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Hong Kong's Peak Tram reopens after 14 months

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IMAGE SOURCE, Hong Kong's Peak Tram, one of the city's most well known vacation destinations, has returned with another take care of a drawn out conclusion. The funicular, the most established in Asia, traces all the way back to 1888 and recently drew north of 6,000,000 guests every prior year Covid-19 struck. The help invited back travelers on Saturday - even as close Covid rules stay set up in the city. It has gone through a $799m HKD (£87m) facelift since shutting in June 2021. Traveler numbers in Hong Kong are a negligible part of their pre-Covid levels - in the previous year, 134,000 individuals visited the city contrasted with 65 million out of 2018. The cable car's makeover remembers an updated end for the city's focal business locale and more extensive cable cars. In any case, checks on abroad guests because of Covid-19 stay set up, meaning Hong Kong is probably not going to see a re-visitation of past the travel industry numbers any time soon. A sixth era Peak ...

Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru: Lingayat leader arrested for allegedly raping minors

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IMAGE SOURCE, Image caption   Police in the southern Indian territory of Karnataka have captured a compelling Hindu strict pioneer for supposedly assaulting two minor school children. Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru from the Lingayat people group, a prevailing Hindu faction in the state, is blamed for attacking the young ladies at his theological school. He was captured on Thursday night, six days after a grumbling documented against him started fights in the state. Sharanaru has denied the claims and called them a scheme. He was created in court at 02:45 India time on Friday and was remanded to 14-day legal guardianship, reports BBC Hindi's Imran Qureshi in Bangalore. The 64-year-old soothsayer has been charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act. The police have likewise summoned the Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe Atrocities Act against him after one of the survivors said she was a Dalit - previously known as untouchables under India's station pec...