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Haj: HC asks for Centre’s response to plea to allow all Muslim staffers to serve pilgrims
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought the Minority Affairs Ministry’s response to a plea seeking an opportunity for all Muslim employees of Centre, states and Union Territories to assist Haj…
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Telangana IPS Officers’ body condemns Raghunandan’s remark against DGP
Hyderabad: Telangana IPS Association has condemned the irresponsible and derogatory comment made by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Raghunandan Rao against Director General of Poice (DGP) Anjani Kumar. Telangana police detained BJP…
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Hanuman Jayanti: Calcutta HC asks Bengal govt to mull deploying central forces
Kolkata: In the wake of the violence in Rishra in West Bengal’s Hooghly district, a division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday advised the state government to consider deploying central…
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Israel backs India’s call for bringing 26/11 masterminds to justice
New Delhi: Echoing the sentiments of a “vast majority” of Indians, Israeli Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana on Tuesday called for bringing to justice the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. Ohana…
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Iran appoints new Ambassador to UAE after 8 years
Tehran: Iran has appointed an Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after eight years of having no envoy in the country amid an improvement of relations between the two Arab nations.…
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Secunderabad rly station to get airport-like facelift at Rs 719 cr
Hyderabad: The Secunderabad railway station is all set to get a mega facelift as the station will be revamped with state-of-the-art facilities worth Rs 719 crore. The project budget was initially set…
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Gold rates surpass all-time high records in Hyderabad, other Indian cities
Hyderabad: Gold rates in Hyderabad and other Indian cities today broke all-time high records once again due to various reasons including economic uncertainties. In Hyderabad, the rates of 10 grams of 24-carat…
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Unveiling of Ambedkar’s 125-ft statue in Hyderabad to be grand affair
Hyderabad: The unveiling of the 125-foot statue of Dr B. R. Ambedkar in Hyderabad on his birth anniversary on April 14 will be a grand affair. Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao…
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Gold worth Rs 50 lakh seized at Hyderabad airport
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Customs have seized 12 cut pieces of gold bar and gold chain weighing 807.10 grams worth nearly Rs 50 lakh, officials said on Tuesday. The male passenger who arrived from…
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Christina Hammock Koch to be first woman to go around the moon
US astronaut Christina Hammock Koch will be the envy of all women in the world as she becomes the first woman to go around the moon. While men have journeyed to moon…
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India’s Tipping Point – The view from inside 7 Racecourse Road
Can anyone pinpoint the precise date on which India embarked on its economic reforms that enabled the country to transform from a USD 266 billion economy to a nearly USD 3 trillion…
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Invites issued for King Charles’ coronation on May 6
London: Invites for the May 6 coronation of the UK’s King Charles III have been issued by the Buckingham Palace. Along with the ornately illustrated invitation from “King Charles III and Queen…
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India sees highest one-day rise in Covid cases since September 2022
New Delhi: India on Wednesday reported 4,435 new Covid-19 cases, the highest single-day jump since September 2022, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Affairs. The number of active cases…