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Doctors, Activists Come Out Against Sick Culture
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Doctors, Activists Come Out Against Sick Culture

Shivaji Park and the bustling area outside Dadar Railway Station on Sunday saw protests from citizens, doctors and activists demanding justice for the young female doctor from RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata who was brutally raped and murdered earlier this month.

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August 19, 2024
Cummins Takes Break Before India Series
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Cummins Takes Break Before India Series

Australia Test captain Pat Cummins has taken an eightweek break to re-energise himself in his quest to lift the coveted Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India later this year.

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August 19, 2024
If voted, Don to deploy troops for civil policing
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If voted, Don to deploy troops for civil policing

In his first term in office, Donald Trump never realized his expansive vision of using troops to enforce the law on US soil.

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August 19, 2024
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Swiatek Sinner reach semifinals

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner fended off challenges Saturday to reach the semifinals in the Cincinnati Open. Swiatek extended her match winning streak to 15 with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 victory over 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva.

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August 19, 2024
TEE OFF WITH NISHNA PATEL
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TEE OFF WITH NISHNA PATEL

Nishna Patel, all of 18, is one of the bright, young and emerging talents in the Indian junior golf scene.

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August 19, 2024
Priya's five-for helps India A beat Aus A
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Priya's five-for helps India A beat Aus A

Rookie leg-spinner Priya Mishra grabbed five wickets while Tejal Hasabnis and Raghvi Bist scored half-centuries as India A thrashed Australia A by 171-run in the third and final one-dayer here on Sunday.

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August 19, 2024
Three cobras found in toilet seat, one missing
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Three cobras found in toilet seat, one missing

Imagine going to the toilet and finding a large cobra wrapped around your toilet seat.

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August 19, 2024
Floral tributes paid to Sarvai Papanna
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Floral tributes paid to Sarvai Papanna

Former minister Srinivas Goud today said none celebrated the birth anniversary of Sardar Sarvai Papanna, the great warrior, who raised his voice of contempt for the kingship of the oppressed classes and added that it was former CM KCR, who decided to celebrate his birth anniversary officially after coming into power.

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August 19, 2024
Tummala slams Opposition for spreading malicious campaign
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Tummala slams Opposition for spreading malicious campaign

Minister for Agriculture Tummala Nageswara Rao has lashed out at the Opposition parties for spreading malicious campaign on the crop loan waiver.

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August 19, 2024
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Political differences must not overshadow national interest: VP

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, underscoring the importance of recognising political differences as a hallmark of democracy, cautioned that these differences must never national interest.

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August 19, 2024
Now, irate public chucks stunt bikes from flyover
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Now, irate public chucks stunt bikes from flyover

Enraged with frequent accidents caused by two-wheeler stunts on busy roads on Bengaluru city outskirts, residents of nearby suburbs threw two bikes off a flyover on Bengaluru-Pune Highway.

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August 19, 2024
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Kerala hue & cry over EMI cut

The move by Kerala Gramin Bank in Chooralmala in Wayanad to deduct EMIS from the emergency relief amounts given by the state government to the landslide survivors snowballed into a controversy on Sunday, forcing the bank to credit back the amount.

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August 19, 2024
EAM, Kuwaiti PM, crown prince discuss bilateral ties
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EAM, Kuwaiti PM, crown prince discuss bilateral ties

External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Sunday called on Kuwaiti prime minister Sheikh Ahmed Abdullah AlAhmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and crown prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah and discussed ways to take the bilateral ties to a higher level.

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August 19, 2024
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After scam, Poland tightens visa rules for int'l students

Poland has tightened its regulations for international students who need a visa.

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August 19, 2024
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Next round of India-Aus comprehensive FTA talks from today; substantial progress likely

Chief negotiators of India and Australia will begin the next round of talks for the comprehensive free trade agreement from tomorrow in Sydney, where both sides are likely to close negotiations on several chapters of the pact, an official said.

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August 19, 2024
Foxconn business in India crosses $10 billion
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Foxconn business in India crosses $10 billion

iPhone contract manufacturer Foxconn's business in India has grown to over USD 10 billion till 2024, its chairman Young Liu said here.

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August 19, 2024
India unveils campaign to battle microplastic contamination in food
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India unveils campaign to battle microplastic contamination in food

Food regulator FSSAI has launched a project to assess microplastic contamination in food products and develop methods for its detection.

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August 19, 2024
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Why did U.S. Burger King lose to Pune's?

The American Burger King has lost a 13-year-old legal battle over alleged trademark infringement namesake eatery in Pune on Aug 16.

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August 19, 2024
Leprosy colony alleges apathy
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Leprosy colony alleges apathy

A leprosy colony of around 350 families at Antulay Nagar in Yewalewadi, south Pune, resembles a forgotten land.

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August 19, 2024
Rainfall in city triggers waterlogging & chaos
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Rainfall in city triggers waterlogging & chaos

Just two weeks after severe flooding and waterlogging crippled the city, Pune once again reported severe waterlogging due to incessant rainfall.

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August 19, 2024
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Woman loses ₹36L in crypto trading fraud

Cons shared a web link with victim

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August 19, 2024
'Waqf property misused, encroached'
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'Waqf property misused, encroached'

Jagdambika Pal, the chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) that will discuss the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2014, said that the law needs reform as many properties classified as Waqf have been encroached and misused.

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August 19, 2024
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Non-cooperation in cooperative housing societies

Co-operative housing societies, established to promote a spirit of shared responsibility among members, are increasingly becoming hotbeds of conflict.

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August 19, 2024
Matunga CHS members at loggerheads over developer
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Matunga CHS members at loggerheads over developer

Members of Matunga's Kapole co-operative housing society have been at loggerheads over the appointment of Vallabh Developers for redeveloping their 84-yearold dilapidated buildings, with a section of them approaching the Bombay High Court (HC).

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August 19, 2024
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Staffer killed in fire at 'illegal' basement of alcohol retailer

A housekeeping staff was killed in a fire that erupted in the basement storage area of store chain, a alcohol Mansionz by Living Liquidz and Charlie Restaurant, at the Santacruz Linking Road late Saturday.

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August 19, 2024
Passenger returns bag with ₹5 lakh
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Passenger returns bag with ₹5 lakh

A local train passenger, who lost his bag containing Rs5 lakh, got it back within hours, thanks to an alert and honest commuter.

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August 19, 2024
Awaiting dream homes, Mathadis threaten strike
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Awaiting dream homes, Mathadis threaten strike

The union's 22-day hunger strike from Feb 29 was called off when the MCC for LS polls was announced

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August 19, 2024
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I'm better looking than Harris...

If looks could bring votes, then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is your man. Stooping to a new low against his Democratic rival Kamala Harris, he has attacked her, disparaging her physical appearance and insisting that he is \"much better looking than her.

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August 19, 2024
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3 of PIO family die in Texas car crash

In a tragic accident, three members of an Indian-origin family and two others were killed in a car accident in the US state of Texas.

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August 19, 2024
Miffed Champai Soren may join BJP, setback for JMM
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Miffed Champai Soren may join BJP, setback for JMM

Former Jharkhand chief minister and JMM leader Champai Soren on Sunday raised a banner of revolt against JMM leadership by accusing it of insulting him; he also dropped ample hints that he is joining the BJP.

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August 19, 2024