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Asaram’s plea for interim bail: Don’t want any untoward thing to happen, says Supreme Court
Asaram was convicted on April 25, 2018 for sexually assaulting a minor student at his ashram and was sentenced to life imprisonment under multiple provisions of the IPC, the POCSO Act, and Juvenile Justice Act. File | Photo Credit: PTI “We don’t want any untoward thing to happen,” the Supreme Court said on Friday (July…
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Andy Burnham confirmed as new Labour leader, U.K. PM-designate
Andy Burnham arrives for a labour party leadership special conference in London, on July 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Andy Burnham was on Friday (July 17, 2026) confirmed as the newly elected leader of the U.K.’s governing Labour Party, becoming the Prime Minister-designate to take charge at 10 Downing Street next week. Labour’s National…
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Sonam Wangchuk loses over 9 kg, weakens significantly on 19th day of hunger strike: CJP
Activist Sonam Wangchuk during his 19th Day hunger strike along with Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijit Dipke, seeking resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination irregularities and NEET paper leak, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Activist Sonam Wangchuk has lost…
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Europe’s early heat wave led to rise in deaths, may have killed over 10,000
Heat that hit Europe exceptionally early and hard this year appears to have led to a spike in deaths, with well over 10,000 more people dying at the height of the heat wave than would normally have been expected, according to figures that are still emerging across the continent. Measures of what researchers call “excess…
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Pakistan cargo crash families call for global help to recover black boxes
Relatives of the five crew members aboard a Boeing 737 cargo plane that crashed into the Arabian Sea off Pakistan last week are urging an international search effort to find the flight recorders to determine the cause. Debris from the K2 Airways freighter was recovered shortly after the July 7 crash, but the water in…
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Civilian ‘dies of gunshot wound’ in J&K’s Bhaderwah; internet suspended in Chenab Valley areas
Police personnel and others gather after a man was killed and three Special Operations Group (SOG) personnel were injured in firing when he allegedly tried to snatch a service rifle, in Bhaderwah, Doda district, Jammu and Kashmir, on July 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: – A civilian allegedly died of “gunshot wounds” in the Chenab…