Manipur: One killed, three injured as gun battle breaks out among village volunteers of rival groups

Manipur: One killed, three injured as gun battle breaks out among village volunteers of rival groups

Imphal: One person was killed and three others injured in a gunfight between village volunteers of two warring communities in ethnic strife-torn Manipur's Kangpokpi district Sunday, police said. Dozens of gunmen had attacked Koutruk in Imphal West district Sunday morning from elevated hilltops of neighbouring Kangpokpi district prompting village volunteers deployed in the fringe village to retaliate, the police said. Exchange of fire gradually spread to adjacent villages of Kadangband and...

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Siddaramaiah orders SIT probe over alleged sex scandal involving Deva Gowda’s MP grandson

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Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has decided to form a Special Investigation Team to probe an alleged sex scandal involving Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna. Prajwal is the grandson of JD(S) patriarch and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda. He was the NDA candidate in the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency, which went to polls April 26. The JD(S) joined the NDA in September last year. "The government has decided to form a...

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim downing US Reaper drone, release footage showing wreckage of aircraft

Yemen, Houthi, MQ-9 Reaper, drone

Jerusalem: Yemen's Houthi rebels have claimed shooting down another of the US military's MQ-9 Reaper drones, airing footage of parts that corresponded to known pieces of the unmanned aircraft. The Houthis said they shot down the Reaper with a surface-to-air missile, part of a renewed series of assaults this week by the rebels after a relative lull in their pressure campaign over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. US Air...

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Mahadev betting app case: Mumbai SIT detains actor Sahil Khan from Chhattisgarh

Mahadev betting app, Mumbai SIT, Sahil Khan, Chhattisgarh

Mumbai: The special investigation team of Mumbai cyber cell has detained actor Sahil Khan from Chhattisgarh in connection with the Mahadev betting app case, an official said on Sunday. The actor was apprehended from Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh on Saturday after the Bombay High Court rejected his pre-arrest bail plea, he said. Khan was recently questioned by the SIT in connection with the case. The SIT has been conducting a probe into...

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Mumbai: Filmmaker Karan Johar has once again addressed the topic of nepotism, but this time he said that he stays "away from the 'N' word" on his social media. Karan shared a video on Instagram featuring Zarna Garg, an Indian-American stand-up comedian, who is currently in India for her show titled 'Practical People Win'. In the clip,...

J&K: Injured VDC guard succumbs in Udhampur

J&K: Injured VDC guard succumbs in Udhampur

Jammu: The injured Village Defence Committee (VDC) guard passed away in Jammu & Kashmir’s Udhampur district. Terrorists had fired at a VDC guard in Sang area of Basantgarh in Udhampur Sunday. Officials said that the VDC guard Mohd Shareef, a resident of Lower Ponar village in Basantgarh, who was admitted to hospital after being critically injured in...

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Elon Musk visits China, likely to promote Tesla’s driverless tech: Report

New Delhi: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made an "unannounced and surprising" visit to Beijing, according to a media report Sunday. Musk's visit has raised hopes for bringing Tesla's autopilot and supervised full self-driving (FSD) technology to China, known to be the electric vehicle maker’s second-biggest market, the South China Morning Post reported. This comes as China...

RCB opt to bowl against GT; Maxwell returns from break

RCB opt to bowl against GT; Maxwell returns from break

Ahmedabad: Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to bowl against Gujarat Titans in their Indian Premier League match here Sunday. The RCB have brought Glenn Maxwell back to their eleven. Two weeks ago, the Australian all-rounder had decided to take a “mental and physical” break from the IPL after going through...

Russia, Ukraine launch drone strikes

Russia, Ukraine launch drone strikes

Berlin: Russia and Ukraine continued to attack each other with drone strikes a day before, according to local authorities Sunday. Ukrainian Governor Vitaly Kim said a hotel and an energy supply facility were hit in the southern city of Mykolaiv. The exact damage is still being determined, he wrote in a post on Telegram. However, there were...

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Humane Hindustan: Pakistani teen from Karachi gets new life after successful heart transplant in India

Karachi/Chennai: The heart-warming story of a 19-year-old Pakistani girl getting a new lease on life after a successful heart transplant in India highlights how borders can be eased for humanitarian purposes and the challenges faced by heart patients in the neighbouring country. Ayesha Rashan from Karachi underwent a heart transplant surgery at MGM Healthcare, Chennai. After a...

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UK PM Rishi Sunak again refuses to rule out July general election

London: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has again refused to rule out a July general election, amid speculation that a disastrous set of local election results for the Tories could force his hand. Sunak said he would not "say anything more than I've already said", which is that the national poll is likely to be in the...

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Iran unveils new ‘kamikaze’ drone

Tehran: The Iranian military Sunday presented a new attack drone designed to fly into targets and explode, like the kind used by Russia in the war in Ukraine. According to the state Tasnim news agency, the new Iranian drone -- which has not yet been publicly named -- is similar to the Russian Zala Lancet drone, which...

 

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