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Rot in KPSC recruitment runs deep
A new scandal has hit the Karnataka State Public Service Commission (KPSC) — the State’s premier recruiting agency — even as the government has launched one of the largest recruitment drives to fill up 72,186 posts across departments. The commission has been in the news for the wrong reasons multiple times over the last two…
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Trump to attend FIFA World Cup final on July 19: White House
U.S. President Donald Trump will also attend a reception for football’s world governing body, FIFA, at Trump Tower in New York on July 17, 2026. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump will attend Sunday’s World Cup final between Spain and Argentina, the White House said, saving his first appearance at the tournament…
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Six murders, a dead suspect and a chilling trail gone cold
For 63 hours, the answers to six murders in a quiet farming village near Hyderabad lay with a man who had simply disappeared. His phone was on airplane mode. Surveillance cameras captured him stepping onto railway tracks as a train approached, only for him to step away at the last moment. A bus ticket to…
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Peace in Ukraine unlikely to be reached soon, Polish PM says
Prime Minister Tusk said Poland would host military exercises with French and British troops so that they can be prepared to ensure security for Ukraine. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday (July 14, 2026) it seemed very unlikely that peace in Ukraine would be reached soon and he…
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Raise public issues during monsoon session of Parliament, Jagan tells YSRCP MPs
YSRCP president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy addressing the YSR Congress Parliamentary Party meeting on Thursday. YSRCP president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday said governance in Andhra Pradesh completely collapsed and directed the party MPs to raise people’s issues, corruption, illegal cases, farmer distress, employee problems, rising debt and scams in both Houses of Parliament…
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EU court upholds Spain’s amnesty law for Catalan separatists
The Court of Justice of the European Union agreed with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s longstanding argument that the amnesty law complies with EU legislation. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The European Union’s top Court handed a symbolic victory to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday (July 16, 2026), upholding his contested 2024 amnesty law…