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China, Dec 19:  At least 111 people were killed and more than 230 injured after an earthquake hit the Gansu-Qinghai border region in China on Tuesday, according to reports by state media. The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre had pegged the earthquake at magnitude 6.1. Chinese state media said the quake was registered at 6.2 magnitude. […]Continue Reading
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NEW DELHI,DEC 18 : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate for questioning in connection with the money laundering case pertaining to the now-scrapped excise policy. He has been asked to appear before the agency on Thursday, December 21. This is the second summons by the Enforcement Directorate to Arvind Kejriwal. […]Continue Reading
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NEW DELHI, DEC 18 : The Rajya Sabha on Monday suspended fourty-five Opposition members, including Congress MPs Jairam Ramesh, Randeep Surjewala and KC Venugopal, from the House for disrupting Parliament proceedings. While 34 members were suspended from Rajya Sabha for the remainder of the Winter session, eleven other MPs were suspended pending a report of […]Continue Reading
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Pakistan, Dec 18:  Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim has been hospitalised in Pakistan’s Karachi due to a serious health complication, sources said on Monday. Several reports on social media emerged that Dawood Ibrahim was poisoned, but there was no confirmation of the same, as per the information shared by his aide. Dawood Ibrahim was hospitalised two […]Continue Reading
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TIRUNELVELI/TENKASI,DEC 18: In the face of inundation following heavy rains in Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi, and Kanniyakumari districts on Sunday, examinations for colleges affiliated to the Anna University that were scheduled to be held on Monday, were postponed. Examinations for the university’s distance education programme for the Nagercoil centre have also been Continue Reading
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LUCKNOW,DEC 17: Construction of a proposed mosque in Ayodhya mandated by the Supreme Court in its Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case verdict is expected to begin in May, people associated with the project have said. The Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation Trust, which is tasked with building the mosque in Ayodhya’s Dhannipur, also intends to appoint in-charges in […]Continue Reading
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ETAWAH,DEC 17: At least four men were killed and two others sustained injuries after a speeding truck crashed into a roadside eatery on the Etawah-Kanpur National Highway here, police said on Sunday. District Magistrate Avnish Kumar, Senior Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar and other senior officers visited the spot to oversee relief and rescue operations, […]Continue Reading