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The accident took place at Bordirak Tiniali near Kakopathar area in the district on Tuesday night.A senior police officer said that a vehicle, carrying passengers from a weekly market in Doomdooma, collided head on with a truck on the highway. The truck driver was allegedly inebriated at the time of the incident. While seven passengers died on the spot, twelve others sustained major injuries.“They were rushed to a hospital where the doctors declared seven persons dead. The injured are being treated at the hospital,” the officer added.Meanwhile, the bodies were sent for autopsy reports.–IANStdr/shb

A bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and Justices comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra issued the notice on the special leave petition filed by the Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence and listed the matter for hearing after three weeks.“We do not want High Courts across India to rely on this judgment (of the Karnataka High Court),” remarked the top court, while staying the impugned judgment of the Karnataka High Court passed in May 11 this year.–IANSpds/dpb

In a letter, the MPs urged Sunak to call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “immediately release” Jagtar Singh Johal, who has been “arbitrarily detained” for over five years in India, the BBC reported. Johal from Dumbarton was in Punjab for his wedding when he was arrested in Jalandhar on November 4, 2017, over his alleged role in killings by the Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF), a banned terrorist organisation. His family says that the 36-year-old has been tortured, including through electric shocks, before being made to sign a blank confession document — allegations that have been denied by the Indian…

Messi has previously ruled out the prospect of extending his international career until the next edition of football’s showpiece tournament but he could be convinced to change his mind, according to Argentine Football Association president Claudio Tapia, Xinhua reports.”He always aims for more. He never gives up and always surprises you,” Tapia said during a sports leaders summit in Buenos Aires. “It’s something I’ve thought about. How could I not? I would like him to be there. In his current form, Messi can easily play at the 2026 World Cup.”Messi, who guided the Albiceleste to their third World Cup trophy…

The index oscillated 572 points before closing 500 points (or 2.5 per cent MoM) lower at 19,254. The Nifty is up 6.3 per cent in CY23YTD.Mid-caps/Small-caps outperformed large-caps by 6.2 per cent / 7.1 per cent in August. Similarly, mid-caps/small-caps have outperformed large-caps and have risen 24 per cent / 26 per cent vs. 6 per cent rise for the Nifty in CY23YTD, the report said.DIIs recorded notable inflows of USD3bn in August after remaining muted for the last four months. Net inflows stood at USD13.2bn in CY23YTD. FIIs remained net buyers for the sixth straight month at USD1.7bn in…

The sources from the state’s Narcotics Control Bureau told IANS that after the police accelerated its crackdown against an interstate drug syndicate which used migrant workers from North India and the northeast for drug smuggling.Police personnel in plain clothes are being deployed at all major railways station across Tamil Nadu and are monitoring migrants workers, especially the ones who arrive with big, heavy bags.In the past three months,13 migrants workers were arrested.The sources explained that the smuggled ganja was then exported out of the country from coastal areas of the state including Nagapattinam and Ramanathapuram.The police also said there was…

Diabetic retinopathy is a serious sight-threatening complication of diabetes and can cause permanent vision loss and blindness.The study led by a team from the Michigan State University in the US showed that crystalised deposits are very reflective and can be seen in images of the retina. This is important because noninvasive retina evaluations can be done by most optometrists, creating an opportunity for earlier diagnosis for more people, they wrote in the paper published in the journal Diabetologia.”Retinopathy is the leading cause of preventable blindness and one of the most feared complications of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes,” said…

According to the veteran state Congress leader and the former party Rajya Sabha member Pradip Bhattacharya, known to be maintaining a softer stand about Trinamool Congress compared to that of Chowdhury, while unity ofopposition forces nationally is important to defeat BJP, in the perspective of West Bengal it is difficult to implement that unity on practical grounds.“BJP might ultimately gain in West Bengal in case of a rare possibility of an election between Congress, Trinamool Congress and CPI(M)- led Left Front. There is a difference between the national perspective and that of West Bengal. But I personally think that despite…

Pyeongchang (South Korea), Sep 6 (IANS) The Indian men’s table tennis team settled with a bronze medal, concluding their Asian Championships campaign with a semifinal loss to Chinese Taipei, here on Wednesday.The third-seeded men’s team of Achanta Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai, and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran suffered a 0-3 loss to Chinese Taipei to end their campaign in third place.In the first rubber, ace paddler Sharath lost 6-11, 6-11, 9-11 to Chuang Chih-Yuan while Sathiyan suffered 5-11, 6-11, 10-12 loss at the hands of Lin Yun-Ju in the second tie. In the third rubber, Harmeet fought to give India an upper hand…

Melbourne, Sep 6 (IANS) Australia have named the 15-player provisional squad for the ICC 2023 World Cup with Pat Cummins leading the side and Sean Abbott earning the maiden call-up for the marquee event in India, starting from October 5.Australia had named a preliminary squad of 18 players for the 50-over showcase last month, but reduced that to 15 on Wednesday with the start of this year;s event now less than one month away.The unlucky trio to miss the final cut were all-rounder Aaron Hardie, pacer Nathan Ellis and young spinner Tanveer Sangha, with selectors instead opting for experience with…