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Our goal is to make Andhra Pradesh global knowledge hub: Naidu
Visakhapatnam: Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said on Friday that the Andhra Pradesh government is working with a goal to transform the state into a global knowledge hub by leveraging fast-emerging technologies…
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‘What is the basis of making me accused in Delhi riots case?’ Umar Khalid asks in HC
New Delhi: Former JNU student Umar Khalid on Friday asked before the Delhi High Court the basis on which the Delhi police made him an accused in a UAPA case related to…
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BJP conspiring to delete 11,000 voters ahead of Delhi Assembly polls: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Former Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) of orchestrating large-scale deletions of voters’ names from the electoral…
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Maoist party calls for Telangana bandh on December 9
Hyderabad: The Communist Party of India (CPI-Maoist) called for a state-wide bandh on December 9, in its response to the encounter between Telangana Greyhounds and Maoists in the Chalapaka forest area in…
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Three held for theft at SBI in Telangana; 2.52 kg gold recovered
Hyderabad: The Warangal police nabbed three members of an interstate gang who broke into the State Bank of India (SBI) Raiparthy branch last month and decamped with 19 kilograms of gold. The…
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Israeli bombardments kill 15 Palestinians in Gaza
At least 15 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said. Israeli warplanes targeted a residential house in the town of Beit Lahia, according to…
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Hezbollah vows support for Syrian govt amid rebel offensives
Hezbollah will support the Syrian government amid escalating offensives by rebel forces, Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said in a televised speech. While Qassem did not clarify the form of support, he…
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Telangana govt appoints new VCs for BRAOU, JNTU
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has appointed former Telangana State Public Service Commission (TGPSC) chairman Prof Ghanta Chakrapani as the new vice-chancellor of Dr BR Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU) on Friday, December 6.…
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Hyderabad: Ex-CHRD director held for financial scam using fake invoices
Hyderabad: A retired director of the Center for Human Resource Development (CHRD) and the Centre for Agriculture Rural Development (CARD) at the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) was arrested on Friday,…
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Thieves ride stolen bike in Hyderabad’s Chilkalguda, nabbed
Hyderabad: Two men were arrested while driving on a stolen bike at Chilkalguda X roads on Thursday evening, December 5. The accused, Addakula Vijay Kumar, 44, along with Alakunta Akshay, 19, residents of…
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Telangana ACB nabs panchayat secy for Rs 15,000 bribe in Sangareddy
Hyderabad: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) Telangana caught the Panchayath Secretary of Mahadevpur village Sangareddy red-handed when he demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs 15000. Officer C Umesh, panchayath secretary of Mahadevpur…
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Hyderabad: Interstate peddler nabbed with Rs 5L opium stash in Uppal
Hyderabad: An interstate drug peddler was arrested from Ganesh Nagar, Uppal, on the night of December 4 and 1 kg of opium was seized from his possession. The accused, Badar Ram, 32,…
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Farmers protest: 8 injured, march halted after tear gas shelling
Shambhu: Farmers on a ‘Dilli Chalo’ march demanding a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Prices (MSP) and other nearly five-year-old issues, were forced to halt temporarily after police fired tear gas shells…
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Bundle of Rs 500 found under MP Abhishek Singhvi’s seat stirs row in RS
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday, December 6 said security staff had recovered a wad of Rs 500 notes from the seat allotted to Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi,…
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Saudi Arabia’s Zakat conference concludes with signing of 11 agreements
In a significant move, the third annual Zakat, Tax, and Customs Conference concluded on Thursday, December 5 at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh. The conference organized by…
