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May 20, 2024 11:37 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Iran asked for assistance over Raisi’s helicopter crash, says US
“I’m not going to get into the details, but we were asked by the Iranian government for assistance,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told.
World News Live Updates: Joe Biden slams ‘outrageous’ ICC bid to arrest Israeli leaders amid war
Antony Blinken separately warned that efforts to secure a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza could be harmed by the move by the Hague-based court.
Cities Live Updates: Ludhiana: Woman loses ₹50,000 to snatcher
A woman lost her purse containing ₹50,000 in cash to a snatcher in Model Town on Sunday. The police lodged an FIR against an unidentified accused. The accused was captured in the CCTVs installed near the spot.
Cities Live Updates: Ludhiana: Woman loses ₹50,000 to snatcher
A woman lost her purse containing ₹50,000 in cash to a snatcher in Model Town on Sunday. The police lodged an FIR against an unidentified accused. The accused was captured in the CCTVs installed near the spot.
Cities Live Updates: Ludhiana: In scorching heat, newborn girl found abandoned on factory roof
Labourer Aruna Devi, who noticed the newborn, stated that she looked for the mother of the newborn for a while and later informed the police, when she found no one around
Cities Live Updates: PSPCL lineman, ex-sarpanch held for accepting ₹12k bribe
The spokesperson of the state VB said this case has been registered following a complaint lodged by a retired assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Balwinder Singh, a resident of Guru Nanak Nagar Colony, Khanna, on the anti-corruption action line.
India News Live Updates: ‘Delhi ministers spreading lies…I will take you to court’: Swati Maliwal hits back at AAP
May 20, 2024 10:47 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: 3 arrested for helping 20 criminals flee abroad
Two immigration agents from Delhi are among the three accused, say the police. Among the escapees are dreaded gangster Gopi Nawanshahria, a close associate of Pakistan-based terrorist Harvinder, alias Rinda, Sukhjit Singh of Sangrur and Gurpreet Singh from Ludhiana.
Cities Live Updates: West Champaran: Three-time BJP MP relies on Modi factor in fourth bid
Sanjay Jaiswal has won the West Champaran seat thrice since 2009. His father late Madan Prasad Jaiswal won the erstwhile Bettiah Lok Sabha seat thrice, in 1996, 1998 and 1999.
India News Live Updates: Odisha CM slams BJP’s Sambit Patra for calling Lord Jagannath ‘bhakt’ of Modi, Kejriwal calls it ‘height of arrogance’
Sambit Patra, the BJP candidate from Puri, clarified that his comment was a slip of the tongue and asked Odisha chief minister not to make an issue out of it.
World News Live Updates: Ebrahim Raisi’s death complicates political road map of Iranian extremist faction: Iran expert Vali Nasr
Top Iran expert Vali Nasr said that contrary to widely held perceptions that saw it as just a totalitarian dictatorship, the Iranian polity was complex
Cities Live Updates: Long use of mobile phones leading to hearing disorders: PGIMER
Otolaryngologist Dr Sanjay Munjal stressed that children should not use gadgets for more than an hour a day. His department offers various therapies, including speech stimulation, and they have submitted a project to the ICMR for a comprehensive study on this matter.