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News highlights: Morocco earthquake death toll mounts to 1,037Over 1,000 people were reported dead and hundreds of others injured in an earthquake in Morocco. TDP chief and former Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu was served an arrest warrant by the state CID. The state police claimed Naidu orchestrated a fraud amounting to around Rs 300 crore in the Skill Development Corporation case. Speaking on the BJP-JD(S) alliance in Karnataka, former CM H D Kumaraswamy said, "Congress is looting the state, people need alternatives". Here are the news highlights of the day.
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<div class="paragraphs"><p>A general view of damage following a powerful earthquake in Amizmiz, Morocco, September 9, 2023. </p></div>

A general view of damage following a powerful earthquake in Amizmiz, Morocco, September 9, 2023.

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That's all for today from the world of news. See you tomorrow.

Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Saturday said that party leaders are working together in Rajasthan and it will form government again in the state. Pilot, who reviewed the preparations for party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's public meeting in Niwai in Tonk district on Sunday, said the BJP tries to divert people's attention in the name of religion, but the Congress is fully prepared. (PTI)

Magnitude 5.9 quake strikes Minahassa Peninsula in Indonesia.

DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Youth Welfare Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Saturday demanded to know the stand of principal opposition AIADMK on the Sanatan Dharma since former Chief Minister and Dravidian ideologue C N Annadurai had staunchly opposed it. (PTI)

A general view of damage following a powerful earthquake in Amizmiz, Morocco, September 9, 2023.

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Morocco's deadliest earthquake in decades has killed over 1,000 people, authorities said Saturday, causing widespread damage and sending terrified residents and tourists scrambling to safety in the middle of the night. (AFP)

 "There is a lot of hard work to do before the UK strikes a trade deal with India," Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Saturday at the G20 leaders' summit in New Delhi. (AFP)

Azerbaijan's defence ministry says Armenian forces fired on its Army positions. (Reuters)

Death toll in Morocco earthquake rose to 820. Earlier toll was around 600.

Jana Sena party chief and actor Pawan Kalyan 'strongly condemns' Chandrababu Naidu's arrest

'G20 Summit is just a medium for promotion,' says Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel

'Congress is looting the state, people need alternatives,' says H D Kumaraswamy on BJP-JD(S) alliance in Karnataka

'After PM Modi and HM Shah started to put political opponents behind bars, new disciples are also following the same,' says RJD leader on Chandrababu Naidu's arrest

'With Eknath Shinde, I will work for the youth and women of the state,' says former Rajasthan minister Rajendra Gudha after joining Shiv Sena

Crackdown against 'gangster-terrorist nexus' in the Punjab, say state police

'Naidu used Skill Development Corporation to siphon off money to personal accounts,' says Andhra CID Additional DGP

Chandrababu Naidu orchestrated around Rs 300 cr (corrected figure) Skill Development Corporation fraud, says Andhra Pradesh police

Two dozen people were injured when a private bus carrying over 60 pilgrims from West Bengal's Medinipur fell into a roadside ditch on the Bareilly-Lucknow national highway in UP: Police

TDP supporters protest Chandrababu Naidu's arrest in Hyderabad, Vizag

China's deflation pressures ease, more steps expected to spur demand

Analysts say more policy support is needed to shore up consumer demand in the world's second-biggest economy, with a labour market recovery slowing and household income expectations uncertain.

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G20 Summit hoarding decorated with flowers.

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India ready to offer all possible assistance to earthquake-hit Morocco: PM Modi

Moroccans posted videos showing buildings reduced to rubble and dust and parts of the red walls that surround the old city in historic Marrakech, a UNESCO World Heritage site, damaged.

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Chandrababu Naidu's son Nara Lokesh stages protest following his father's arrest

PM Modi condoles lives lost in Morocco earthquake, offers India's assistance

At least 296 dead, 153 injured in Morocco earthquake

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An official in Morocco said on Saturday that hundreds were killed in an earthquake, mostly in hard-to-reach areas south of Marrakesh.

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CID serves arrest warrant to TDP chief and former Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu

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(Published 09 September 2023, 08:35 IST)