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Abhishek Banerjee named TMC leader in Lok Sabha; Sudip replaced
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha (LS) MP, Abhishek Banerjee, has replaced veteran and four-time party MP, Sudip Bandyopadhyay, as the leader of Trinamool Congress’ Parliamentary team in…
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Delhi govt tables bill to regulate fee hikes by private schools in Assembly
New Delhi: Education Minister Ashish Sood on Monday tabled a bill to regulate fee hikes by private schools in Delhi on the first day of the Monsoon session of the Assembly, claiming…
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Former BRS MLA resigns, cites merger plan of BRS with BJP as reason
Hyderabad: In a major setback to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), former Achampet MLA Guvvala Balaraju has tendered his resignation to the pink party on Saturday, August 2. His resignation got exposed on…
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PM Modi to address NDA parliamentary meeting on Tuesday
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the BJP-led NDA parliamentary party meeting on Tuesday, a get-together of the ruling alliance’s MPs which is being held after a considerable gap. The…
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Afghanistan has its ‘sharpest surge’ ever of child malnutrition, says UN
Islamabad: Afghanistan is seeing its sharpest-ever surge of child malnutrition, the World Food Program said Monday, adding it needed USD 539 million to help the country’s most vulnerable families. Almost 10 million…
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State Dept may require visa applicants to post bond of up to USD 15,000 to enter US
Washington: The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to USD 15,000 to apply to enter the United States, a move that…
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Supermen from India! What a win: Tendulkar leads praise after stunning victory
London: The legendary Sachin Tendulkar led the way as the Indian cricket fraternity on Monday lavished praise on the Shubman Gill-led team after the stunning win in the fifth Test against England,…
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Veteran Malayalam filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan triggers castiest remarks
Thiruvananthapuram: Veteran filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan on Sunday, August 3, said the current practice of the Kerala State Film Development Corporation (KSFDC) providing Rs 1.5 crore to prospective filmmakers from SC/ST has not…
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Coaching institute launches first international study centre in Kuwait
Jaipur: Competitive examination coaching institute, Motion Education, has launched its first international study centre in Kuwait, an official said on Monday. The centre aims to deliver personalised coaching to Indian students in…
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Serial fraudster targeting women with fake Mudra loans held in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A 34-year-old, involved in several Mudra loan fraud cases across Hyderabad, was arrested Task Force from the Central Zone Team on Sunday. Shaik Jani from originally from Nakrekal village in Nalgonda…
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Rs 9 lakh stolen from mobile shop in Koti; Case registered
Hyderabad: Unidentified persons broke into a shop at Gujarati Galli, Koti, on Sunday night, and decamped with Rs 9 lakh in cash. The offenders entered into the Laxmi mobiles store located on…
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Telangana on high alert as IMD warns of more heavy rain
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday, August 4, put the state on high alert following heavy rains that lashed across districts, including Hyderabad. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has…
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Karnataka RTC to go on indefinite strike from tomorrow
Bengaluru: The employees’ union of the state-owned transport corporations have decided to go an indefinite strike from August 5 as talks with the Karnataka government failed on Monday. The Karnataka High Court…
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Odisha student self immolation case: ABVP state leader arrested
The joint secretary of Odisha Akhil Bharatiya Vidharthi Parishad (ABVP) and another have been arrested on Sunday, August 3, in connection with the self-immolation case of a 20-year-old female student of Fakir…
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CPI leader D Raja writes to PM, seeks restoration of J&K statehood
New Delhi: Communist Party of India general secretary D Raja on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to bring a bill in the ongoing Monsoon Session to restore the…
