A suicide truck bomb killed about 100 people, most of them Iranian Shia pilgrims, at a petrol station in the city of Hilla 100 km south of Baghdad on Thursday, police and medical sources said. Islamic State, which considers all Shias to be apostates, claimed responsibility the attack in an online statement.
» Read moreNepal Rastra Bank on Thursday banned the use of India’s new currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 denomination, terming them “unauthorised and illegal”. These two currency notes were issued by the Reserve Bank of India recently after old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination notes were withdrawn. Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has called the new currency notes “unauthorised […]
» Read moreHero Cycles today introduced four e-cycles with electric pedal assisted technology under the Lectro brand, priced between Rs 42,000 and Rs 83,000. The company, which had launched the brand earlier this year in Birmingham, plans to expand the electric pedal assisted technology cycle (EPAC) portfolio in India to over 20 products over the next few months. “EPAC is a nascent […]
» Read moreThree Maoists, including a woman, are reported to have been killed in exchange of fire with the Thunderbolt arm of the Kerala Police around noon on Thursday. Reports from TV channels said the State police and Forest Department officials have confirmed the death of the Maoists. Two of the deceased have been identified as Kuppu Devaraj and Ajitha. Kuppu Devaraj, […]
» Read moreThe Centre on Wednesday clarified that there is no possibility of increasing the number of assembly seats either in Telangana or in Andhra Pradesh till 2026, as per the earlier Constitutional amendment. In a written reply given to Telugu Desam Party Rajya Sabha member T G Venkatesh, the Union home ministry said as per the earlier amendment to Article 170 […]
» Read moreFemale students of NIT-C have been warned to not ‘roam with boys’ inside the campus. The notice, put out by ladies warden, read: “Inmates of the ladies hostel are strictly instructed not to roam with boy students inside the residential campus.We got lot of complaints in this regard. If any girl (is) found along with a boy student inside the […]
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