India has a long list of tall statues, from the Statue of Unity to the proposed Lord Ram Statue in Ayodhya and the Chhatrapati Shivaji statue in Maharashtra, the list only keeps growing. The latest to join the list is a 215-metre idol of Lord Hanuman that will be installed at Karnataka’s Pampapur Kishkindh. Representational …
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Al-Qaeda’s second-highest leader, accused of being one of the masterminds of the deadly 1998 attacks on American embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran three months ago, intelligence officials have confirmed. Reuters Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who went by the nom de guerre Abu Muhammad al-Masri, was shot dead by two men on a motorcycle in Tehran more than three months …
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Continuing his practice of spending Diwali with the Indian Armed Forces, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed troops at Longewala Post in Rajasthan. Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat, Army Chief M.M. Naravane and Border Security Force (BSF) Director General Rakesh Asthana also accompanied the Prime Minister to Jaisalmer where he also interacted with the troops. ANI “I would like to …
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Before the coronavirus, a decades-long aviation boom spawned a network of nearly 50,000 air routes that traversed the world. In less than a year, the pandemic has wiped almost a third of them off the map. Singapore Airlines Jump To Why air routes are being cut down Impact on passengers Some routes may never be put back Jobs lost Why …
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Political fights can turn nasty and ugly at times. Taunting and namecallings are all part of this and might not always go as planned. In one such case, Amruta Fadnavis, the wife of BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis took a swipe at Shiv Sena, over the party’s performance in the Bihar Assembly Elections. Amruta called the party ‘Shav (corpse) Sena’. BCCL/ …
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Gold smuggling to India through airports is rampant and every time they come up with creative ways to conceal the yellow metal from the authorities. While some get away with their crime, others get busted, no matter how creatively they try to outsmart the customs officials. In one such case, a man was arrested at the Chennai International Airport while …
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This young college professor has inspired hundreds of people to reach out and help those in need. For six years now, P Naveen Kumar, who teaches at JKKN College, Erode, has been rehabilitating the homeless, and those begging on the streets. BCCL Jump To How did it all start? What made him start it? Atchayam Trust How did it all …
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As more and more states continue to ban or regulate and restrict the sale and use of firecrackers during the Diwali festival, the Supreme Court has said that nothing is more important than preserving life. The Supreme Court which was hearing a plea against the ban of firecrackers in West Bengal during the ongoing festive season said “We understand these …
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New Zealand is on the verge of holding its Bird of the Year competition and there seems to be one contender who may end up winning, as per a TNN report. The hihi, which is also called the stitch bird, might be the bird of the year after huge support from an unlikely source, a sex toy shop. The bird …
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In an appalling development from Uttar Pradesh, a man was beaten to death by a charged mob when he objected to the sexual harassment of his daughter. Police have lodged an FIR against eight people and arrested seven of them. According to the complaint, Bhola Prasad’s daughter was sitting outside her home at Ishwarpura village under the Ekouna police station …
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