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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Tamil Nadu man hacked to death near district court in Tirunelveli

A 25-year-old man was hacked to death by a gang near the district combined court complex in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli on Friday, while he was going to court for a hearing. According to the police, the gang tried to attack the man, identified as Mayandi, at a restaurant located opposite the court complex. Special sub-inspector Uykattan, who was on security …

Court Man Mayandi

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh police seize petrol bombs, other crude weapons in Palnadu village

Deccan Chronicle

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh police on Thursday seized 50 petrol bombs, stones, sickles and two sacks of broken liquor bottles at Pinnelli village in Palnadu district where violence was reported after the May 13 elections, said a police official on Thursday. Superintendent of Police Bindu Madhav Garikapati noted that this cache of crude and country made weapons was seized from two …

Petrol Bombs Garikapati

9 months, 1 week ago

Mexico debates a rising political party's 'New Deal' for the poor

Al Jazeera

Of that litany of grievances, the country’s enduring crime woes are perhaps the most difficult to refute. The crime rate here remains stubbornly high despite Lopez Obrador’s criminal justice reforms that promote “hugs, not bullets”. In 2022, Lopez Obrador proposed a constitutional amendment to restructure the nonpartisan agency that oversees elections and is largely credited with helping the country free …

Congress Country Mexico Mexican Pri Morena Lopez Obrador

10 months, 4 weeks ago

Bill to help relocate Washington Capitals, Wizards sails through 1st Virginia legislative hearing

Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. — Legislation underpinning a plan to relocate the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals across the Potomac River to northern Virginia easily cleared an early hurdle in the state legislature Friday. The plan calls for the creation of a $2 billion development in the Potomac Yard section of Alexandria that would include an arena, practice facility and …

Legislation Democratic Virginia Washington Senate Project Plan

1 year ago

Mexico shootings: 16 killed after gunmen attack people returning from Christmas party in Guanajuato

India TV News

At least 16 people were killed and several others injured after the gunmen attacked a Christmas season party early on Sunday in the town of Salvatierra in Mexico's north-central state of Guanajuato. According to the local media, the gunmen in Salvatierra attacked people when they were leaving an event hall following a Christmas party known as a “posada”. Mexico: 11 …

Mexico Guanajuato Gunmen Attack

2 years, 1 month ago

FRO killed allegedly by Gutti Koya tribals in Bhadradri Kothagudem district

The Hindu

A Forest Range Officer was brutally killed allegedly by a group of Gutti Koya Adivasis with axes and sickles over a “podu land” issue in Errabodu forest area in Chandrugonda mandal of Telangana’s Bhadradri Kothagudem district on Tuesday. According to sources, Chandrugonda FRO Challamalla Srinivas Rao, 42, who suffered multiple deep stab injuries on his neck and chest in the …

Tribal Forest Khammam Srinivas Rao Fro Chandrugonda Errabodu

2 years, 2 months ago

History-sheeter hacked to death by unknown men with sickles in Chennai, probe on

India Today

A history-sheeter was hacked to death by unknown men with sickles in Chennai's Ayanavaram on Wednesday night, November 2. Nagur Gani ran a Biryani shop named Garam Biriyani for the past two years near Ayanavaram Market. Nagur Gani was working in the shop as usual last evening when 5 people who came there on 3 two-wheelers hacked him to death …

Chennai Gani Nagur Gani Nagur

2 years, 7 months ago

Plea Seeking Statutory Warning For Violent Movie Scenes Withdrawn After Madras High Court Warns Of Imposing Costs

Live Law

A litigant on Wednesday withdrew his petition in Madras High Court seeking directions to the Central Board of Film Certification to telecast statutory warning with the words "Knives and Sickles used in this movie are made of paper and colour water is used as blood" in forthcoming films.The plea was withdrawn after the bench of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari …

Court Movie Madras High Court Plea Seeking Statutory Warning S Gopikrishnan Gopikrishnan

2 years, 9 months ago

Sri Lanka president blames 'extremist' group for violence amid economic crisis

Hindustan Times

Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office blamed an unidentified 'extremist' group for creating the violent situation during the protest near the Jubilee Post in Nugegoda, Colombo, the Colombo Page reported citing President's media division's press release. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa The mob armed with iron clubs, sickles and clubs marched towards the Sri Lankan President's residence at Mirihana Pangiriwatta, …

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4 years ago

How migrant farmers turn into sickles every harvest season

Live Mint

Every year they left their land. When the harvest was done and winter came, a long season stretched ahead without rain, without irrigation, without crops, with the next precipitation being a long way off. The payment was made at a persickle rate, with husband and wife adding up to one koyta,the local word for the sickle or knife used to …

Harvest Rain Work Crop Marathwada Fields Turn

4 years, 3 months ago

Watchdog review finds issues with costly incentive programs

Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. — Several of Virginia’s publicly funded economic development incentive programs have limited benefit and either need to be overhauled or eliminated, according to a new report published Monday by the state’s legislative watchdog agency. “The tax credits are among the state’s largest incentives, but they generate economic losses for the state and no longer appear relevant,” the report …

Development Tax Economic Coal Virginia Incentives State

4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi violence reveals growing availability of country-made guns in National Capital; high time for Delhi Police to crack down

Firstpost

Eyewitnesses’ accounts, medical reports of those injured and killed as well as initial investigations of the deadly Delhi violence have revealed another major concern for the Delhi Police, a growing availability of countrymade pistols or desi kattas and pistols in the National Capital Eyewitness accounts and medical reports of those killed and injured combined with investigations into the deadly Delhi …

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5 years, 5 months ago

3 attacked at milk chilling centre in Namakkal

Deccan Chronicle

NAMAKKAL: In a daring attack by a gang of four at a milk chilling centre at Kumbakottai near Namagiripettai in Namakkal district late on Saturday night, three persons including an employee of the chilling centre suffered severe cut injuries. Chakravarthy, 28, employed at the milk chilling centre in the village was at his work when two of his friends, Ganesan …

Namakkal Chakravarthy Milk Chilling Centre

5 years, 9 months ago

Kesari music review: Akshay Kumar's film offers an unapologetically homogenous album of patriotic tracks

Firstpost

The music of Kesari is evocative and powerful, but serves no other purpose than to bolster the plot of the film. The second song is the only romantic number in the soundtrack, ‘Mahi Ve.’ Arijit Singh’s fluid voice perfectly compliments the simple lyrics penned by Tanishk Bagchi. While Kesari is tonally consistent throughout with its theme of patriotic love looming …

Sikh Song Number Kesari Bagchi

5 years, 10 months ago

Erode: 35 sovereigns stolen in midnight heist at home

Deccan Chronicle

Erode: In a shocking heist past midnight here on Wednesday, miscreants broke into the house of a private firm's top executive, tied up the family members after threatening them with sickles and robbed them of 35 sovereigns of gold and diamond jewels, before bolting away with their ATM cards and mobile phones. Police said on Thursday that Ramanathan, 52, manager …

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Tamil Nadu man hacked to death near district court in Tirunelveli

Andhra Pradesh police seize petrol bombs, other crude weapons in Palnadu village

Mexico debates a rising political party's 'New Deal' for the poor

Bill to help relocate Washington Capitals, Wizards sails through 1st Virginia legislative hearing

Mexico shootings: 16 killed after gunmen attack people returning from Christmas party in Guanajuato

FRO killed allegedly by Gutti Koya tribals in Bhadradri Kothagudem district

History-sheeter hacked to death by unknown men with sickles in Chennai, probe on

Plea Seeking Statutory Warning For Violent Movie Scenes Withdrawn After Madras High Court Warns Of Imposing Costs

Sri Lanka president blames 'extremist' group for violence amid economic crisis

How migrant farmers turn into sickles every harvest season

Watchdog review finds issues with costly incentive programs

Delhi violence reveals growing availability of country-made guns in National Capital; high time for Delhi Police to crack down

3 attacked at milk chilling centre in Namakkal

Kesari music review: Akshay Kumar's film offers an unapologetically homogenous album of patriotic tracks

Erode: 35 sovereigns stolen in midnight heist at home