HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI: At least five people were killed and four others injured when a chariot came in contact with a live electric wire during a Krishna Janmashtami procession in Hyderabad’s Ramanthapur area late Sunday night, police said. The incident occurred around...

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MUMBAI: The city continued to reel under heavy rains on Sunday, with several neighbourhoods recording triple-digit rainfall in the 24 hours ending 8.30 am. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has retained its orange alert for Mumbai and Thane through August 19,...

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THANE: A fire broke out early Thursday at a café housed in a multi-storey residential complex in Thane’s Kalwa area, forcing the evacuation of 35 residents, officials said. The blaze started around 4:58 am at Parsik Café, located on the ground floor of a six-storey...

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NEW DELHI: The Union government has objected to a Supreme Court judgment that effectively required the President to seek the court’s opinion on the constitutionality of bills, arguing that such a mandate undermines the President’s discretionary powers under the...

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LONDON: Four Indian-origin men have been arrested and charged after a violent armed assault in Bilston, near Wolverhampton, left three men injured and a car smeared in blood, police said on Sunday. The incident occurred around 6 am Friday on Arbour Drive, where...

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MADHUBANI: A 67-year-old man was killed after being attacked by over 20 monkeys while collecting fodder for his cattle at Shahpur village in Bihar’s Madhubani district on Sunday morning. The victim, identified as Ramnath Chaudhary, a retired clerk of the now-defunct...

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