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Kabul, Apr 19: Three explosions ripped through a boys' school in a Shia-dominated neighborhood of Kabul Tuesday, killing at least 20 students. The death toll is likely to mount, according to Afghan security officials, as cited by media outlets. Local reports and eyewitnesses said a suicide bomber targeted a school in west Kabul’s Dashte Barchi, a predominantly Shia neighborhood. The blast occurred

Rae Bareli, Apr 19: Seven persons were arrested after a video—that showed a Class 10 Dalit student being assaulted and made to lick the feet of his peers—went viral on social media. A 2 min 30-second video viral on social media shows the boy sitting on the ground with his hands on his ears – a sign of punishment. The accused can be sitting on motorcycles, some of them laughing as the victim shakes

Bengaluru, Apr 18: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said arrests have been made and an investigation is on in connection with the violence in Hubbali over a social media post. Action will be taken against those guilty in accordance with law, he told reporters here. "Arrests have been made and investigation is on. All those behind it, also leaders behind it, will face the

Hubballi, Apr 18: More than 100 persons have been detained in connection with the large-scale violence following a provocative social media post targeting Muslims in the city and the accused are likely to be produced in a court on Monday. The situation continues to be tense and tight security arrangements are in place, with prohibitory orders in effect till April 20. Chief Minister Basavaraj

New Delhi, Apr 18: India logged 2,183 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,30,44,280, while the active cases declined to 11,542, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,21,965 with 214 fresh fatalities, including 213 from Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. Monday's numbers logged a 90 per cent jump in

Mangaluru, Apr 18: Five youth were killed after they reportedly inhaled toxic gas at a fish processing centre in Mangaluru Special Economic Zone (MSEZ) on city’s outskirts last night. The dead youth were identified as Samirulla Islam, Ummar Farooq, Nizamuddin Saaz, Mirajulla Islam, Sarafat Ali from West Bengal. While first three of them were declared dead on arrival at the private hospital last

Islamabad, Apr 17: The conversation that rattled the then Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government in Pakistan took place on March 7 at a farewell lunch for the country’s ambassador to the US Asad Majeed Khan at his residence in Washington, which is also known as Pakistan House, a media report said on Sunday. Citing diplomatic and official sources, Dawn newspaper reported that a note-taker also

Hubballi, Apr 17: 12 police personnel have suffered injuries and more than 45 persons have been arrested in connection to the Saturday midnight violence on in Hubballi, Police Commissioner Labhu Ram has said. Speaking to media persons on Sunday after taking stock of the situation in old Hubballi, Labhu Ram said that six cases had been registered with regard to damage to public property and stone

Bengaluru, Apr 17: Former union minister C M Ibrahim, who recently jumped back from Indian National Congress to Janata Dal (Secular), today took charge as the Karnataka state unit president of the regional party. He succeeded Sakleshpur MLA H K Kumaraswamy, who resigned from the post earlier today. The latter took over as the President of the JD(S) Parliamentary Board. Earlier Mr H K Kumaraswamy

Palakkad, Apr 17: The two back-to-back murders of an RSS and a PFI leader in the last couple of days in the district were part of a pre-planned conspiracy, police said on Sunday. ADGP (Law and Order) Vijay Sakhare, who reached Palakkad after the murder of RSS leader S K Srinivasan (45), told reporters here that "there is a conspiracy behind both murders. We will find out who is behind it. The