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Mud festival Chikhal Kalo celebrates connection between farmers, Mother Ea
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A video of people in Goa celebrating the traditional mud festival is going viral on social media. The 3-minute 21-second video clip shows locals in Goa's Marcel village celebrating the traditional mud festival locally known as 'Chikhal Kalo'.
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MP: Crime Branch arrests 3 persons in connection with looting plastic trad
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The accused looted the plastic trader, V Satish, a resident of Madurai, Tamil Nadu in Gandhi Nagar locality in the state capital Bhopal on June 23. The accused had left the businessman on the highway by tying his hands and legs and fled away.
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One person dies, two missing after heavy rain in Japan
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Record-breaking rainfall pelted sections of western Japan and the southwestern Kyushu region, leaving one person dead and two others missing, according to local officials and the weather agency, Kyodo News reported.
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France: 45,000 police officers deployed to deal with night rioting
Updated : 3 years ago IST
France's Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Friday (local time) said the country is deploying 45,000 police officers to deal with any night rioting, Al Jazeera reported.
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48 killed in Kenya road crash
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"So far, we can confirm 48 dead and we are suspecting one or two are still trapped under the truck," local police commander Geoffrey Mayek said after the accident on the highway between the towns of Kericho and Nakuru on Friday night.
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Thousands stranded on Nepal highway as landslide blocks road
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Passengers stranded for about 24 hours were seen sitting alongside the road waiting for roads to reopen and head to their destination. Local police had blocked the road section at various places to avoid overcrowding in the exit points of the highways.
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Andhra Pradesh: Realtor couple kidnapped in Visakhapatnam, four arrested
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A realtor couple identified as Patnala Srinivas and Lova Lakshmi migrated from Vijayawada to Visakhapatnam were engaged in their business. However, they were allegedly kidnapped by a gang of five members on Wednesday, creating a stir locally.
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Congress slams 'double engine troublesome' governments for blocking Gandhi
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Congress has lashed out at the "double engine troublesome governments" of the Bharatiya Janata Party at the centre and in Manipur for blocking Rahul Gandhi's visit to meet the affected people, despite having valid permission from the local administration that he could visit the places by
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Mumbai: 24-year-old girl molested on moving local train
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Mumbai Central GRP Police has registered a case against an unknown person under section 354 of IPC for molesting a 24-year-old girl on a moving local train in Mumbai.
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China's local governmnet used fake property deals to boost revenue by USD1
Updated : 3 years ago IST
China's local government inflated revenue by around USD 12 billion last year through fake land sales, the national auditor said, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
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'588th Coronation day of Gajapati Kapilendra Deva celebrated in Cuttack, B
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to local lore, the Gajapati's coronation happened at the Papanasini Temple. An image depicting a royal procession is fixed to the wall of Kapali Mutt, which contains an Odia inscription mentioning the name of 'Kapileswara Deba Raja' (Kapilendra Deva) and his 17th regnal year.
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf senior leader Ali Muhammad Khan sent to jail on j
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Ali Muhammad Khan was on Wednesday sent to jail on a 14-day judicial remand by a local court in Mardan in a corruption case, according to Khaama Press.
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