Florida Pulse gay club attacked in Orlando - mass casualties

A shooting inside a gay nightclub in the Florida city of Orlando has caused mass casualties, police say. Orlando Police also said in a tweet that the shooter inside the Pulse Club, located in the heart of the city, is now dead. A bomb squad and hazardous material team were at the scene, and a controlled explosion was carried out. Relatives have been gathering at local hospitals desperate for news. Live updates Image copyrightORLANDO...

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Live: JD(S) leader Revanna seeks CBI probe into conduct of RS polls

Voting will continue till 4 p.m.; counting to begin at 5 p..m., results will be known by around 7 p.m. Voting for 27 Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Haryana began on Saturday. While 30 of the total 57 seats in the current round of biennial elections had been decided without a contest, Saturday’s polls will decide the fate of the remaining 27 as the BJP and the...

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Euro 2016: France kick off tournament amid security, strike and weather fears

Euro 2016 Host: France Dates: 10 June to 10 July Coverage: Live commentary on BBC TV, BBC Radio, the BBC Sport website and app. Live text commentary on every game on BBC Sport website. Euro 2016 kicks off on Friday when hosts France face Group A opponents Romania at the Stade de France amid an unprecedented security operation. France remains under a state of emergency after last November's attacks on Paris, when 130 people were killed. More than 90,000 police, soldiers and private guards...

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Lovely University awards honorary doctorate to Sunny Leone for her contribution to the well being of engineering students

Bollywood star and adult entertainer Sunny Leone added another feather to her cap on her 35th bday after Lovely University honored her with a doctorate, acknowledging that fact that her movies had a major role to play in the well-being of engineering students, especially from the Mechanical Engineering department. “You guys are very lucky. I too am an engineer and I remember when we were studying we went to the theater and had...

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Woman from Kolkata abducted in Kabul; officials trying to secure early release

Late on Thursday, a 40-year-old Indian woman, hailing from Kolkata, was abducted in Afghanistan's Kabul, reports said. According to a report by CNN-News 18, the woman was identified as Judith D'Souza and the report added that she was working as a senior technical advisor for an NGO Aga Khan Development Network. "She was abducted around 10:40 pm on Thursday from the Taimani area of Kabul," CNN-News18 reported. However, NewsX report said that the abduction took place...

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