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Tension near Samsung plant in Chennai after police crackdown on striking workers

Blitz Bureau CHENNAI: With the Tamil Nadu Police’s crackdown at the Samsung India plant in Sunguvarchatram, Sriperumbudur, arresting striking workers...

RG Kar case: hunger strike by junior doctors enters 5th day

Blitz Bureau KOLKATA: The fast-unto-death protest of seven junior doctors at Esplanade in Kolkata, over the rape and murder of...

India’s domestic air passenger traffic reaches 132.3 lakh

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: Domestic air passenger traffic reached nearly 132.3 lakh in the month of September, up by 0.8...

Lebanon on verge of all-out war, warns UN chief

Blitz Bureau UNITED NATIONS: Lebanon is "on the verge of an all-out war", but there is still time to stop,...

Delhi HC to hear plea seeking cancellation of Rahul’s citizenship

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court is set to hear on October 9 a Public Interest Litigation (PIL)...

Abducted TA soldier in J&K escapes

Blitz Bureau SRINAGAR: One of the two Territorial Army (TA) soldiers continued to be in the captivity of the abductors...

Nobel in physics goes to researchers on machine learning

Blitz Bureau STOCKHOLM: The Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to two researchers for their groundbreaking work on machines...

Enrolments under Atal Pension Yojana cross 7 crore mark

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: The total gross enrolments under the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) have crossed 7 crore, with an...

WHO felicitates India for eliminating trachoma

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: The World Health Organization on October 8 felicitated India for eliminating trachoma -- a bacterial eye...

Vinesh wins first political bout