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Regulate gaming by all means, but drop the plan to ban 'real-money games'

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- The move to regulate online gaming makes sense, but the proposal to ban any game with a monetary dimension is a total mistake. For one, it violates personal liberty and the free... Read More


Faulty drainage system

Srinagar, Aug. 20 -- Incessant rains in Srinagar on Monday once again turned several localities into huge pools of water exposing the faulty drainage system. The roads looked like rivulets and water s... Read More


US Open mixed doubles defending champions advance to semis of revamped event

France, Aug. 20 -- Defending champions Sara ErraniandAndrea Vavassori moved into Wednesday's semi-finals of the US Open's new look mixed doubles event after winning their last-16 and quarter-final mat... Read More


'Seems reasonable.': Shashi Tharoor differs with Congress on bills to remove PM, CMs who spend 30 days in jail

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday described as "reasonable" the government's new constitutional amendment bills seeking automatic removal of the Prime Minister, Chief Minis... Read More


INEC fixes date for Zamfara supplementary election

Nigeria, Aug. 20 -- Nigeria's electoral commission, INEC, has fixed Thursday, 21 August, for the conduct of elections in the five polling units in Kaura Namoda South State Constituency of Zamfara Stat... Read More


Dirty 'Cleansing'

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- In a democracy as vast and contested as India's, the line between law and politics is always fraught. The storm in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, when Union Home Minister Amit Shah ... Read More


Punjab Vigilance Bureau arrests ASI for accepting Rs 1.55 lakh bribe

Chandigarh, Aug. 20 -- The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Om Prakash, on charges of demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1.55 lakh. The police official, ... Read More


Where is Bryan Vasquez? Search underway in New Orleans East for 12-y/o boy with autism, family demands Amber Alert

India, Aug. 20 -- A search is underway for a missing boy, 12-year-old Bryan Vasquez, who has not been seen since Thursday, August 14, in New Orleans East. Vasquez went missing from his family's New Or... Read More


Dal Lake to Shine with Khelo India Water Sports Festival

Srinagar, Aug. 20 -- Press Information Bureau Feature At the heart of Kashmir, where the Zabarwan mountains kiss the sky and the shikaras glide softly across shimmering waters, Dal Lake has for centu... Read More


Nigerian basketball player dies during training

Nigeria, Aug. 20 -- The University of the Philippines (UP) community has been thrown into mourning following the sudden death of their Nigerian basketball player, Israel Osamudiame Friday. As reporte... Read More