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Sri Lankan police detain 3 student activists, probe anti-govt conspiracy
Colombo: Sri Lankan police have detained three student activists and begun a probe into their possible links to an anti-government conspiracy and inciting violence and arson attacks across the country amid widespread…
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Pak rejects ‘spate of false terrorism-related assertions’ made by India: FO
Islamabad: Pakistan on Sunday rejected what it called the “recent spate of false terrorism-related assertions” made by India against it in which some “detached” incidents were being distorted and presented as a…
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Rahul says govt taxing common people more than corporates, BJP hits back
New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday accused the government of imposing high taxes on common people and giving rebates to its “friends”. He also tweeted a graph suggesting the…
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Shinde camp cannot function without money, loyal shiv sainiks with me: Uddhav
Mumbai: Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said honest Sena workers are with him while the rebel camp led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Ekanath Shinde cannot function “without money”. Addressing Shiv…
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India’s abstinence from voting on Russian invasion due to various considerations: Singapore PM Lee
Singapore: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday that India abstained from voting on the United Nations resolution deploring Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as the country buys military equipment from…
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People angry over CBI action against Sisodia, large number of them joining AAP: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday claimed that a large number of people are joining Aam Aadmi Party as there is a lot of anger among them over the…
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Comedians, influencers, Hyderabad-linked licensees: ‘Toolkits’ on radar in liquor license probe
New Delhi: A dozen-odd standup comedians, a close-knit group of Hyderabad-linked wholesale and retail traders of alcoholic beverages, and a maze of corporate entities sharing similar Mumbai addresses are among those being…
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Caste atrocities ‘soul-crippling’, need zero tolerance for prejudice: Meira Kumar
New Delhi: Amid the uproar over the death of a Dalit schoolboy in Rajasthan, senior Congress leader Meira Kumar on Sunday stressed on completely eradicating the “illness” of caste system and adopting…
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Amid backlash, Zomato withdraws Hrithik Roshan-starrer Mahakal advt, expresses apology
Bhopal: Amid a row, online food delivery firm Zomato has withdrawn the advertisement featuring actor Hrithik Roshan and apologised clarifying the Mahakal reference was for a restaurant and not the temple. Priests…
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In a first, two women hired as metro train drivers in Egypt
Cairo metro has hired two women as the country’s first female train drivers to expand its services to a population of nearly 20 million people The two women hired are— 30-year-old Hind…
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IndiGo flight suffers ‘false cargo smoke warning’; DGCA to probe incident
New Delhi: An IndiGo flight from Delhi to Kolkata suffered a “false cargo smoke warning” before landing on Sunday and aviation regulator DGCA is probing the incident. After arrival at Kolkata airport,…
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Dubai’s Emaar to sell fashion platform Namshi to Noon
Abu Dhabi: Dubai’s Emaar Properties has announced that it has decided to sell its online fashion platform Namshi to e-commerce company Noon for $335.2 million. Emaar said in a disclosure submitted to the Dubai…
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Bus carrying 23 Saudi tourists overturns in Turkey
Riyadh: A bus carrying 23 Saudi tourists was involved in a traffic accident in the Turkish province of Rize on Sunday morning, local media reported. Four people were taken to the hospital,…