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Taliban cleric Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani killed in suicide attack
Kabul: Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani, a prominent Taliban figure, was killed in a suicide attack on a seminary in Kabul on Thursday when the attacker blew explosives placed in a prosthetic leg, according…
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Hyderabad: Few takers for Dhoolpet laddu this Raksha Bandhan
Hyderabad: The number of shops selling the famous ‘Dhoolpet laddu’ during the Raksha Bandhan festival seems to have come down this year thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the outbreak of the…
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Minister agrees to allocate 8 lakh houses to Odisha under PMAY
Bhubaneswar: Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Giriraj Singh has agreed to allocate additional 8 lakh houses to Odisha under PMAY scheme. This was decided at a meeting held between…
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Delhi sees 2,726 new coronavirus cases, six fatalities
New Delhi: Delhi on Thursday reported 2,726 fresh COVID-19 cases and six fatalities due to the viral disease, while the positivity rate stood at 14.38 percent, according to data shared by the…
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CBI books sub-postmaster in Telangana village for swindling Rs 1.72 crore
New Delhi: The CBI has booked a sub-postmaster posted at a Telangana village who allegedly swindled Rs 1.72 crore in one year by hoodwinking the accounting system of the postal department, officials…
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Vedic scriptures like Manusmriti give respect to women: Delhi HC Justice
New Delhi: Delhi High Court Justice Prathiba M. Singh has said that Vedic scriptures like Manusmriti have always given a very respectable position to women, adding that our ancestors knew very well…
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Tharoor to receive France’s highest civilian award, party leaders congratulate him
New Delhi: With senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor set to be conferred with France’s highest civilian award Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur, a host of party leaders congratulated him on the prestigious…
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Bazm-e-Sukhn holds meeting to pay tributes to renowned Urdu poet Shaz Tamkanat
Hyderabad: Perhaps the most noted Urdu poet from Hyderabad in recent times Shaz Tamkanat lived in the Mallepally area. Close to the house of Shaz lived the famous poet Allama Hairat Badayuni. The…
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I-T dept seizes Rs 56 cr cash, 14 cr worth jewellery during raids in Maharashtra
New Delhi: The Income-tax department has seized a whopping Rs 56 crore in cash apart from jewellery valued at Rs 14 crore after it raided two major Maharashtra business groups engaged in…
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Street in Ramallah named after slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
The municipality of Ramallah, in the centre of the occupied West Bank, inaugurated a street bearing the name of the late Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was assassinated by Israeli forces.…
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No chair for many Dalit panchayat presidents, reveals survey report
Chennai: In a survey conducted by the Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front (TNUEF), it was shockingly found that many Dalit panchayat presidents in the state were not even allowed a chair in…
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Eknath Shinde snubs Thackeray again, drops Shiv Sena from BAC meet
Mumbai: In a fresh snub to ex-CM Uddhav Thackeray, his Shiv Sena faction in the Maharashtra Assembly was dropped from the crucial Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meet to prepare for the upcoming…
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BJP using festival of independence for its own gains: Akhilesh
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said the BJP is appropriating the festival of independence to its purpose which is an insult to the martyrs. BJP is pursuing its…
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Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini moves SC seeking premature release
New Delhi: A convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case has moved the Supreme Court seeking premature release. S. Nalini, a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination, has moved the apex court…