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Aug 9, 2024 11:30 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Plane with 62 people aboard crashes in Brazil, terrifying video surfaces
Aug 9, 2024 11:24 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Joe Rogan blasts UK free speech crackdown by drawing comparison with ‘Soviet Russia’; Elon Musk and British govt react
- Joe Rogan has weighed in on the UK government’s handling of ongoing riots, expressing his concerns about the implications for free speech.
Aug 9, 2024 11:22 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Plane with 62 passengers crashes in Brazil’s São Paulo
Aug 9, 2024 11:16 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Violent repeat offender punches female NYPD cop on Bronx sidewalk, gets arrested in wild video
- A dramatic video revealed the moment a repeat offender on probation punched a female NYPD officer, knocking her to the ground before being arrested.
Aug 9, 2024 11:13 PM IST
India News Live Updates: ‘No provision for creamy layer’: Centre on SC rule regarding reservations
- The Supreme Court on August 1 ruled that states must identify the creamy layer within SCs and STs and exclude them from quota benefits.
Aug 9, 2024 10:58 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Ludhiana: Duo assaulted in clash over langar
- A mobile store owner and his friend were allegedly attacked by a group of miscreants near Bindra Colony while they were on their way to CMC Hospital to visit a patient late on Thursday.
Aug 9, 2024 10:54 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Ludhiana: ‘High on drugs’, driver crashes school van into wall in Jagraon, arrested
- Just two days after the death of a 7-year-old after a school van crashed into a tree on Raikot Road in Jagraon, another tragedy averted as a van carrying school kids crashed into a wall in Bujurg village of Jagraon on Friday morning.
Aug 9, 2024 10:44 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri to visit Nepal on August 11-12
- This is the first by a senior Indian official after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli formed a new government in Kathmandu last month.
Aug 9, 2024 10:42 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Delhi Police arrest ISIS terrorist who was a key operative of ‘Pune module’
- The terrorist, identified as 35-year-old Rizwan Abdul Haji Ali, was apprehended with one pistol with cartridges in his possession
Aug 9, 2024 10:42 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Smart card, cash era over as Delhi Metro set to introduce virtual card for phone
- The virtual smart wallet or card will allow commuters to make multiple journeys through the same QR code generated on the app
Aug 9, 2024 10:41 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: PPCB, MC teams collect 12 water samples from Buddha Nullah in Ludhiana
- Officials of the municipal corporation (MC), Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) and Punjab Biotechnology Incubator (PBTI) on Friday took 12 water samples from multiple locations along the Buddha Nullah, officials said.
Aug 9, 2024 10:39 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: UPPSC RO/ARO Exam 2023 paper leak: Mastermind under investigation for money laundering
- So far, the Special Task Force (STF) and police have arrested 26 individuals in connection with the RO/ARO Exam paper leak and constable recruitment examination paper leaks.
Aug 9, 2024 10:38 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Ludhiana: Cong MPs seek immediate rollback of tax amendments affecting small traders
- Congress parliamentarians from across the state on Friday sought the immediate rollback of Section 43B(h) of the Finance Act 2023, claiming that it adversely affected the small traders of the region, especially Ludhiana, which is a hub of small industries.
Aug 9, 2024 10:37 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Trump rally shooting: New records detail Thomas Crooks’ ‘intense preparation’ for attack, ‘He focused almost…’
- Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks reportedly practised firing rounds at his local gun club dozens of times, including on Christmas Day.
Aug 9, 2024 10:32 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Ludhiana: 4 drug smugglers’ assets worth ₹6.9 cr attached
- The local police on Friday attached properties worth ₹6.9 crore, belonging to four drug smugglers booked in two cases, officials said.
Aug 9, 2024 10:26 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Ludhiana: Govt teacher ‘thrashes’ Class 5 students with sticks, suspended
- A teacher was suspended on Friday after Class 5 students of Government Primary Smart School, Jamalpur, alleged that she beat them “severely with sticks” on Thursday, officials said.
Aug 9, 2024 10:25 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Rahul Gandhi thanks Narendra Modi for visiting landslide-hit Wayanad: ‘Confident that once PM…’
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Wayanad on Saturday to review the relief and rehabilitation efforts and interact with survivors.
Aug 9, 2024 10:23 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Trump launches another scathing attack on Kamala Harris, claims her ex-boyfriend told him ‘terrible things’ about…
- Donald Trump appeared to confuse former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown with former California Governor Jerry Brown during a press conference on Thursday.
Aug 9, 2024 10:13 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Centre approves 8 new rail projects; 14 districts across 7 states covered
- The total estimated cost of the railways projects is ₹24,657 crore, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.
Aug 9, 2024 10:12 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Chandigarh ranks second in education in SDG India Index
- In the last report released in 2020-21, Chandigarh was the best among all UTs and states; this time, only Delhi is better than Chandigarh with a score of 85, while Kerala is third, having scored 82
Aug 9, 2024 10:01 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Neighbour, her lover held for elderly woman’s murder in Lucknow’s Sarojini Nagar
- Neighbour’s friend was addicted to online gaming and lost a huge amount of money in it; the duo planned the murder to get back the lost money, say police
Aug 9, 2024 9:50 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Gavin Newsom mocked for clearing out homeless encampments in LA: ‘Wonder if he would that without being filmed’
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom was seen on video helping clear out two homeless encampments, donning a pair of jeans and a t-shirt.
Aug 9, 2024 9:41 PM IST
India News Live Updates: INDIA bloc likely to bring notice to remove Jadgeep Dhankhar as Vice President: Reports
- Opposition parties have repeatedly accused Dhankhar of being ‘partisan’ against them in the Rajya Sabha.
Aug 9, 2024 9:38 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: 6 students injured as van hits divider in Lucknow; one critical
- Driver taken into custody and a case being registered at Sushant Golf City police station; nine-year-old girl sustains head injury and undergoing treatment in ICU, says DCP
Aug 9, 2024 9:38 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Chandigarh: Immigration firm owner, aide held for visa fraud
- Vikas Sharma, the owner of “My Immigration Solution”, and his associate Amit Arora were arrested from Delhi on Wednesday, as per Chandigarh Police