Latest News, Live Updates Today July 17, 2024: Cross-border drug smuggling rackets busted in Amritsar, six held with 9.2kg heroin
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July 17, 2024 5:55 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Cross-border drug smuggling rackets busted in Amritsar, six held with 9.2kg heroin
- Accused were directly in touch with Pakistan-based smugglers and were supplying consignments of weapons and drugs across the state after collecting consignments via drones
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July 17, 2024 5:47 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Maharashtra unveils ambitious tourism policy for 2024; rural sector in focus
- The policy identifies key areas to boost tourism’s contribution to Maharashtra’s goal of becoming a $1 trillion economy by 2028
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July 17, 2024 5:36 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Lara Trump recounts harrowing moment she witnessed father-in-law Donald Trump’s assassination attempt
- “It was not just for the audience at the rally,” the RNC co-chair said of the moment Trump hoisted his fist after being shot
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July 17, 2024 5:33 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Kerala rains: Red alert in Wayanad, Orange alert for several districts
- The Central Water Commission (CWC) has warned about a dangerous rise in levels of various rivers in the southern state.
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July 17, 2024 5:32 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Worker killed in blast at chemical reactor in Andra Padesh’s Anakapalle
- The incident took place at Vasant Chemicals which manufactures speciality chemicals used as intermediaries in the pharmaceutical industry at around 9am, said police.
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July 17, 2024 5:20 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Fungal European blight hits apple crop amid high humidity in Himachal Pradesh
- Combination of less rain last winter and intermittent rainfall in June this year created an environment conducive to disease development.
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July 17, 2024 5:19 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Atiq Ahmed’s property worth ₹50 crore transferred to Uttar Pradesh government
- District Government Advocate (Criminal) Gulab Chandra Agrahari stated that Atiq acquired 2.377 hectares of land using money from crime-related activities
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July 17, 2024 5:13 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Haryana govt announces 10% quota for Agniveers in state level recruitment among other benefits
- Cheif Minister Nayab Singh Saini announced other measures including age relaxation and subsidies to certain industrial units that employ Agniveers
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July 17, 2024 5:07 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Akhilesh Yadav’s ‘unstable’ jab at Yogi Adityanath govt prompts Keshav Maurya’s comeback
- Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday claimed that the BJP government in the state is unstable and fighting among themselves.
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July 17, 2024 4:56 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: India’s best bar for 2024 is in Bengaluru, ranked 40th in Asia’s top 50 bars: Report
- ZLB23, a “secret” bar known for its Prohibition-era charm in Bengaluru, has been named the best bar in India and ranked 40th in Asia’s 50 Best Bars for 2024.
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July 17, 2024 4:51 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Still no sign of Prince Harry’s Spare paperback after 18 months of release, here’s why
- Publisher of Prince Harry’s memoir are looking out for more “sensational” bombshells to push for the Spare paperback. However, it seems unlikely.
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July 17, 2024 4:37 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Clinical ops with intel, tech support to counter terrorists in Jammu region
- Security forces identify 48 locations in six districts of Rajouri, Poonch, Reasi, Kathua, Udhampur and Doda for multi-force deployment
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July 17, 2024 4:35 PM IST
India News Live Updates: ‘They say militancy is ending, we don’t see it happening’: Omar Abdullah on J&K terror attacks spike
- National Conference leader, Omar Abdullah stated that the Doda incident was not the first time and that Jammu had been under attack for the past year
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July 17, 2024 4:33 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: ‘Tough to run companies’: Bengaluru founders lash out over Kannadiga reservation Bill
- As Bengaluru has over five lakh registered start-ups and global MNCs, the latest ‘reservations for Kannadigas’ Bill created a discussion among business leaders
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July 17, 2024 4:31 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Takeaways from Republican National Convention Day 2: Nikki Haley, DeSantis endorse Trump
July 17, 2024 4:04 PM IST
India News Live Updates: BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari wants Minority Morcha scrapped: ‘Unke saath jo hamare saath’
July 17, 2024 3:53 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Kolkata local’s hilarious take on Bengaluru’s ‘AC’-like weather goes viral; See post here
- A recent visitor to Bengaluru said the city’s weather is as “pleasant as AC”, comparing it to Kolkata’s “open-air sauna”, which left the internet in splits.
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July 17, 2024 3:48 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Explainer: A lowdown on Karnataka’s draft bill for local quota in govt jobs
- The draft bill mandates 50% reservation for locals in managerial positions and 75% in non-managerial positions
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July 17, 2024 3:40 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Delhi HC reserves bail on Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest by CBI in excise policy case
- The Delhi high court reserved its judgment in the plea filed by jailed Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest and remand by the CBI
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July 17, 2024 3:27 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Haryana: Four students, driver injured as school van overturns in Panchkula
- Second such accident in district after 42 children were injured when an overloaded Haryana Roadways mini-bus overturned near Pinjore on July 8
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July 17, 2024 3:22 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Farmer leaders detained in Ambala for violating prohibitory orders
- Farmer leaders had earlier decided that they would gherao the SP’s office to protest against the arrest of farm activist Navdeep Singh in March. They changed their plan after Navdeep’s release on bail on Tuesday but decided to continue with the meeting at the grain market.
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July 17, 2024 3:19 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: ED arrests former Rajasthan minister’s close aide in Jal Jeevan Mission scam case
- ED made the arrest on Tuesday evening after getting conclusive evidence against Sanjay Badaya over his involvement in alleged irregularities in the JJM tenders
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July 17, 2024 3:18 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: 3 gangsters involved in JJP leader Saini’s murder arrested after encounter in Hisar
- Gangsters fired at police teams chasing them near Umra village in Hansi on Tuesday night, triggering encounter in which they were shot in the leg to prevent them from escaping.
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July 17, 2024 2:50 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Aqua Line: Mumbai’s first underground Metro to begin from July 24 | Check route, cost
- BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde said Mumbai’s first underground Metro – the Aqua Line – will be openerational from July 24.
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July 17, 2024 2:45 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Himanta Biswa Sarma claims Muslim population in Assam now 40%: ‘Matter of life and death’
- n the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP-AGP-UPPL coalition won 11 out of 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam, while the Congress bagged the remaining three
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