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High Court asks Salman Khan’s lawyers to submit list of ‘missing’ documents

The appeal by Salman Khan, who has challenged his five year jail term in the 2002 drunken driving case, could not commence on Tuesday as his lawyers claimed that the records of the case before the Bombay high court was incomplete. Justice A R Joshi directed the court registry to respond to the application and

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Three BSF jawans killed after Maoists explode landmine in Odisha

At least three troopers were killed and six injured on Wednesday when Maoists exploded a landmine in Odisha’s Malkangiri district, police sources said. The incident occurred near Sarjubandh in Chitrakonda in the district when the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel accidentally stepped on the landmine planted by the Maoists. The troopers were returning to their

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India sought to nail Pak with Hafiz Saeed evidence

With Lashker-e-Toiba founder and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed continuing to roam free in Pakistan, national security adviser Ajit Doval had planned to confront his Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz with “credible evidence” against him at their now-cancelled interaction. According to the agenda prepared for NSA-level talks, India was set to confront Islamabad with at least five

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Thousands of flood-hit Bangladeshis sheltering on river banks: Red Cross

Floods, landslides and a cyclone have made at least 180,000 people in Bangladesh homeless, with thousands living in makeshift shelters on river banks, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said on Tuesday. More than 1.5 million people have been hit by the disasters which destroyed around 30,000 homes, the IFRC

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South Korea halts propaganda broadcasts as Koreas reach deal

South Korea says it got an apology. North Korea says its archrival learned a “serious lesson.” That’s how compromises are engineered on a peninsula that has technically been at war for more than 60 years. Seoul halted anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts over loudspeakers on the border Tuesday, hours after North Korea expressed “regret” over two South

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Toll of Syrian air-strikes near Damascus rises to 247 in 10 days

Syrian government air-strikes on areas east of Damascus have killed 247 people in the last 10 days, including 50 children, and wounded 1,000 more people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday. The attacks on the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region included August 16 air-strikes that killed 117 people in a marketplace in Douma,

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How India plans to weaken Dawood Ibrahim and his syndicate

National security advisor Ajit Doval has a strategy to weaken Dawood Ibrahim and his syndicate. The plan is to identify D-Company’s offshore assets and get them frozen, sources say. IB and RAW teams have begun identifying assets D-Company owns globally. Most of these are in Dubai and Africa, investigations show. This will need extensive use

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After Clashes Over Hardik Patel’s Detention, No WhatsApp in Parts of Gujarat

Mobile internet services were cut off in parts of Gujarat on Wednesday as a security measure following clashes over politician Hardik Patel’s brief detention after his mega rally to demand reservation for the Patel community in the state. Services like WhatsApp have been suspended to check rumours that could exacerbate tension in Gujarat, said sources.

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Disappointed US wants India, Pakistan to resume NSA talks soon

Expressing disappointment over the cancellation of NSA-level talks between India and Pakistan, the US has said it would just encourage the two countries to resume a formal dialogue soon. “We were encouraged by the early constructive interaction between the leaders of India and Pakistan earlier this year,” in Russia, State Department spokesman John Kirby told

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Patel community demands OBC status, launches massive protest rally in Gujarat

A year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi left his home state Gujarat, turmoil is brewing in the state with the economically dominant Patel community seeking Other Backward Class status. Over 10 lakh Patidars have planned a massive protest meeting and rally in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. The Patel community, represented by the Patidar Aarakshan Andolan Samiti,

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Kumar Sangakkara Bids Emotional Farewell, Says Family Helped Him Conquer World

Under a sunny Colombo sky on Monday, it was the Indian cricket team that won the second Test but it was Kumar Sangakkara who walked away as the winner of the game called life. A gentleman of international cricket for over 15 years, the iconic Sri Lankan player called time on his illustrious career –

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Virat Kohli Salutes Kumar Sangakkara, Sends Him a Heart-Felt Note of Thanks

He may be widely considered a hot-head, but Virat Kohli acknowledges greatness when he sees it. Little wonder then that India’s 26-year-old Test skipper sent a heart-felt note of thanks to iconic cricketer Kumar Sangakkara, who played his final international knock on Sunday. The ongoing Colombo Test between Sri Lanka and India is Sangakkara’s final

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ISIS Accelerates Destruction of Antiquities in Syria

Islamic State militants have razed a fifth-century Roman Catholic monastery and blown up one of the best-preserved first-century temples in Palmyra, the ancient Syrian city that is one of the world’s most important archaeological sites, according to government officials and local activists. And that was just this past week – in one Syrian province. Much

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