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Expecting overnight transformation in J-K ‘unrealistic’: Farooq Abdullah
Srinagar: National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said it is “unrealistic” to expect his party-led government, formed last year, to bring overnight transformation in Jammu and Kashmir as the “developmental setbacks”…
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Remarks on Col Sofiya Qureshi: SC to hear MP minister’s plea on Friday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is set to hear the plea of Madhya Pradesh Tribal Affairs Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah on Friday, challenging a Madhya Pradesh High Court order that initiated suo…
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Iran not to dismantle uranium enrichment facilities: Foreign Minister
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has stressed that none of the country’s uranium enrichment facilities would be dismantled, media reported. He made the remarks on Thursday during a visit to…
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UK High Court rejects fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi’s bail plea
New Delhi: The High Court of Justice, King’s Bench Division, in London rejected bail plea of fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi who already had made several such futile attempts. His plea was…
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Dubai makes driving licence renewal easier
Dubai: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) on Thursday, May 15, streamlined driving licence services, reducing the number by 53 percent — from 33 to 15. The initiative is part of a…
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Telugu actor Bellamkonda Srinivas booked for rash driving in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A case was registered against Telugu actor Bellamkonda Srinivas on May 15 for allegedly driving his car rashly, on the wrong side of a road here and also disobeying a traffic…
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India, Pakistan extend ceasefire as tensions persist
New Delhi: Following the May 10 understanding between India and Pakistan on cessation of hostilities, it was decided to continue the confidence building measures to reduce the alertness level, Indian officials said…
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Nine Indian workers stranded in Saudi Arabia seek govt help to return
Nine Indian migrant workers have been stranded in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, for the past four months after their employer allegedly stopped providing work and confiscated their passports, leaving them helpless and without…
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Officials facing SC’s ire due to Telangana CM’s misdeeds: KTR on Kancha Gachibowli
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) said on Thursday, May 15, that Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy’s misdeeds led the state government officials to face the…
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Left activist and Kerala journalist held over Op Sindoor post, booked under UAPA
A 26-year-old independent journalist, hailing from Kerala and associated with the Democratic Students Association, has been charged under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), a day after he was arrested by…
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Indian scholar freed by US judge after detention over support for Palestine
Alexandria: A Georgetown scholar from India who was arrested amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on foreign college students was released from immigration detention Wednesday after a federal judge’s ruling. Badar Khan Suri,…
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Telangana man jumps into well over bike demand, climbs out unharmed after drama
Hyderabad: In a hilarious incident that could have gone seriously wrong, a young man jumped into a well, demanding that his mother either buy him a bike or watch him die. He…
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Jilted lover arrested for killing woman’s husband in KPHB Colony
Hyderabad: A 27-year-old man was arrested on Thursday, May 15, for stabbing to death the husband of his lover in Hyderabad’s KPHB colony. Four others were earlier arrested on May 13. According…
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Fake certificate racket busted in Hyderabad; three held
Hyderabad: Three individuals were arrested in a fake educational certificate scam for selling forged degrees to to job aspirants and students. The accused were nabbed in a crackdown by the west zone…
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Baby ‘Madinah’ marks first birth of Haj 2025 season
Madinah: A medical team at the Maternity and Children’s Hospital at King Salman Medical City in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, has successfully recorded the first birth of Haj 1446 AH–2025. The baby girl…
