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Telangana govt to offer insurance cover for unorganised sector workers
Hyderabad: Telangana finance minister T Harish Rao announced that an insurance scheme for unorganised sector workers would be implemented soon on the lines of Rythu Bima. Addressing a meeting of building workers…
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Palestine envoy welcomes Morocco’s support for Palestinian cause
Rabat: Palestinian Ambassador to Morocco Jamal Choubki has welcomed Morocco’s support for the Palestinian cause and for establishing an independent Palestinian state. Choubki made the remarks after King Mohammed VI reaffirmed Morocco’s…
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Man’s body found in trolley bag in Bihar
Patna: The body of a 60-year-old man was found stuffed inside a trolley bag in Bihar’s Siwan district. The victim has been identified as Hare Krishna Tiwari. The bag has been dumped…
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SC calls for evolving broad mechanism to deal with violence against women in Manipur
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday called for evolving a broad mechanism to deal with violence against women in strife-torn Manipur and asked how many FIRs have been registered in such…
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Why get elected to Parliament if you want to raise issues on streets: Anurag Thakur
New Delhi: Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday accused the opposition of running away from a debate in Parliament on the ethnic violence in Manipur and wondered what was the use of…
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Singapore’s Deputy PM Lawrence Wong hails Sikhs’ contribution
Singapore: Sikhs in Singapore have distinguished themselves in their chosen professions and made significant contributions in diverse fields while retaining their culture, faith and unique identity, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said.…
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MP Police to examine Indian woman who visited Pak for ‘international conspiracy’
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Monday said the state police will examine the “international conspiracy” angle in the episode involving a 34-year-old Indian mother of two children who travelled…
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Telangana CM KCR to visit Sangli in Maharashtra on August 1
Aurangabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao will visit the birthplace of noted Marathi poet and social reformer Annabhau Sathe in Maharashtra’s Sangli district on Tuesday. Sathe was born at Wategaon in…
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ISIS behind suicide blast at political convention that killed 46 in Pakistan: Police
Peshawar: Police in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said on Monday that an initial probe has suggested that the banned terrorist group ISIS is behind the suicide attack on a political convention…
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‘Hot-headed’ RPF jawan kills senior, 3 passengers on Jaipur-Mumbai train
Mumbai: In a horrifying incident, an angry Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable allegedly shot dead a colleague and three passengers onboard the Jaipur-Mumbai Express here on Monday. According to the GRP Control…
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12 YPG members killed by Turkish forces in Syria
Ankara: Turkish security forces killed 12 members of the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in northwestern Syria, the Turkish Defence Ministry said. The YPG members were “neutralised” after they opened “harassing…
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Woman priest, 3 sons held for suspected human sacrifice of 14-yr-old boy in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha police have arrested a traditional healer and her three sons for allegedly killing a 14-year-old boy in the state’s Angul district, police said on Monday. The deceased has been…