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BJP on Saturday asked Rahul Gandhi if he expected the armed forces to resort to shooting at Indians in violence-hit Manipur and claimed the Congress leader does not have any trace of democracy in his mind. Noting that Gandhi had claimed that armed forces can restore peace in the state within days if allowed, BJP leader and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad wondered if he wanted what his grandmother and then prime minister Indira Gandhi had done by ordering the Air Force to drop bombs in Aizawl in the 1960s.

₹242 per kg has led India to import tomatoes for the first time amid supply disruptions caused by heavy rains. Nepal is keen to export vegetables, particularly tomatoes, to India over the long term. However, this endeavour is contingent upon India providing straightforward market access and necessary facilities, according to Shabnam Shivakoti, spokesperson for Nepal's Agriculture Ministry told PTI on August 11.

Varun Dhawan is busy shooting for his next project — tentatively titled ‘VD18’. The actor sustained an injury while shooting for the movie. However, the ‘Badrinath Ki Dulhaniya’ star did not let that deter him from giving his best shot. The ‘Badlapur’ hero later took to Instagram to share a health update with his fans. Posting a photo that only displayed the upper half of his body and a red swelling on his elbow, he wrote, “No pain, no gain, VD18.” In an interview with Pinkvilla, Dhawan talked about the movie. He described it as a “mass-action entertainer”. “There’s a lot of entertainment in the film, which I love as well. And I am just going to give it my all.”

attack by Islamic State group jihadists on Syrian government forces in the war-torn country's east has killed 33 soldiers, a monitor said Saturday, revising an earlier toll of 26 deaths. The shooting Thursday evening on an army bus was the extremist group's deadliest attack on government forces this year, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Despite losing their last piece of territory in Syria in 2019, IS has maintained hideouts in the vast Syrian desert from which it has carried out ambushes and hit-and-run attacks.

Made in Heaven' breakout star Arjun Mathur says he was initially worried about being typecast in gay roles, but the show made him realise that a well-written character is worth repeating. Having previously played the role of a homosexual in filmmaker Onir's 2010 anthology 'I Am' and a short movie 'Migration', the actor recalls how he was hesitant to play Karan Mehra in 'Made in Heaven'. «Two-three days after 'Made in Heaven' was released, I got offered a gay character in a very mainstream film that I refused.

celestial treat – the Perseid meteor shower. This mesmerizing phenomenon occurs when Earth passes through the remnants of comet Swift-Tuttle, creating a breathtaking display of shooting stars. Look up, and if you're lucky enough to have clear skies and minimal light pollution, you might catch a Perseid meteor every minute, shares NASA's meteor scientist Bill Cooke.Prime Viewing for the Northern Hemisphere The Northern Hemisphere will be the prime spot to witness this awe-inspiring spectacle, as confirmed by NASA.

Delhi around the G20 Heads of State and Government Summit that will take place in the city next month. Rooms in top luxury hotels have been booked by delegations and, considering the demand, rates in some hotels for the event dates are already averaging ₹40,000 a night, people familiar with the matter said. Taking place on September 9 and 10, the 18th G20 summit in New Delhi will be the culmination of all the G20 processes and meetings held throughout the year.

Russia fired missiles at western Ukraine that killed an 8-year-old boy, local officials said, and drones that Russian officials blamed on the Ukrainian military targeted Moscow for a third straight day but reportedly didn't cause significant damage. Also Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the firing of all the heads of regional military draft boards, part of his crackdown on corruption since the outbreak of Russia's war in Ukraine more than 17 months ago. The missile that killed the boy struck a house In western Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk region, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the Polish border, according to the office of Ukraine's prosecutor general. But Ukrainian air defenses frustrated Russia's daylight attack on Kyiv, Ukraine's capital. Debris from intercepted missiles fell on residential areas of the city, including the premises of a children's hospital, without causing casualties, local authorities said. Falling wreckage of missiles and drones has in the past killed people on the ground and damaged buildings in Kyiv.

Chetan Singh shot three Muslim passengers after shooting his Hindu senior, in what has been stated as hate crime. The Supreme Court was hearing a plea over alleged “blatant hate speeches" calling for killing members of a particular community and their social and economic boycott at rallies in different states, including Haryana. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti asked Additional Solicitor General K M Nataraj, appearing for the Centre, to seek instructions and inform it about the proposed committee by 18 August.

The Illinois Supreme Court plans to issue an opinion Friday on the state’s ban of the type of semiautomatic weapons used in hundreds of mass killings nationally, including the Independence Day 2022 shooting that killed seven and injured dozens in the C...

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has cut more than $US160 million ($245 million) in costs over the past six months, delivering above-expected earnings despite a sharp 75 per cent fall in net profits.

In a major move for emerging layer-1 blockchain Aptos, the price has shot up +20% following news of a new partnership with industry giant Microsoft.

Priya Cinema, a popular landmark in the city and one of the first PVR properties in the country. Unlike other IMAX cinemas that are housed along with regular formats, this is the first time that an IMAX theatre is taking over an individual single screen cinema. Tickets to the 316-seater will be priced anywhere between ₹350 and ₹600 depending upon the film, day and show timing.

Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said his purpose of returning to Jammu and Kashmir was to end the miseries of people and build the Union Territory as one of the top economies in the country. Azad, a former chief minister, ended his five-decade long association with the Congress on August 26 last year and launched DPAP in Jammu a month later. «The leadership needs a vision and I carry that for my people.

₹6,959 per bbl, having swung between ₹6,845 and ₹7,009 per bbl during the session so far, against a previous close of ₹6,840 per barrel.

Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) on Wednesday reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 53.4 crore for the quarter ended June 2023, compared to a profit of Rs 107 crore a year ago. Consolidated revenue for the quarter increased 7.6% year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 1,984 crore. Sequentially though, the net loss narrowed from Rs 196 crore, while revenue declined 6%.

Export rule liberalization – 78% respondents cited this as the most needed. To illustrate, while the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs issued a defining circular in September 2021 clarifying doubts on the scope of intermediary services, the benefit is yet to be fully witnessed with certain categories of exporters in the IT/ITeS and data hosting services sector still being continually questioned, resulting in prolonged litigation and the delay in refund resulting in working capital blockages.

Tory Lanez was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years in prison, more than seven months after he was convicted of shooting fellow musical artist Megan Thee Stallion during an argument in 2020. Judge David Herriford handed down the sentence to the 30-year-old rapper, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, during a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court that had been pushed back by delays. On Dec.

Moscow, the city's mayor said on Wednesday, the latest in a surge of drone attacks targeting the capital. «Two combat drones' attempt to fly into the city was recorded.

Illinois will soon outlaw advertising for firearms that officials determine produce a public safety threat or appeals to children, militants or others who might later use the weapons illegally

Shootings and other attacks are increasing at hospitals across the U.S., contributing to health care becoming one of the nation's most violent fields