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Daily Archives: July 9, 2023

Senior US diplomat to discuss minority rights, free speech in India

NEW DELHI: Senior US diplomat for human rights Uzra Zeya will visit India and Bangladesh next week but might skip a trip...

12 die in WB panchayat poll clashes

NEW DELHI: The three-tier West Bengal panchayat elections concluded on a bloody note on Saturday with 12 persons reported killed, many injured,...

Chandigarh records highest 24-hour July rain in 23 years

CHANDIGARH: The City has recorded the highest 24-hour rainfall in July from Saturday to Sunday, breaking the record of nearly 23 years....

IMD issues red alert for Himachal, Uttarakhand

NEW DELHI: After receiving heavy rain today, the northwest region, especially Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi, is expected to receive more rain...

8 die as building collapses in Brazil

SAO PAULO: An apartment building collapsed in northeastern Brazil on Friday morning, leaving at least eight people dead and five missing, officials...

Thousands march in Bosnia to mark Srebrenica genocide

NEZUK: A solemn peace march started on Saturday through forests in eastern Bosnia in memory of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe’s only...

Iran executes two for attack on Shiraz shrine

TEHRAN: The two men convicted in the October 2022 attack on the Shah Cheragh holy shrine in the southern Iranian city of...

Far-right candidate’s election to German county raises concerns

SONNEBERG: Mike Knoth is more than thrilled that a far-right populist party’s candidate recently won the county administration in his hometown in...

SL Speaker thanks India for help during economic crisis, says ‘you saved us, prevented...

COLOMBO: Expressing his gratitude to “trustworthy friend” India for saving Sri Lanka and preventing a “bloodbath” during its unprecedented economic crisis last...

Wagner fighters preparing to move to Belarus: Senior commander

MOSCOW: Mercenary fighters of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner group are preparing to move to Belarus under the terms of a deal that defused...