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Yaduveer visits Devaraja Market amid res...

Yaduveer visits Devaraja Market amid restoration push

Yaduveer visits Devaraja Market amid restoration push ## Heritage Hub Undergoing Transformation: Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar Inspects Devaraja Market Revitalization Efforts **Mysuru, India** – A significant stride in the ongoing revitalization of Mysuru’s historic Devaraja... read more »

PM repeats call for saving fuel, cutting...

PM repeats call for saving fuel, cutting gold buy; bats for work from home

PM repeats call for saving fuel, cutting gold buy; bats for work from home ## Nation Urged to Embrace Austerity: Prime Minister Champions Reduced Import Dependence and Frugal Spending **New Delhi, India** – Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reiterated a strong call to the nation, urging citizens... read more »

News Analysis | Kerala Assembly polls 20...

News Analysis | Kerala Assembly polls 2026: Crisis over CM choice betrays C...

News Analysis | Kerala Assembly polls 2026: Crisis over CM choice betrays Cong.s lack of vision **Kerala Congress Faces Internal Strife as CM Candidate Uncertainty Clouds UDF’s Future** **Thiruvananthapuram:** The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) finds itself embroiled in a... read more »

West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer appo...

West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer appointed State Chief Secretary

West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer appointed State Chief Secretary **West Bengal Government Appoints Chief Electoral Officer to State’s Top Administrative Post, Sparking Debate** **Kolkata, West Bengal** – In a significant administrative development, the West Bengal government has... read more »

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Pakistan charity boss Abdul Sattar Edhi ‘heartbroken’...

Abdul Sattar Edhi, 86, was asleep when a gang of armed men raided the Karachi slum building that serves as his residence and charity headquarters. They made off with gold, silver and cash worth... read more »

Turkey facilitating transfer of Iraqi Kurdish figh...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday that Turkey was facilitating the passage of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters to Kobani to aid... read more »

Islamic State: Syria rebels warn of backlash over US ai...

Syrian rebel fighters backed by the West have told the BBC that the US-led coalition faces a backlash in their country over its bombing campaign against... read more »

Pakistan violates ceasefire twice along LoC, Internatio...

Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire twice by firing on forward posts along the LoC and International Border in Poonch and Jammu districts, drawing... read more »

Saudi sentences iconic Shia cleric to death

DUBAI: A well-known Shia cleric was sentenced to death Wednesday by a court in Saudi Arabia, sparking fears of renewed unrest from his supporters in the... read more »

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Blast targets bus in Cairo, 5 injured.

Blast targets bus in Cairo, 5 injured.

Five people were injured, one in a critical condition, when a bomb was hurled at a public bus in Egypt’s capital, Cairo, two days after 14 were killed in an attack on a police station in Nile... read more »

44 killed, dozens injured in Syrian bombing

44 killed, dozens injured in Syrian bombing

Cairo – At least 44 people, including six children, were killed and dozens wounded in an aerial bombardment by the Syrian regime in Aleppo... read more »

UN chief hails peaceful presidential election in Madaga...

UN chief hails peaceful presidential election in Madagascar

United Nations – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon haswelcomed the peaceful holding of Madagascar presidential election and called on all parties in the... read more »

$13 bn needed in 2014 for humanitarian aid, says UN

$13 bn needed in 2014 for humanitarian aid, says UN

Geneva – The United Nati! ons and humanitarian partners Monday appealed for some $13 billion in 2014 to help millions of people in humanitarian need... read more »

Israel fires into Lebanon in retaliation

Israel fires into Lebanon in retaliation

The Israeli army has said it fired across the Lebanese border in retaliation after accusing Lebanese troops of gunning down one of its soldiers as he drove... read more »

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45 militants surrender in Afghanistan

45 militants surrender in Afghanistan

Kabul – Forty-five militants surrendered Sunday in Baghlan province, seeking to resume normal life, in Afghanistan, an official said. “A 45-member group of militants who were involved in... read more »

CHOGM: Manmohan tells Rajapaksa he is not coming

CHOGM: Manmohan tells Rajapaksa he is not coming

New Delhi – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday sent a letter of regret to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, explaining why he is... read more »

Nasheed demands resignation of Maldives president

Nasheed demands resignation of Maldives president

Male – Former president Mohammed Nasheed, the front-runner in the long-drawn-out presidential race in the Maldives, has asked incumbent President... read more »

CHOGM boycott: Manmohan explains to Rajapaksa

CHOGM boycott: Manmohan explains to Rajapaksa

New Delhi – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday sent a letter of regret to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, explaining why he is not... read more »

Maldives Supreme Court postpones run-off in presidentia...

Maldives SC puts off presidential poll run-off

Male – Maldives Supreme Court early Sunday blocked a second round run-off to elect a new president and postponed the re-vote to Nov 16 amid deep... read more »

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Two women claim temple marriage in Gurugram, seek protection from families **Gurugram Couple Seeks Sanctuary Following Alleged Familial Threats Post Temple Union** Gurugram, Haryana – In... read more »

West Bengal Cabinet 2026: From Dilip Ghosh to Agnimitra Paul, Ministers who were sworn in ...

West Bengal Cabinet 2026: From Dilip Ghosh to Agnimitra Paul, Ministers who were sworn in along with Suvendu Adhikari **West Bengal Cabinet Takes Oath: A New Era Dawns with Fresh Faces and... read more »

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Pentagon releases video of strikes on Iranian oil tankers

Pentagon releases video of strikes on Iranian oil tankers **US Forces Intercept and Strike Iranian Tankers in Strategic Waterway** **Washington D.C.** – The United States military has publicly... read more »