21-08-2025 NEW DELHI/ GIGHA: First announced in December 2018 and completed in May this year, the Digha temple has been pitched by Banerjee and her governing Trinamool Congress (TMC) party as West Bengal’s alternative to the more popular Jagannath Temple in neighboring Odisha state’s Puri town, about 350km (217 miles) …
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21-08-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least 18,885 children are among the more than 62,000 Palestinians killed by Israel since the start of its genocidal war in Gaza nearly two years ago, Gaza’s Government Media Office has said. The staggering, grim toll comes as the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, …
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21-08-2025 WASHINGTON: The State Department has revoked more than 6,000 international student visas because of violations of US law and overstays, the department told media. The agency said the “vast majority” of the violations were assault, driving under the influence (DUI), burglary and “support for terrorism”. The move comes as …
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21-08-2025 MEXICO CITY: Six severed heads have been found on a road in central Mexico, in an area not normally associated with cartel violence. Local authorities made the discovery early on Tuesday morning on a route that links the broadly peaceful states of Puebla and Tlaxcala. Police have not given …
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21-08-2025 JERUSALEM: Israel’s Prime Minister (PM) has accused his Australian counterpart of having “betrayed Israel” and “abandoned” Australia’s Jewish community, after days of growing strain between the two countries. Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that history would remember Anthony Albanese “for what he is; a weak politician”. Australia barred a …
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21-08-2025 WASHINGTON: The US has reached bilateral deportation agreements with Honduras and Uganda as part of its crackdown on illegal immigration, according documents obtained by media. Uganda has agreed to take an unclear number of African and Asian migrants who had claimed asylum on the US-Mexico border, while Honduras will …
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20-08-2025 By SJA Jafri KARACHI: Authorities in Pakistan’s Sindh province have imposed an emergency in Karachi, the country’s largest city and commercial capital, after flash floods triggered by heavy rain inundated vast swathes of the metropolis, killing dozens people in separate incidents. The downpour on Tuesday brought life to a …
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Thousands of Palestinians leave Gaza City fearing Israeli offensive 20-08-2025 GAZA CITY: Fearing an imminent Israeli ground offensive, thousands of Palestinians have left their homes in eastern areas of Gaza City, now under constant Israeli bombardment, for points to the west and south in the shattered territory. Israel’s plan to …
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20-08-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India aims to slash taxes on small cars and insurance premiums as part of a sweeping reform of its Goods & Services Tax (GST), a government source said on Monday, sparking a rally in Indian stock markets. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration revealed plans over …
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20-08-2025 NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar will begin its general elections on 28 December, its military government announced, in a phased poll widely condemned as a sham that will be used to entrench the junta’s power. This will be the first vote since the junta seized power in a bloody coup in 2021 …
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