NOIDA: The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday removed Lokesh M as CEO of the Noida Authority and constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the death of software engineer Yuvraj Mehta, who drowned on Friday night after his car fell into a waterlogged...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday delivered a sharp warning to Iran’s Khamenei-led leadership, pledging an “unprecedented” response if Tehran launches an attack on Israel, according to Xinhua. Speaking in the Knesset, Netanyahu said, “If it makes a...

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DEHRADUN/KULLU/SRINAGAR: For decades, forest fires in the Himalayas followed a familiar pattern — flaring up in late spring and early summer as rising temperatures, dry winds and accumulated leaf litter made forests vulnerable. Winter, by contrast, was a time of snow,...

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BENGALURU: A 25-year-old man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly threatening a family travelling in a car with a knife following a road rage incident in Whitefield. The episode, captured on the car’s dashcam near Nexus Shantiniketan Mall on Friday evening, was later...

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JAIPUR: Prolonged incarceration without the start of trial erodes constitutional justice and should ordinarily lead to the grant of bail, former Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud said on Sunday, citing cases such as that of Umar Khalid and cautioning courts to...

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NEW DELHI: Eight Army personnel were injured on Sunday during a prolonged encounter with terrorists in a remote forest area in the upper reaches of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district. The clash broke out when security forces made contact with terrorists during a...

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