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Finally, A Place Exclusively For Canines, India's First Dog Park To Open In Hyderabad

The canines will finally have a park of their own. Yes, India’s first dog park is set to be inaugurated in Hyderabad this week. Located at Gachibowli, at a place which was originally a garbage dumping ground, the facility which is spread over 1.3 acres have all the latest for your dogs.  BCCL The park has …

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Justice Delayed? Woman Wins 41-Year-Old Case Over Just Rs 312 Thirteen Years After Her Death

Ganga Devi was always a fighter. So when the Mirzapur district magistrate served a property attachment notice on her after a dispute in 1975, she protested vehemently. Then 37, she challenged the action before the civil judge and won the case two years later in 1977. Fate though had another, harder battle in store for her. During the course of …

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Two-Year-Old Bihar Girl Dies After Road Blockade Stops Ambulance

Amid the chaos of Bharat Bandh, a two-year-old child lost her life because the vehicle carrying her to the hospital was stopped by protesters in Bihar’s Jehanabad on Monday. The Congress and 20 other parties had called for the Bandh on Monday to protest the fuel price rise in the country. Bihar is one of the states where bandh caused a …

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Patel Statue To Be Unveiled On Oct 31, Maoists Surrendering + More Top News

Twitter Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a statue of Sardar Patel, India’s first home minister, on October 31, which is his birth anniversary. The Gujarat government has described the statue as the world’s tallest. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) Maoists Are Surrendering As Leaders Living ‘Good Life’ And Teams ‘Treated Like Animals’ A report …

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Amid Nationwide Bandh, Fuel Prices Continue To Rise As Government Rules Out Excise Duty Cut

A cut in taxes on petrol and diesel is ruled out for now as neither the central government nor some states have the appetite to stomach revenue loss from such a move, a top government official said Monday. While a cut in excise duty that the central government levies will impact fiscal deficit, states like Bihar, Kerala, and Punjab are …

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Trouble Mounts For Nirav Modi As ED Set To Attach His Rs 150 Crore US Assets

Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud prime accused Nirav Modi might be running from the law, but his run could end soon. The Enforcement Directorate has (ED) moved to attach the assets of the fugitive jeweller. According to reports, the ED which had earlier attached his Indian assets is now set to confiscate his properties in the USA. The agency has …

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Two Young Trekkers Including J&K Govt Officer Killed In Kolahoi Glacier In Anantnag

Two people including A Kashmir Administration Service (KSA) Official were killed in an accident during a trek in Kolahoi glacier in the mountains of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The incident happened on Friday when a group of ten trekkers were returning from Kolahoi Glacier.  While on the way back, three of them fell into a crevasse. The two killed in …

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Three Techies Land In Jail For Jumping Out Of Moving Mumbai Local To Perform Kiki Challenge

A Kiki challenge stunt on the footboard of a moving local train on July 29 backfired on three Dharavi residents, who were arrested on Tuesday. The challenge is to jump out of a moving vehicle, dance to the Kiki song while someone video-records the act, and then jumping back in. Surah Gautam (23), Abdul Yusuf (22) and Kanhaiya Kumar (23) …

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Every Year, At Least 16 Lakh People Die In India Due To Poor Healthcare Facilities

Global experts have identified a new killer: poor quality healthcare. Around five million people die every year — almost a third of them in India (1.6 million) — due to inadequate healthcare, said a new analysis published in The Lancet. There is an “epidemic of poor quality care”, said the study compiled by 30 public health experts from across the …

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Afraid Of Dogs, Thieves Return Gold Ornaments Worth Rs 16 Lakh In Tamil Nadu

Burglars, possibly afraid of police dogs, returned the gold jewellery worth 16 lakh they had stolen from a 40-year-old woman a week after the theft. Imthiyas Aboobacker of Chinnasamy Street in Perambur had stepped out with her children on August 26. When the family returned around 10:30pm, they found the door broken open and valuables missing. Aboobacker immediately lodged a …

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