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Game of Thrones stars Kit Harington, Rose Leslie tie the knot

Guests at Kit Harington and Rose Leslie's wedding included the pair's Game of Thrones co-stars Peter Dinklage, Maisie Williams, Sophie Turner and Emilia Clarke.

Tom Cruise planning more Mission: Impossible films

Tom Cruise, who has been a part of the Mission: Impossible franchise since 1996, says that he has ideas for at least two or three more such movies in the series.

Anupam Kher: An achievement to showcase my work without having a godfather

Anupam Kher will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 19th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Weekend and Awards on Sunday.

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First satellite to collect space junk set deployed from ISS

The 100-kg RemoveDebris spacecraft will attempt to capture simulated space debris using a net and a harpoon while also testing advanced cameras and radar systems.

Microsoft News for Android, iOS, Windows 10 is here

The app essentially organises stories into the popular format of thumbnail images along with headlines, easy to scroll through and select for the full article.

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Chuwi HiGame mini PC eyes gamers and creators

Chuwi HiGame PC comes with the high-end specifications in a compact form factor.

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Gangster Nehra admits to 25 cases of murder, attempt to murder, dacoities: STF

Nehra was nabbed by a Special Task Force (STF) of the Haryana Police from Hyderabad on the night of June 6.

Mohali Municipal Corporation to take action against officials ignoring councillors’ calls

This is for the first time that the councillors raised this issue during the house meeting and it was decided during the meeting that disciplinary action will be taken against the erring officer

Tamil Nadu: Major landslide on Coimbatore-Siruvani dam road; no casualties

The soil had loosened due to heavy rains in Western ghats area over the past few days and suddenly came down at the 14th bend area, bringing down trees and boulders, forest department officials said

Maharashtra: Upset with SBI, Yavatmal Collector withdraws accounts of 7 government departments

Angry over the State Bank of India (SBI) not doing enough to disburse kharif crop loan to farmers in the district, Yavatmal Collector Rajesh Deshmukh has withdrawn the accounts of seven government departments in the district from the bank. Confirming the development, Deshmukh told The Indian Express: “The SBI has done poorly in terms of […]

Black-necked stork released into wild, two days after rescue

The black-necked stork was finally rescued on Wednesday morning, when a team of officials and birders took advantage of his depleting energy levels, and chased him for around three kilometers, before they were able to capture him and remove the ring from his beak.

Muzaffarnagar: 22-year-old arrested for sodomising minor boy

According to a complaint filed by the victim’s father, the accused, Shuvam, took his 12-year-old son to a nearby garden last evening and committed the crime, SHO V P Singh said.

Woman raped by neighbour, accused on the run

According to the police, the woman was alone when the 40-year-old accused entered the house and raped her at gunpoint.

Four days on, Zirakpur residents brave waterlogged streets, stench

Zirakpur: Local councillor Devinder Singh Brar said garbage and wastage from the meat market near Dhakoli have blocked the sewerage lines.

Zirakpur: A society firewalls itself with an OTP, photo to screen visitors

The security supervisors have been given four mobile tablets on which the visitor IDs are generated.

Vadodara: 17 bovines rescued from illegal slaughter houses

According to police, members of the Bharwad community, residing in the area had approached Vadodara Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), regarding the slaughter houses.

Gujarat: Hansot tense after murder of Muslim youth, police deployed

Sensing the seriousness of the incident, Hansot Inspector Dl Chaudhary immediately sought more force to maintain law and order in the area.

Gujarat CM gets a digital ‘third eye’, to monitor departments in real time

With the help of the new system, monitoring of all the government offices will be done on pre-decided 10 focus points every month, and instructions will be given to the officials to improve performance on points where it may be found weaker.

Gurgaon stork freed of plastic ring, kept under observation

Gurgaon stork rescued: “We then had little choice but to take advantage of the fact that it had not eaten for a while, and wait for its energy level to deplete,” a wildlife officer said.

One arrested for attack on PAAS leader in Surat

As the news of the attack spread, PAAS supporters took to the streets to protest. They also allegedly ransacked two buses. The police were able to disperse the mob without any untoward incident.

Bypoll to Vadodara Municipal Corporation seat on July 8

Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) is set to elect its new mayor on June 18, with the term of the current Mayor Bharat Dangar coming to an end. As per the rotation policy, a woman corporator will assume office.

Godhra councillors to move Gujarat High Court against poll date

Panchmahal district collector Udit Agrawal said, “In our knowledge Eid is on the June 16 and the elections are on June 15 morning. So we are not expecting a clash. Even if it happens to clash, we will take the necessary action.”

Five of family found murdered in Nagpur

Kamlakar Pawankar, 52, his wife Archana, 45, mother Meerabai, 73, daughter Vedanti, 12, and nephew Krishna, five, were allegedly killed with a sharp weapon.

In last two months, fifty-one immigration consultants register their firms in Chandigarh

Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Charndev Singh Mann said that they received 345 applications from the immigration consultants and 155 were registered while 37 applications were cancelled as the applicants were not fulfilling the criteria.

Kenyan woman raped, 3 held: Gurgaon Police

She was waiting for a cab at Bristol Chowk when three men in a white Scorpio car offered to drop her and allegedly took her to a nearby village where two others were already waiting. All five took turns to sexually assault her, police said.

Excess land acquired for Yamuna Expressway project, finds probe

Only eight hectares of the acquired land was used for construction of ramps, the investigation, on the alleged Rs 126-crore land scam conducted by YEIDA, has found.