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    Pakistan attacks military stations in Jammu, Pathankot and Udhampur

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    Why Ola and Uber are copying India’s new ride-hailing app

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    Pakistan launched attacks along ‘entire western border’, was effectively repulsed: Indian Army

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    Punjab schools, colleges closed for three days amid border tensions

  • ‘Gram Chikitsalay’ review: A bitter pill to swallow
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    ‘Gram Chikitsalay’ review: A bitter pill to swallow

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    UP court dismisses case against singer Neha Singh Rathore for posts about Pahalgam attack

  • Why a maverick Assam activist is pushing Bengali-origin Muslims to boycott citizenship trials
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    Why a maverick Assam activist is pushing Bengali-origin Muslims to boycott citizenship trials

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    Interview: ‘Sceptical that strikes will deter Pak terror’

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    ‘Major infiltration bid’ foiled along international border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba: BSF

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‘People were buried under their homes’: Afghanistan earthquake survivor whose home was destroyed

An estimated 1,000 people have died because of the earthquake that has devastated eastern Afghanistan.

Scroll Staff
Jun 24, 2022 · 01:15 pm
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A military helicopter lands in #Afghanistan's Paktika province to evacuate civilians after a powerful earthquake that has so far killed at least 1,000 people@AFP

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— Randa HABIB (@RandaHabib) June 23, 2022

VIDEO: Deadly Afghanistan earthquake leaves people buried under homes

"When I came out of my house it was all quiet because all the people were buried...": Zaitullah Ghurziwal was awake when an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan destroyed his home #AfghanistanEarthquake #Paktika pic.twitter.com/d14gm3k79F

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 23, 2022
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