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Air India plane crash | AAIB says too early to reach definite conclusions, probe still under way
Amid a media report putting the responsibility on a pilot for the Air India Boeing 787-8 'Dreamliner' crash, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on Thursday said it is not the time to create public anxiety or angst towards safety of Indian aviation Industry, particularly on the basis of "unfounded facts", while insisting that it is "too early to reach to any definite conclusions".
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'Without necessary permissions': Karnataka govt blames RCB for June 4 stampede; Virat Kohli's video mentioned in report
The Karnataka government, in its status report, has placed the onus on the management of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) cricket team for the large congregation of people outside the gates of the M Chinnaswamy stadium, leading to a stampede resulting in 11 deaths on June 4, 2025.
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Renukaswamy murder case: SC frowns upon Karnataka HC granting bail to Kannada actor Darshan
The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed its reservation over the Karnataka High Court granting bail to Kannada actor Darshan in Renukaswamy murder case. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said it was “not at all convinced” by the manner in which the high court exercised its discretion.
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ED charge sheet against Vadra, others in Shikohpur land deal case
The Enforcement Directorate has filed a charge sheet against Robert Vadra, the businessman husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in a money laundering case linked to a land deal in Haryana's Shikohpur, official sources said on Thursday.
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Gold smuggling case: Ranya Rao, two accomplices to remain in jail for at least a year
The three suspects, including Kannada actor Ranya Rao, in the infamous gold smuggling case, will remain in jail for at least a year under provisions of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 (COFEPOSA).
Kanwarias go on rampage again; ransack shops, vehicles in UP and Uttarakhand
Reports of ‘kanwarias’ (devotees carrying pitchers filled with sacred Ganga waters to be offered at Shiva temple during the Hindu month of Shravana) going on the rampage on the kanwar routes in Uttar Pradesh and the neighboring Uttarakhand over minor incidents have been pouring unabated since the kanwar yatra began a few days back.
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One killed and many injured in police firing during forest eviction drive in Assam
One person died and several others were injured after police in Assam's Goalpara district opened fire on Thursday to disperse an angry mob, who were evicted from a reserve forest, last week. Police and forest personnel carried out an eviction drive in Paikan Reserve Forest in western Goalpara on July 12 and evicted over 1,000 families and cleared nearly 150 acres of land.
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Cop who quit over Siddaramaiah's angry gesture appointed as DCP of Belagavi City Police
Narayan Baramani, the Additional Superintendent of Police, Dharwad on whom Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had raised a hand during a Congress convention in April and who had recently resigned, was appointed as the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) of the Belagavi City Police on Thursday.
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I.N.D.I.A. bloc leaders to meet for the first time since 2024 Lok Sabha polls
Leaders of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc are scheduled to meet on Saturday (July 19) evening for the first time in over 13 months after the Lok Sabha results but Trinamool Congress and AAP are all set to give it a slip following political compulsions.
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In touch with local authorities in Yemen to resolve issue: MEA on Nimisha Priya case
India on Thursday said it is in touch with local authorities in Yemen as well as with certain friendly nations in finding a solution to the case of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse on death row. Priya's execution was scheduled for July 16 but it was postponed.
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US President Donald Trump set to visit Pakistan in September: Reports
US President Donald Trump is expected to visit Pakistan in September, two local television news channels reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. If confirmed, the visit would be the first by a US president since nearly two decades ago, when President George W Bush visited Pakistan in 2006.
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