Balaji Murugadoss from a little known model gained limelight in 'Bigg Boss 4' hosted by Kamal Haasan in which he was adjudged the runner up after winner Aari due to popular votes. Bala contributed big for the TRP of the show not only by his anger issues and controversies with most of the other contestants but…...
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KUALA LUMPUR: Members of the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) have the authority to detain offenders of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) under the Emergency Ordinance but emphasis is given to duties under Op Benteng, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pix). He said until now, the duties of MAF are as…...
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A 17-year-old-girl, Esther Alex, who set her boyfriend ablaze in Benue State has been arraigned in a magistrates’ court by the police.The first information report was read to the accused at the mention of the case at the Magistrates’ Court 8 situated at North Bank, Makurdi. SaharaReporters had reported earlier in the year that Alex…...
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WeChat has helped make Tencent the largest company in Asia and propelled its market capitalisation to US$800 billion, the sixth biggest globally While WeChat does not have to worry about foreign competition, it is facing a fierce fight from emerging domestic rivals like ByteDance Topic | WeChatE3B1C256-BFCB-4CEF-88A6-1DCCD7666635 Published: 12:05am, 20 Jan, 2021 Updated: 1:09am, 20 Jan,…...
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This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for The Marshall Project’s newsletter or follow it on Facebook or Twitter.When his father died last year of an overdose, Rodney Watson thought he would miss the funeral and his last chance to…...
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Consumers who invest in cryptoassets “should be prepared to lose all their money,” the U.K’s Financial Conduct Authority warned cryptocurrency investors on Monday. That message came amid an 11 percent decline in the price of Bitcoin, the industry’s premier asset, whose value had tripled in the last three months. But it’s a warning that might…...
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Science, not politics, should rule Chinese vaccines donation — Pangilinan Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said the government’s task force against the COVID-19 pandemic should not use political goodwill as basis for approving a vaccine in the fight against the coronavirus. Senator Francis Pangilinan (Senate of the Philippines / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Pangilinan made…...
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Scammers are targeting those eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine through social media, email and phone calls. To avoid fraud, always begin your search on a county health department’s official website and never give out your bank information.Jan. 16, 2021...
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The Mumbai-based guitarist-producer infused his own voice as a fusion artist for the crime/drama biopic Anurag Tagat Jan 15, 2021 A decade ago, guitarist, vocalist and producer Achint Thakkar only had one EP to his name, as founder of psychedelic rock band Rosemary. Since then, he’d been slowly picking up more commercial projects as well…...
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The trial of the immediate past Chairperson of Kwara State Scholarship Board, Fatima Yusuf, and two others over N100 million Kwara bursary scam, has been adjourned due to the absence of Yusuf's lawyer, Y.O. Ahmed, in court. The court adjourned the case to January 26 due to the absence of the counsel to the first defendant.…...
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