SIR: 80.4% of Karnataka voters stay on rolls; 1 crore hang fire
SIR: 80.4% of Karnataka voters stay on rolls; 1 crore hang fire.
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SIR: 80.4% of Karnataka voters stay on rolls; 1 crore hang fire.
Govt says three killed in forest firing had gone hunting, not looking for cattle.

An extraordinary minute-by-minute account forms part of the CBI's 30-page chargesheet in the Twisha Sharma death case, filed on August 14, which accuses her husband and his mother of subjecting Twisha to mental cruelty and abetting her suicide.

Shlosberg, 63, is Yabloko's deputy chairman and served in the regional legislature of Pskov from 2016-21. He stood trial on charges of "discrediting" and spreading "false information" about the Russian military.
Iran is preparing to shift to a “fully offensive” military posture after efforts to negotiate a permanent end to its war with the United States stalled , a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday, raising fears of a wider escalation centred on the strategic Strait of Hormuz. For about a decade, Livemint—News Desk has been a credible source for authentic and timely news, and well-researched analysis on national news, business, personal finance, corporates, politics and geopolitics. World News Today Live Updates: In today’s rapidly changing world, staying updated with global news is essential.

Adopted in 2006, Resolution 1701 calls for a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah and for strengthening the deployment in southern Lebanon of the Lebanese army and UNIFIL. As part of the June 26 framework deal, Israel agreed to withdraw from large areas of southern Lebanon it is occupying after the disarmament. “It is clear that the Israeli policy has been to collectively punish the Lebanese population and in particular Shia-majority parts of Lebanon and south Lebanon as it wages a campaign, not just against Hezbollah, but against the Lebanese people,” said Rish.

Trump's final appeal of E Jean Carroll sex abuse case rejected US prosecutor denies launching criminal investigation into E Jean Carroll Trump pays writer E Jean Carroll $5m in damages over sexual abuse and defamation The United States Supreme Court has denied, for the second time, US President Donald Trump’s appeal of a 2023 civil suit stemming from allegations that he sexually abused writer E Jean Carroll in 1996. In July, he paid Carroll more than $5m (£3.6m) in damages over her civil claim that Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s, and then branded the incident a hoax on social media.