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Kavitha’s TRS to study impact of GO 97 on polytechnic education
Hyderabad: A day after the Telangana government announced a high-level committee to examine concerns of all stakeholders, Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS) chief Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Tuesday, August 25, announced the constitution of…
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Hijab compulsory in Islam: Clerics seek HC verdict review
New Delhi: Muslim clerics on Tuesday, August 25, urged the Allahabad High Court to reconsider its judgment on wearing a hijab with a school uniform, saying that wearing the head covering is…
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Police raid, nab six unqualified ‘doctors’ across Secunderabad
Hyderabad: Six people posing as qualified doctors and running unauthorised clinics across the Secunderabad zone here have been apprehended, with police seizing fake medical certificates, expired medicines, injections and other equipment used to…
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7 non-cadre Telangana SPs given IPS status by Home Ministry
Hyderabad: Seven non-cadre superintendents in the Telangana Police Department were given Indian Police Service (IPS) status, according to a Union Home Ministry notification dated Monday, August 24. The Union Home Ministry took…
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Karnataka: Amazon, Swiggy licences suspended over datura sale
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has suspended food licences granted to e-commerce platforms Amazon, Swiggy, Instamart and BigBasket for selling toxic datura fruit and its seeds as edible products. The Food Safety and…
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Indian killed in UAE minibus crash as wife secures nursing job
A 35-year-old Indian expatriate was killed in a minibus crash in Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates (UAE), while travelling to work on Monday, August 17, with four other workers injured, Khaleej…
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Telangana govt to distribute sewing machines to BC women
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has launched the Indiramma sewing machine scheme for every household, with the objective of providing self-employment opportunities to BC women. The scheme will be implemented through the BC…
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‘Do cricketers know?’: Bombay HC on MCA’s ‘non-veg tea’
Mumbai: In a lighter vein, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked if cricketers knew they were consuming “non-vegetarian tea” while ordering the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) to clean its eateries prior…
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Elections for GHMC, local bodies likely in December 2027
Hyderabad: Telangana is planning to hold elections for Hyderabad, Cyberabad, and Malkajgiri municipal corporations in December 2027, ETV Bharat reported, quoting sources. Local body elections for Warangal, Khammam, Kothur, Siddipet, Mandammari, Manuguru,…
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UN flags police abuse against Rohingya, Dalits, Muslims in India
Geneva: A United Nations committee on racial discrimination has flagged grave concern over the significant increase in police action and state-administered violence against Rohingya refugees, Bengali-speaking Muslims and Dalits in India. The…
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Explained: Telangana’s Section 22A land list and who it affects
Hyderabad: For years, Section 22A of the Registration Act was something only government clerks and property lawyers thought about. Since early August this year, it has become the most feared phrase in Hyderabad’s…
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Millions in Israeli Defence funding to US universities unreported
The Israeli Ministry of Defence (MOD) and Israeli defence companies have channelled millions of US dollars into research programmes at American universities, with some of the funding not consistently appearing in national…
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Telangana BJP chief ends fast, vows fight over fee reimbursement
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Tuesday, August 25, concluded his fast vowing to continue the party’s struggle for the release of pending dues of students’ tuition fee reimbursement by…
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SC rejects Tejpal’s exemption plea, orders surrender in 2 weeks
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, August 25, directed journalist Tarun Tejpal to surrender within two weeks to undergo the sentence in a 2013 rape case in which he was convicted…
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Rajnath clears DRDO missile tech transfer to private firms
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the transfer of DRDO-developed technologies of all conventional missile systems to Indian industries for production within the country. “This Transfer of Technology (ToT) marks…
