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Secularism safe in India, says Vice Prez Venkaiah Naidu
Bengaluru: Asserting that India is the most tolerant country in the world, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said secularism is safe in this country, not because of any government or party,…
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People being divided for political opportunism: Amartya Sen
Kolkata: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Saturday said people of the country were being divided for “political opportunism”. Sen also lamented that the colonial practise of imprisoning people due to political reasons…
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Andhra Pradesh: Jagan elected lifetime president of YSR Congress
Amaravati: Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy was on Saturday elected president for lifetime of Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress (YSRC). The process was completed on the concluding day of the YSRC’s two-day plenary,…
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Telangana cop suspended over rape, attempt to murder charges
Hyderabad: Circle Inspector Marredpally, K Nageshwar Rao has been suspended after a woman filed a complaint against him for alleged sexually assaulting and attemping to murder her and her husband. The victim…
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Bengaluru: In a first, police seize property of drug peddler
Bengaluru: In a first, Bengaluru police in Karnataka have seized movable and immovable property worth Rs 50 lakh of a drug peddler, Joint Commissioner of CCB Raman Gupta said on Saturday. The action…
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Video: Family heckles Pakistan minister, calls him ‘chor’
Lahore: Pakistan’s Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal was heckled by a family at a restaurant, the media reported. A video of the incident that quickly went viral shows Iqbal stopping by at the…
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Cab driver arrested for killing stray dog in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Karnataka police have arrested a person for allegedly crushing a stray dog under his car in the Indiranagar locality of Bengaluru, police said on Saturday. The arrested person has been identified…
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Only domestic payments enabled for Alt News: Razorpay
New Delhi: Razorpay, the payment gateway used by Alt News to receive donations, on Friday said only domestic payments were enabled for the fact-checking website and foreign transactions were not allowed without…
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Hyderabad: Man dies by suicide over betting debt
Hyderabad: A man addicted to online gambling died by suicide on Friday at Attapur since he was unable to repay loans worth Rs 7 lakh from banks. The deceased was identified as…
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Over 6,000 pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath base camps
Jammu: The 11th batch of over 6,000 Amarnath pilgrims left the Jammu city on Saturday for the twin base camps in Kashmir even as the annual pilgrimage to the cave shine in…
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Syrian President Assad makes first visit to Aleppo since war
Damascus: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has paid his first visit to the country’s economic and industrial hub Aleppo since the outbreak of the country’s war 11 years ago. Assad took part in…
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Hindu organisations conduct peace march in Delhi
New Delhi: Several Hindu organisations on Saturday conducted a peace march in the national capital condemning the barbaric Udaipur and Amravati incidents. The people, in thousands, were seen raising slogans like ‘Bharat…
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Ola begins layoffs, pauses appraisals in cost-cutting exercise
New Delhi: Ride-hailing platform Ola has started laying off employees, as many as 500 from its nearly 1,100-strong workforce, across verticals as it aims to cut costs amid a challenging funding environment.…