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Sydney gasps for air as Australia bushfire smoke reaches record levels

Sydney woke up to a thick haze, and blood-red sun, for the fourth consecutive day even as a cooler change brought some relief for firefighters battling scores of wildfires across the country's southeast.

Nov 22, 2019

Karnataka government seeks ban on PFI, SDPI after attack on Congress MLA Tanveer Sait

Karnataka revenue minister R Ashok said the state government will first discuss the issue with ministers of the state and then recommend the matter to the central government.

Nov 22, 2019

Project Ayodhya: Yogi govt constitutes seven-member team to acquire land in UP

Project Ayodhya is aimed at building a 202-metre-tall statue of Lord Ram, an interpretation centre, a library, a food plaza and a parking centre for which the UP govt has set aside 447 crores.

Nov 22, 2019

Israel PM Netanyahu charged with corruption, says he won't resign

Netanyahu, in power continuously since 2009 and before that in the 1990s, has dominated Israeli politics for a generation, decisively turning the country to the right.

Nov 22, 2019

Maharashtra govt formation: Uddhav Thackeray-Sharad Pawar hold midnight meeting

Thackeray was accompanied by his son Aditya and party MP Sanjay Raut, at Pawar's residence where his daughter Supriya Sule and nephew Ajit Pawar were present.

Nov 22, 2019

'Love Jehad' in Meerut: Girl taken to Dubai, BJP raises issue in Parliament

The victim's parent met the BJP MP and later the matter was brought into the notice of SSP Meerut.

Nov 22, 2019

Many LGBT people in China forced into illegal 'conversion therapy'

In China, the therapy is often offered by centers not licensed to practise medicine, as well as by public hospitals, in the absence of an outright ban.

Nov 21, 2019

KPL scandal: Cricketers were blackmailed, honeytrapped by bookies, SIT formed

Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao, IPS revealed that foreign cricket players in the Indian Premier League (IPL) are also a part of the scandal.

Nov 21, 2019

Indian Army Major's name in FIR a mistake by local police: Former DGP J&K

Major Aditya made headlines when his unit allegedly opened fire at a stone-pelting mob in Shopian district on January 27, 2018, killing three protesters.

Nov 21, 2019

Karnataka CM Yediyurappa apologises to Kuruba community for JC Madhuswamy's remarks

Karnataka CM Yediyurappa apologised to the Kuruba community for the controversial remarks made by Madhuswamy and promised to retain the name Kanakadasa Circle after the bypolls.

Nov 21, 2019

Isro postpones launch of Cartosat-3 and 13 US satellites to November 27

Cartosat-3 will be launched from the second launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.

Nov 21, 2019

Nithyananda Swami missing; Gujarat police, MHA, MEA clueless

The Gujarat Police has intensified the search operations after two girls went missing from controversial 'godman' Nithyananda's school.

Nov 21, 2019

Railway official bans Khushwant Singh's book, calls it 'obscene'

Ramesh Chandra Ratn, who is also an SC lawyer, directed officials to ensure "such obscene things" are not sold in bookstalls at the Bhopal station.

Nov 21, 2019

Subash Chandra to cede control of Zee Entertainment after stake sale

The promoter stake in Zee Entertainment will be reduced to 5 per cent, which means that media baron Subhash Chandra will lose control of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.

Nov 21, 2019

Protesters stay holed up on Hong Kong campus, surrounded by riot police

Hong Kong Polytechnic University is still occupied by activists during a week that saw the most intense violence since the anti-government demonstrations escalated more than five months ago.

Nov 21, 2019