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HAMHUNG, North Korea (AP) – In the 10 years he has been digging up ordnance from the Korean War, Maj. Jong Il Hyon has lost five colleagues to explosions. He carries a lighter one gave him before he died. He also bears a scar on his left cheek from a …

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) – Two Jordanians were killed and an Israeli was wounded by gunfire Sunday in a residential building at the Israeli embassy compound in Jordan’s capital, the kingdom’s Public Security Directorate said. Israeli media reported Monday that an Israeli security guard opened fire after a Jordanian worker attacked …

“I strongly feel that I should not remain in the party at the cost of my dignity and self-respect,” Vaghela wrote in the letter. New Delhi: Veteran leader Shankersinh Vaghela, who quit the grand old party Congress July 21 has resigned as Leader of Opposition in the Gujarat Assembly on …

The 85-year-old had served as the space organisation’s head from 1984-1994 . Former space scientist and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Udupi Ramachandra Rao passed away at his residence in Bengaluru. The 85-year-old had served as the organisation’s head from 1984-1994. He had launched India’s first satellite Aryabhatta in …

The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a plea challenging the Centre’s notification prohibiting sale and purchase of cattle at animal markets for slaughter on the grounds that it violates the right to free trade. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a plea challenging the Centre’s notification …

The Bengaluru prison senior officials who appeared before the members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Karnataka Legislative Assembly, admitted that both Sasikala and multi-crore stamp paper scam kingpin Abdul Karim Telgi were given special treatment inside the jail. The committee headed by Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and former …

In a bid to provide safe journey to women passengers,Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to launch ‘Pink’ air-conditioned buses, an official said on Monday. As per the reports of IANS, the union government’s Ministry of Women and Child Development has sanctioned funds for the 50 buses from …

As liberation of Mosul brightened chances of information about the kidnapped Indians, Swaraj, at a meeting with their relatives last week, had said that they might be languishing in a jail in Badush in northwest of Mosul where fighting was going on. Amritsar : Search for the 39 missing Indians …

The CM also announced a cash award Rs 5 lakh for Harmanpreet Kaur Chandigarh : Chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday promised to review the state’s sports policy to provide government jobs to young sportspersons like Harmanpreet, who had done Punjab proud with her winning performance in the semifinal …

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