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Falana urges Nigerians to look beyond Abuja, hold states, LGs accountable
Mr Falana also criticised state authorities' continued control of local government finances, despite the Supreme Court's July 2024 judgment.
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Constitution must guide judiciary where law is silent: CJI Surya Kant
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said the judiciary is now confronted with questions which were scarcely imaginable a decade ago
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Electrocution behind 32 of 49 elephant deaths in Andhra’s Chittoor since 2015
Chittoor Collector Sumit Kumar orders 150 critical spots with low-hanging power lines to be fixed within a month
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TVK has forgotten its promises: Edappadi Palaniswami
“Chaos prevails in every department. Many departments and the officials concerned are unable to implement the programmes due to lack of coordination,”says Mr. Palaniswami
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First casualty retrieved from Eastleigh building collapse
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 30 – Rescue teams have retrieved the body of the first casualty from the collapsed multi-storey building on 9th Street in Eastleigh, Kamukunji MP Yusuf Hassan has announced. Hassan said the victim was a woman, expressing grief over the loss as the search for people still trapped beneath the rubble entered its eighth day.
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BRS MLAs accuse Telangana CM of letting 1,000 tmc ft Godavari water flow to Andhra Pradesh
The Opposition MLA allege nearly 13,000 cusecs flowed down from Medigadda Barrage site on Friday
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Binance reports $6.3bn security breach, pledges to cover losses
Binance said it expected to resume withdrawals within 48 hours, promising to provide further updates.
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‘Mwezi wa Baba’: Oburu expected to address ODM’s Jacaranda rally via live link
ODM leader to address major party rally in Nairobi for the first time in three months.
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Brazil's new anti-gang law: Can it curb organized crime?
A tough stance against organized crime? One year after a massacre that left more than 130 people dead, a new law aims to crack down on drug cartels in Rio's favelas.
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Forget water features – a tiny pond will bring wildlife to your garden
You might think ponds are complicated things with liners, but you can make one from a washing-up bowl Do you remember the 90s, when everyone was obsessed with “water features”, mostly thanks to Charlie Dimmock? There have been a fair few naturalistic streams (such as A Rewilding Britain Landscape by Lulu Urquhart and Adam Hunt, with beaver-gnawed twigs, which controversially won best in show in 2022), but scant fountains or burbling rocks.
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Aid convoy enters besieged Ukrainian town Oleshky
Moscow and Kyiv have so far observed the six-day truce as evacuations from Oleshky get under way.
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Dakar Rally 2027 to be held in Portugal, Morocco as Saudi hosting revoked
Organisers say moving Dakar Rally, likely scheduled January 9-23, out of Saudi Arabia was 'exceptional and one-off'.
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Chopper with six on board crashes near Uttarakhand’s Joshimath
Rescue operations under way; the helicopter, belonging to a private company, was returning to Dehradun from Badrinath when it crashed around 2.20 p.m., officials said
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Helicopter carrying six people crashes in northern Indian state
The aircraft reportedly took off from the Hindu pilgrimage site of Badrinath on Friday afternoon before losing contact.
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AFCON returns to 2-year cycle after CAF reverses quadrennial decision
Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda will cohost the next AFCON in 2027, with subsequent tournaments in 2028, 2031 and 2033.
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Saudi Arabia reports interception of Houthi drone targeting Mecca
Houthis deny targeting the region of the Muslim holy city as hostilities continue to escalate.
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Keralam private bus operators call off hunger strike; govt agrees to wet-lease private buses
During discussions with representatives of Kerala State Private Bus Operators’ Federation, Transport assures that steps will be taken to accord ‘industry status’ to private bus sector
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Keralam’s 70th anniversary marks beginning of dream journey to become India’s best State: CM
CM launches logo for ‘Festival of Kerala 2026’
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Cyclone Arnab: Bhubaneswar-Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat among 35 trains cancelled
Water over railway bridges between Ichchapuram and Jhadupudi halts services on the Chennai-Howrah main line
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Retd. IAS officer S. Natarajan is Tamil Nadu Chief Information Commissioner
IAS officer S. Natarajan is Tamil Nadu Chief Information Commissioner. S. Mahalakshmi, T.K. Shabeer, C.B. Meena, and P. Mahalingam appointed State Information Commissioners
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Afcon to return to two-year cycle after Caf U-turn
The Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) will return to its traditional two-year cycle after a review into December's decision to host it every four years instead.
