Case Is Being Politicised: HC Judge

The Madras high court on Thursday said the case of sexual assault of an engineering student at Anna University last month was being politicised with those protesting lacking any genuine concerns for women's safety.

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January 03, 2025
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DRDO to play key role in defence reforms: Rajnath

A day after India declared 2025 as the year of defence reforms with an aim to transform the military into a technologically advanced force, defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will play a \"crucial role\" in achieving the set objectives.

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January 03, 2025
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Can't cancel deal with Adani sans evidence: Naidu

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has said his government cannot unilaterally cancel solar power purchase agreements signed by the previous administration, despite a US federal bribery indictment against billionaire Gautam Adani and his company over allegations connected to the contract.

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January 03, 2025
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Cong, BJP spar over naming of college after VD Savarkar

The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clashed over the central government's decision to name a Delhi University (DU) college after Hindutva idol Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to lay the foundation stone on Friday.

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January 03, 2025
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Art 370 sowed seeds of separatism: Shah

Article 370 sowed the \"seeds of separatism\" in the Kashmir Valley and spread a \"myth that Kashmir's association and India\" is temporary, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Thursday.

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January 03, 2025
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2-YR-OLD CRUSHED TO DEATH AS A BIKE SKIDS UNDER TEMPO

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Dulal Sarkar was shot dead at Malda district in West Bengal on Thursday morning, police said, adding that two suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident.

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