KARWAR: An explosion near the Indian Navy’s ammunition storage facility in Uttara Kannada district triggered panic on Thursday afternoon, with more than 30 houses in nearby villages developing cracks and residents reporting tremor-like vibrations. The blast, which...

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Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday granted permission to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to proceed with the proposed Coastal Road North — the 26.3-km Versova–Bhayander Development Plan (DP) road — a project that will involve the felling of up to...

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BRUSSELS: The European Union on Friday agreed to indefinitely freeze Russian assets held in Europe, a move aimed at preventing Hungary and Slovakia — both led by governments seen as friendly to Moscow — from blocking the use of the funds to support Ukraine. Invoking a...

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A senior Kremlin official has said Russian police and National Guard units will continue to operate in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region even if a peace agreement brings an end to the nearly four-year-long war — a condition Ukraine is widely expected to reject. Kremlin...

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NEW DELHI: Eighteen-year-old Aryan Yadav stepped out on a cold night to attend a friend’s wedding, choosing a shortcut through Shastri Nagar. A few hours later, he was found lying in a pool of blood at the same spot, fatally stabbed during a robbery attempt after...

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