In Pakistan’s Lahore, a 1,200-year-old Hindu temple will be restored after ‘illegal occupants’ were evicted from it following a long court fight, the federal body overseeing minority worship places in the country said on Wednesday. Representational Image/ Unsplash The Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) last month retrieved the possession of Valmiki Mandir (temple) situated near …
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On July 29, the Earth broke its record for the shortest day as it completed a full spin in 1.59 milliseconds less than its standard 24-hour rotation. Jump To Whats happening? Its cause Its effects What’s happening? It completed rotating on its axis 1.50 milliseconds–little over one thousandth of a second–earlier than 24 hours. This, however, is not the only time …
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A government school teacher in Rajasthan’s Jaipur has set a mission that children of under-developed tribal belt should go to school for the studies and in reward she would celebrate their birthdays. Swati Birla who teaches at a government school in the region has now earned a special name from the children as ‘Cake-wali-teacher’. The Statesman Swati takes out her …
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Police in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, have arrested an Indian soldier for allegedly leaking sensitive information to two women he had befriended on social media. The soldier, identified as Shantimay Rana, was arrested by the CID-intelligence wing of the Rajasthan police under the Official Secrets Act on Monday. 24-year-old Rana, a native of Bagunda district of West Bengal had joined the Army …
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Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) V K Saxena has approved the withdrawal of criminal cases filed against 64 migrants who allegedly violated the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 while trying to escape the capital, an official statement said on Tuesday. It stated that similar relief will be extended to over 100 migrant workers against whom cases had been filed with Delhi …
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In a shocking incident, a woman was gang-raped by two men inside the New Delhi Railway station. The incident happened in the wee hours of Friday in a train lighting hut meant for railway electrical maintenance staff. The incident came to light after the woman who was found on platforms 8-9, narrated her ordeal to officials, and they informed the …
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At least seven of the 19 labourers from Assam who fled a road construction site in remote Arunachal Pradesh after they were denied leave to go home for Eid have been found. The seven men were found in a forest near Huri village in Damin of Kurung Kumey district on Friday night. DD News “Their health conditions are not good, …
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A video of a woman driving a truck has surfaced online and the internet is giving her a grand saulte. Shared by Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer Awanish Sharan on Twitter, the clip has racked up more than 194,000 views and over 11,000 likes. Jump To Video goes viral Netizens laud her spirit IAS officer made headlines last year too …
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A 33-year-old Russian woman accused of selling her newborn to pay $3,581 (Rs 286,163) for a nose job has been arrested. The woman, whose name has not been disclosed, gave birth to a baby boy on April 25 and who is of two months now has reportedly sold him off just five days later to a local couple looking to …
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Indian Railways recently came to the rescue of an Aerospace engineering student from IIT Madras who had booked a train ticket to travel to his university but his train got cancelled due to rain. Mint In an unimaginable service offered by the Indian Railways, the student was given a car ride from Ekta Nagar railway station to Vadodara station, over …
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