Israel retaliates against Lebanon after rockets target its territory

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Beirut: Israel struck Lebanon Saturday in retaliation for rockets targeting Israel, killing two, including a child, in the heaviest exchange of fire since the ceasefire with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Earlier, rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel, for the second time since December, sparking concern about whether the fragile ceasefire would hold. A Hezbollah official told The Associated Press Saturday that it was not responsible for the attack, calling...

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Centre withdraws 20% duty on onion exports from April 1

Onion export

New Delhi: The government Saturday withdrew 20 per cent duty on onion exports, effective from April 1. To ensure domestic availability, the government had taken measures to check exports by means of duty, minimum export price (MEP), and even to the extent of an export prohibition for almost five months, from December 8, 2023, to May 3, 2024. The export duty of 20 per cent which now stands removed has been...

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Head severed, hands cut off, legs bent back: Autopsy reveals savagery of Meerut killing

Meerut (UP): The post-mortem of former merchant navy officer Saurabh Rajput has revealed the extreme brutality with which he was killed and the body dismembered allegedly by his wife Muskan Rastogi and her lover Sahil Shukla. His head was severed from the body, both hands were cut off from the wrist and his legs were bent backwards, suggesting an attempt to fit the body in a drum, the autopsy report disclosed....

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Delimitation: JAC tells Centre to freeze Parliamentary constituencies by 25 more years

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Chennai: The DMK-led Joint Action Committee meeting to ensure "fair delimitation" Saturday urged the Centre to extend the freeze on Parliamentary constituencies, based on the 1971 Census population, by another 25 years and decided that MPs would submit a joint representation to press for demands to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the ongoing Parliamentary session. A resolution adopted in the JAC meeting said that any delimitation exercise carried out by the...

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Virat Kohli, Salt assault leads RCB to seven-wicket win over KKR

Kolkata: Magnificent fifties by star batter Virat Kohli and new signing Phil Salt guided Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a comfortable seven-wicket win over defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening match of the IPL 2025 in Kolkata Saturday. Kohli (59 not out, 36b, 4x4, 3x6) and Salt (56, 31b, 9x4, 2x6) added 95 runs for the...

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National Women’s Hockey League: Odisha, Haryana, Mizoram win on Day 4

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Ranchi: Top contenders Hockey Association of Odisha, Hockey Haryana and Hockey Mizoram had fruitful outings as they won their respective matches on the fourth day of the Final Phase of the National Women’s Hockey League 2024-2025 at the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda International Hockey Stadium in Ranchi Saturday. In the first match, the Hockey Association of...

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Israel retaliates against Lebanon after rockets target its territory

Beirut: Israel struck Lebanon Saturday in retaliation for rockets targeting Israel, killing two, including a child, in the heaviest exchange of fire since the ceasefire with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Earlier, rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel, for the second time since December, sparking concern about whether the fragile ceasefire would hold. A Hezbollah official...

Onion export

Centre withdraws 20% duty on onion exports from April 1

New Delhi: The government Saturday withdrew 20 per cent duty on onion exports, effective from April 1. To ensure domestic availability, the government had taken measures to check exports by means of duty, minimum export price (MEP), and even to the extent of an export prohibition for almost five months, from December 8, 2023, to May 3,...

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Rahane dazzles on captaincy debut, but Krunal, Josh limit KKR to 174/8

Kolkata: A transformed Ajinkya Rahane dazzled on his Kolkata Knight Riders captaincy debut with a 25-ball fifty, but Krunal Pandya's game-changing three-wicket burst ensured that the defending champions fell well short of the 200-mark, managing a below-par 174 for 8 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL opener here Saturday. The 36-year-old veteran, who last played a...

Odisha: Two killed, 67 injured, 600 houses damaged in rain, hailstorm

Bhubaneswar: At least two persons were killed, 67 others injured and over 600 houses damaged due to rain, thunderstorms and lightning in separate places across Odisha in the last 24 hours, officials said Saturday. Two persons died due to lightning strikes in Ganjam and Puri districts Saturday and 67 people were injured after being hit by hailstorm...

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