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Meerut court awards death penalty to woman, lover for strangling her husband to death, leaving snake on his bed as cover-up: Officials.
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AP High Court Orders CBI Probe into Gade Saikrishna Custodial Death Case
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Rome, Oct 16 (AP) Pope Leo XIV’s recovery from lung surgery has progressed so normally that the Vatican on Friday
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Meerut woman, lover sentenced to death for killing her husband, leaving snake on his bed as cover-up
October 16, 2026
Meerut (UP), Oct 16 A court here on Friday sentenced a woman and her lover to death for killing her
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New Delhi, Oct 16 Flagging the “unprecedented” delay in proroguing the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on
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Drugs worth Rs 13 crore seized, 5 arrested in Assam
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Mizo strawberry farmer honoured by FAO in Rome
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CPI(M) book stall ‘vandalised’ in Bengal’s North 24 Parganas
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Arunachal: Heroin worth Rs 20 lakh seized, woman arrested
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Stock markets end higher for 2nd day, led by strong buying in IT firms
October 16, 2026
Mumbai, Oct 16 Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed higher for the second straight day on Friday, driven by strong
Pune-based Green Solutions, Czech Research Centre sign MoU to explore joint research
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ICICI Life Insurance launches new brand identity
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