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Axis Bank manager arrested for embezzling 6.5 crore from NRI account

Axis Bank manager arrested for embezzling 6.5 crore from NRI account ## Bank Official Detained in Alleged Embezzlement Scheme Targeting Non-Resident Accounts **[City, State] – [Date]** – Authorities have apprehended a manager at Axis Bank in connection with an alleged multi-crore embezzlement... read more »

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Consultation on mental health and technology

Consultation on mental health and technology ## Navigating the Digital Frontier: Experts Convene to Discuss Mental Health’s Technological Interface A pivotal consultation aimed at understanding and shaping the complex relationship between mental health and emerging technologies has recently... read more »

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Ensure hostels are fully equipped before schools reopen, Naidu directs offi...

Ensure hostels are fully equipped before schools reopen, Naidu directs officials **Chief Minister Mandates Readiness for School Reopening, Emphasizes Swift Justice for Women** **[City, State] – [Date]** – In a proactive move to ensure a seamless transition as educational institutions prepare to... read more »

Workers protest over wage hike leads to ...

Workers protest over wage hike leads to unrest, violent face-off in Noida

Workers protest over wage hike leads to unrest, violent face-off in Noida U.P. forms high-level committee to resolve industrial discord; U.P. CM Yogi Adityanath appeals to workers to be wary of those attempting to spread industrial unrest; trade unions see link between protests and the... 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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Iranian rabbi describes Israels destruction of a Tehran synagogue **Tehran Synagogue Reportedly Destroyed in Israeli Airstrike** A prominent rabbi in Tehran has described the devastating... read more »

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NIA to take over terror links case from NTR Police

NIA to take over terror links case from NTR Police **National Investigating Agency Assumes Control of High-Profile Terror Nexus Investigation** **[City, State] – [Date]** – A significant shift in... read more »