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Afghanistan earthquakes: Death toll of Afghan quakes rises to over 2,000 [details]

The death toll in powerful earthquakes that rocked Afghanistan's Herat and other western provinces reached over than 2,000.

Oct 8, 2023

Over 30 celebs under ED scanner for attending parties in UAE, endorsing Mahadev Online Book's apps

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the Mahadev Online Book (MOB) money laundering case, has identified more than 30 Bollywood celebrities, including several top personalities, who had attended the two programmes of the companies promoters in United Arab Emirates (UAE) in September last year and in February this year.

Oct 8, 2023

With BJP projecting no CM face, CM Gehlot is up against PM Modi [details]

A direct narrative of a Prime Minister Narendra Modi versus Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot contest has been created in Rajasthan, which is making it different from the earlier Assembly elections of 2013 and 2018. In those elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi led from the front, but this time, Ashok Gehlot himself is playing on the front foot.

Oct 8, 2023

Fears of huge ground invasion of Gaza grow as Israel vows 'mighty vengeance'

Fears of a huge ground invasion of Gaza are growing after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to turn the besieged Palestinian enclave into a "deserted island" in response to the worst attack his country has suffered in decades,the media reported.

Oct 8, 2023

Music festival goers first took cover from rockets, then Gaza militants began firing on them

The terrifying attack on an Israeli music festival was just one of multiple locations hit by the most sustained and coordinated assault inside Israel ever carried out by Hamas militants, the media reported.

Oct 8, 2023

Non-tribals getting jobs on fake Scheduled Tribe certificates in J&K [details]

Crime Branch of J&K Police produces chargesheet against a teacher who managed to get a job by producing a fake Scheduled Tribe certificate. Earlier similar cases were also detected in Kashmir Valley.

Oct 7, 2023

Retirement age of GST Appellate Tribunal chief, members raised [Details]

The GST Council at its meeting held on Saturday recommended an increase in the retirement age of the president and members of the GST Appellate Tribunal.

Oct 7, 2023

Immunity from routine vax can potentially fight cancer: Study

Researchers have demonstrated "in theory" that a protein antigen from a childhood vaccine can be delivered into the cells of a malignant tumour to refocus the body's immune system against the cancer, effectively halting it and preventing its recurrence.

Oct 7, 2023

GST Council scraps tax on millet flour; 2023 declared as 'Year of the Millet'

In the year of the millet, the GST Council on Saturday exempted millet flour from GST.

Oct 7, 2023

14 dead as 6.3-magnitude earthquakes jolt Afghanistan

At least 14 people were killed while nearly 80 injured after earthquakes jolted Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said.

Oct 7, 2023

"We are at war, Hamas will pay..." Netanyahu speaks amid Hamas attack [details]

Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday declared a new military operation against Israel and fired a barrage of missiles towards the Jewish state from the Gaza Strip for the first time since May last year, which has so far killed one Israeli woman and injured two other people.

Oct 7, 2023

4 bodies found near mountain trail in Japan

Four bodies were discovered on Saturday near the Mt. Asahi trail in southern Japan's Tochigi prefecture, local media reported citing the police.

Oct 7, 2023

Living illegally in J&K Rohingyas manage domicile certificates, ration cards [details]

After a Rohingya woman was arrested for illegally obtaining a domicile certificate, another Myanmar resident was arrested from the border area of Mendhar in Poonch district for fraudulently getting an Aadhar card and ration card.

Oct 7, 2023

FIR lodged against K'taka activist for asking people to keep weapons at home

Karnataka Police have lodged an FIR against a Hindu activist who asked members of the community to keep weapons at home and worship swords, officials said on Saturday.

Oct 7, 2023

K'taka woman farmer commits suicide after alleged harassment by micro-finance company

In a tragic incident, a woman farmer in Karnataka's Chikkamagaluru district committed suicide after being allegedly harassed by staffers of a microfinance company to repay a loan, police said on Saturday

Oct 7, 2023