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Telangana CID nabs absconding white collar offender
Hyderabad: Telangana’s Crime Investigation Department (CID) on Saturday arrested an interstate white-collar offender who was on a run for six years. According to the CID, the accused Surineni Upendhar is a habitual…
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Iranian American detainee begs Biden to intervene for his release
An American citizen of Iranian origin, Siamak Namazi, who has been held in Tehran’s Evin prison for seven years, has beseeched US President Joe Biden for his release and two other American…
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Regional parties engaged in corruption playing victim card: BJP
The BJP said on Saturday that regional political parties engaged in corruption are either using the victim card or the emotional card in response to a central agency investigation. “They don’t refute…
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Left, Cong leaders to raise Tripura post-poll violence in Parliament
Agartala: Taking a serious note of the clashes and violence in the aftermath of the elections in BJP-ruled Tripura, a Left-Congress delegation on Saturday said it will raise the issue in Parliament…
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DCW chief Swati Maliwal opens up about sexual assault by her father
The Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal on Saturday revealed she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by her father as a child, at the DCW Annual Award Ceremony. “My own father sexually…
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Kerala’s apex church body seeks ban on play for showing Christians in poor light
Kochi: Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC), the apex body of the Catholic Church in the state, has urged the state government to ban the staging of a Malayalam drama alleging that it…
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Video: First, a bus & car collide; then bus rams into church in Kerala
A KSRTC bus in Kerala met with an accident after colliding with a car near Kizhavallor in the Pathanamthitta district. Thereafter, the bus rammed into the wall of a church. Several passengers…
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Bengaluru: Air hostess jumps to death from 4th floor of apartment
Bengaluru: An air hostess, who flew down to the city from Dubai to meet her male friend, reportedly jumped to her death on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. According to…
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Pulwama widows protest: Raj CM accuses BJP of politicising issue
Following Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kirodi Lal Meena’s arrest on Friday, chief minister Ashok Gehlot accused the former of politicizing the issue regarding the demands brought up by widows of Pulwama attack…
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Karnataka Assembly polls: Senior citizens, people with disability to get vote-from-home option
Bengaluru: Chief Election Commissioner of India Rajiv Kumar said on Saturday announced that all senior citizens above 80 and people with disability will get a vote-from-home option in the Karnataka Assembly elections.…
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Allahabad HC: Mukhtar Ansari gang most dreaded gang in India, denies bail
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has denied bail to a member of the Mukhtar Ansari gang in a 2010 murder case in Mau district in which the jailed gangster-turned-politician is also an…
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Hyderabad: T-Hub launches 10th cohort of Lab 32 programme
Hyderabad: Startup incubator T-Hub launched the 10th Cohort of its Lab32 programme that already received over 800 applications from startups. The acceleration of 249 startups, raising 403 million dollars in funding and…
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‘Similar things happened in 2017’: Nitish on CBI, ED action against Lalu, Tejashwi
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday hinted that he agreed with the contention of ally RJD that the recent crackdown on its president Lalu Prasad and his family members by…