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With Naidu’s custody ending Friday, he was produced before the judge virtually from Rajahmundry Central Jail. Judge Hima Bindu extended the custody by two days.When the judge wanted the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief’s views on CID’s petition for his custody, he told the judge that his arrest was unjust. He said he was being subjected to mental torture by keeping him in jail and requested her to protect his rights. The former chief minister said he was arrested without any notice and merely on the basis of allegations.Naidu said it was unfortunate that he was arrested despite his 45-year-long…

The victims were travelling from Bawku, a restive urban community in the Upper East Region, to a market center in neighboring Burkina Faso, said Zubeiru Abdulai, district chief executive of Pusiga, Xinhua news agency reported.”The traders were in a convoy with police escort due to armed attacks in and around Bawku when unknown gunmen suddenly opened fire on the buses at close range around Pusiga, leaving nine persons dead and others wounded,” said Abdulai.Security services responded swiftly and have launched a search for the attackers while beefing up security.No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.–IANSint/svn

Gangabal Lake situated at the foot of the Harmukh mountain peak is one of the most sacred pilgrimage sites of local Kashmiri Pandits.Since times immemorial, local Pandits had been carrying the ashes of their dead for immersion to Gangabal Lake and that is one reason for which the journey to the Lake in Kashmir was also known as the ‘Poor man’s journey to the sacred Ganga’.The Lake is situated at an altitude of 14,500 feet above the sea-level and the pilgrim’s uphill trek starts from Naranag temple ruins in Ganderbal district.To assert their roots, Kashmiri Pandits have made the journey…

Hangzhou, Sep 22 (IANS) Chinese swimmer Qin Haiyang and basketball player Yang Liwei were named on Friday as flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games for the host.Qin, a 24-year-old breaststroke swimming world champion, holds Asian records in three events and a world record in the 200m. He will participate in the men’s 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke and two relays at the Asiad in Hangzhou of east China’s Zhejiang Province scheduled between September 23 and October 8, reports Xinhua.Women’s basketball captain Yang Liwei led her teammates to finish China’s 12-year wait for the Asia Cup…

New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) India’s star-studded League of Legends team has embarked on their journey to Hangzhou to compete as the top team from Central and South Asia in their respective title at the upcoming Asian Games 2022.The stellar unit captained by Akshaj Shenoy (Kai), and comprising Samarth Arvind Trivedi (CrankO), Mihir Ranjan (Lotus), Sanindhya Malik (Deadcorp), Aakash Shandilya (Infi), Aditya Selvaraj (Krow) dominated the recently held Central and South Asia seeding event and clinched top seed for the 19th Asian Games. The League of Legends matches at the tournament will commence in the group-round robin format, followed by…

New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) In the ever-evolving world of technology, where competition is fierce and innovation is the name of the game, realme, the rapidly emerging smartphone manufacturer, has emerged as a shining example of success.realme has had a phenomenal time, with both a noticeable increase in sales and a burgeoning user base. Their unwavering dedication to product development and strategy that prioritises providing excellent value to customers are the secrets to their success.realme understands that innovation should be meaningful and customer-centric. Instead of flooding the market with incremental updates, realme takes the time to develop products that genuinely…

New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) JioAirFiber, offering high speed, low latency and attractive plans, is set to revolutionise connectivity with 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) service in India, a new report has said.With its high speeds and low latency and plans starting from as low as $7.2 (Rs 599), JioAirFiber serves as a substitute for wired broadband connections for homes as well as small and medium businesses, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.The innovative JioAirFiber service is now available in eight Indian cities, offering high-speed connectivity of up to 1 Gbps.“With approximately 80 per cent of data…

Singapore, Sep 22 (IANS) A 36-year-old man has been sentenced to two weeks in jail for wearing Singapore’s flag like a cape while shouting that he is god at a coffee club in the city-state earlier this month.Roy Ravi Jaganathan on Thursday pleaded guilty to one charge of being a public nuisance, The Straits Times newspaper reported.State Prosecuting Officer Ting Nge Kong told the court that Ravi wore a green T-shirt with a Singapore flag draped over his shoulders and tied around his neck, like a cape when he arrived at the coffee shop in Block 682 Hougang Avenue 8…

Seoul, Sep 22 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held a politburo meeting with top officials to discuss the outcome of his recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and called for thorough follow-up measures, state media KCNA said on Friday.During the politburo meeting of the central committee of the Workers’ Party on Wednesday, officials analysed the significance of Kim’s visit to Russia and introduced long-term plans for developing their bilateral relations, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.Kim called for active implementation of “constructive measures” for deepening their bilateral ties in all fields and developing them onto a new…

According to state forest minister Jyoti Priya Mullick, the grasslands of Jaldapara National Park in Alipurduar district and Gorumara National Park in Jalpaiguri district are two main areas for free movement of these one-horned rhinos. “Now we have created provisions for extending that space at Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary in Darjeeling district and Buxa Tiger Reserve in Alipurduar district,” he added.Although Jaldapara National Park and Gorumara National Park are two main abodes of one-horned rhinos in north Bengal, the existence of such species of animals have also been spotted in other jungles in this sector.”However, those additional spaces do not have…