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An earthquake of 5.4 magnitude hit Meghalaya and the northern region of Bangladesh on Monday evening, officials said here. There was no immediate report of any loss of life or damage to property, they said. The earthquake took place at 8.19 pm, and the location was 49 km south-east of Cherrapunjee in Meghalaya, the National Center for Seismology said. The depth of the quake was 16 km, it said.

Red alert in Himachal Pradesh for the next 24 hours. There has been heavy rain in many districts of the state for the last couple of days, causing waterlogging and flooding and disrupting the normal lives of the people.

Chandrayaan-3 ventured closer to the lunar surface on Monday with another successful maneuver of the spacecraft by ISRO, the national space agency said.

At least 16 people were killed in two landslides in Shimla and a cloudburst in Solan as rain wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh on Monday.

Congress leader Randeep Surjewala on Sunday accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of "misleading" Parliament and the people of the country about the three new bills introduced in the Lok Sabha that seek to overhaul the country's criminal justice system and demanded a wider consultations on the proposed legislations involving legal experts and public.

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Clock Tower at Lal Chowk in Srinagar lit up in Tricolour ahead of Independence Day

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Central Reserve Force (CRPF) got 33 Gallantry Medals

Central Reserve Force (CRPF) got 33 Gallantry Medals on Independence Day that includes 20 Medals for gallantry in five operations  conducted in Jammu and kashmir while 13 Medals were conferred on the Bravehearts who displayed gallant action in four operations in LWE infested areas. Two bravehearts were also awarded with the Police Medal for gallantry (Posthumous): CRPF

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I join my fellow citizens in paying grateful tribute to the known and unknown freedom fighters: Murmu

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My heartiest greetings to all on our 77th Independence Day: Prez Murmu

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Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January- July 2023 were 88,194,000: DGCA

Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January- July 2023 were 88,194,000 as against 66,954,000 during the corresponding period of previous year thereby registering annual growth of 31.72 per cent and monthly growth of 24.68 per cent, according to DGCA.

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We will boycott Governor's Independence Day tea party over his pro-NEET stand, says TN CM Stalin

Staunchly denouncing Governor R N Ravi's pro-NEET stand, Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday said his government would boycott the tea party to be hosted by him on Independence Day.

Two days ago, Ravi had said that he would never give assent to the Tamil Nadu Assembly Bill to exempt the state from the purview of the national test "if he had the power to do so". The Governor's statement has shocked students and young people., Chief Minister Stalin said, condemning Ravi's words.

 

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Thousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance found buried in ground at Cambodian school

Cambodian authorities have temporarily closed a high school where thousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance from the country's nearly three decades of civil war have been unearthed.

The ordnance was found at the school in the northeastern province of Kratie after deminers were invited to search for buried landmines on the campus before a new building was constructed, Chheang Heng, the provincial deputy chief for education. More than 1,000 students study at Queen Kossamak high school.

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8 people booked over inflammatory social media post in UP's Bareilly

Eight people have been booked for allegedly making an inflammatory post and spreading it on social media in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday.

Superintendent of Police (Rural) Raj Kumar Agarwal said a video clipping of Muharram, along with objectionable remarks, was posted on 'X', formerly known as Twitter, by a person identified as Nazim Raza. It was made viral by seven others with the intention to trigger communal disturbance, the police said

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Chandrayaan-3 undergoes another orbit reduction manoeuvre, gets closer to Moon's surface

Chandrayaan-3 ventured closer to the lunar surface on Monday with another successful maneuver of the spacecraft by ISRO, the national space agency said.

The Bengaluru-headquartered space agency said the spacecraft has now achieved a "near-circular orbit" around the Moon.

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Mobile internet service restored in Haryana's Nuh two weeks after violence

Mobile internet service has been restored in Nuh district of Haryana, two weeks after it was suspended following communal clashes that claimed six lives, police said on Monday.

According to the police, the service was restored Sunday midnight.

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MP: Vande Bharat train window damaged as man throws stones; arrested

A glass window of the Bhopal-Delhi Vande Bharat Express train was damaged after a person threw stones at it in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district, an official said on Monday.

The incident took place at around 10 am on Sunday near Banmore railway station and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) has arrested a man in this connection, he said.

 

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Will prosecute deposed Prez Bazoum for 'high treason', says Niger's coup

Niger's mutinous soldiers say they will prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for high treason and undermining state security, hours after they said they were open to dialogue with West African nations to resolve the mounting regional crisis.

The announcement on state television on Sunday night, by spokesman Col. Maj. Amadou Abdramane, said the military regime had gathered the necessary evidence to prosecute before competent national and international authorities the ousted president and his local and foreign accomplices for high treason and for undermining the internal and external security of Niger.

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Rain wreaks havoc in Uttarakhand's Maldevta, defence building collapses

The defence college building in Uttarakhand's Maldevta collapsed on Monday as torrential rains pounded the state, flooding major rivers and their tributaries and causing landslides along the national highways to Badrinath, Kedarnath and Gangotri shrines, officials said.

Several people are feared to be buried in landslides triggered by heavy rains in the state.

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Himachal Pradesh: 16 killed in Shimla landslides, Solan cloudburst

At least 16 people were killed in two landslides in Shimla and a cloudburst in Solan as rain wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh on Monday.

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said nine bodies have been pulled out of the debris from a Shiv temple in the Summer Hill area that collapsed and the other site in the Fagli area where several houses were buried under mud and slush.

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Landslide results in temple building collapsing in Shimla amid heavy rains, people feared trapped in debris

A temple reportedly collapsed due to a massive landslide in Shimla's Summer Hill earlier today. Several people are feared trapped under the debris, PTI has reported.