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Indian tourists rescued from Pattaya condo in 6m rupee ransom plot Victims found bound and abused in kidnapping case In Pattaya, on early yester (confirmed by 2 sources) [1]

Rinku Singh Appointed KKR's Vice-Captain For IPL 2026 Season KKR have appointed Rinku Singh as their vice-captain for IPL 2026, a deserved reward for his eight years of service to the franchise, and potentially a sign of things to come. [2]

Ajay Jadhav is an Assistant Editor at The Indian Express, Pune. With over 22 years of experience in the industry, he is a highly specialized journalist whose work focuses on the intersection of urban infrastructure, governance, and sustainability. [3]

AFP Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah unseated former Nepal prime minister KP Sharma Oli in his own constituency, Election Commission data showed Saturday, with his party also seemingly headed for a landslide victory nationally. [4]

Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expanded his cabinet on Friday, with five MLAs taking oath as ministers at the Lok Bhavan here. [5]

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who arrived in India for her first time in nearly four decades on Tuesday, said that she hopes to strengthen ties between the two countries. “More important than India are the people of India. [7]

Not surprisingly for a country obsessed with politics and gossip, the appointment of India's new central bank chief has already spawned reams of newsprint and hours of television talk-time on what makes Urjit Ravindra Patel tick. [8]

Since his appointment in 2016, Urjit Patel has been what you might expect from a central banker: cautious and quiet, a man who picks his words with care. The last few weeks could hardly have been more different for the Reserve Bank of India governor. [9]

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[1] TH thethaiger.com · 2026-02-08 · 85% match

Indian tourists rescued from Pattaya condo in 6m rupee ransom plot

Indian tourists rescued from Pattaya condo in 6m rupee ransom plot Victims found bound and abused in kidnapping case In Pattaya, on early yester

[2] MM news18.com · 2026-03-24 · 46% match

Rinku Singh Appointed KKR's Vice-Captain For IPL 2026 Season

Rinku Singh Appointed KKR's Vice-Captain For IPL 2026 Season KKR have appointed Rinku Singh as their vice-captain for IPL 2026, a deserved reward for his eight years of service to the franchise, and potentially a sign of things to come.

[3] MM indianexpress.com · 2026-03-26 · 45% match

Building Pune: Why a new Rs 200 crore project on Chandni Chowk-Bhugaon stretch will ease traffic woes around Hinjewadi

Ajay Jadhav is an Assistant Editor at The Indian Express, Pune. With over 22 years of experience in the industry, he is a highly specialized journalist whose work focuses on the intersection of urban infrastructure, governance, and sustainability.

[4] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2026-03-08 · 45% match

Rapper-turned-politician Shah unseats former Nepal PM in own constituency

AFP Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah unseated former Nepal prime minister KP Sharma Oli in his own constituency, Election Commission data showed Saturday, with his party also seemingly headed for a landslide victory nationally.

[5] MM economictimes.indiatimes.com · 2026-03-20 · 43% match

Uttarakhand CM Dhami expands cabinet, inducts five MLAs

Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expanded his cabinet on Friday, with five MLAs taking oath as ministers at the Lok Bhavan here.

[6] MM news18.com · 2019-12-23 · 48% match

Aakash Biswas

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2012-11-14 · 47% match

Suu Kyi Stresses Burma-India Ties in New Delhi

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who arrived in India for her first time in nearly four decades on Tuesday, said that she hopes to strengthen ties between the two countries. “More important than India are the people of India.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-08-24 · 45% match

Chaitanya Kalbag -- RBI's Patel: an insider, a hawk, an enigma

Not surprisingly for a country obsessed with politics and gossip, the appointment of India's new central bank chief has already spawned reams of newsprint and hours of television talk-time on what makes Urjit Ravindra Patel tick.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-11-06 · 45% match

Urjit Patel must stick to his guns

Since his appointment in 2016, Urjit Patel has been what you might expect from a central banker: cautious and quiet, a man who picks his words with care. The last few weeks could hardly have been more different for the Reserve Bank of India governor.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-10-24 · 45% match

Israel-Hamas war shows the formidable power of narrative

Brijesh Singh is principal secretary to the chief minister of Maharashtra state and a distinguished adjunct fellow at Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations in Mumbai.

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