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You call me kafir: Faria Abdullah breaks down over Bonalu hate
Hyderabad: For some, Independence Day is about celebrating freedom from the past. For Faria Abdullah, it became a moment to speak about another kind of freedom, the freedom to love, to embrace…
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Hyderabad’s forgotten year between two independence days
Hyderabad: It is a very easy thing to say or to write: India won independence from the British and became free on August 15, 1947. But it takes only a scratch of the…
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Four trains to halt at Hitech City Railway Station during Dasara
Hyderabad: To reduce passenger rush from October 9 to 26 during Dasara, the South Central Railway (SCR) on Friday, August 14, announced that four special trains will temporarily halt at the Hitech…
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Telangana man trapped in Saudi desert finally returns home
Hyderabad: Dasari Aravind, a 23-year-old man from Telangana, has returned home after allegedly being made to work as a shepherd in a remote Saudi Arabian desert instead of being given the job…
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7.7 earthquake hits Indonesia, topples buildings, kills 20
Maumere (Indonesia): A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, August 15, killing at least 20 people, collapsing buildings and homes as well as causing panic in…
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Hyderabad YouTuber Arif Hussain arrested under POCSO Act
Hyderabad: A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case was registered against a Hyderabad-based YouTuber, Arif Hussain, for allegedly attempting to sexually assault a minor and sexually assaulting her 31-year-old mother.…
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NALSAR student body condemns BCI, seeks Chairperson’s apology
Hyderabad: The Student Bar Council of NALSAR University of Law on Saturday, August 15, condemned the BCI over its withdrawn order barring state bar councils from enrolling the university’s 2026 graduates as…
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Bhatti launches smart ration cards in Khammam
Hyderabad: Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka handed out Digital Smart Ration Cards to beneficiaries at the Khammam Collectorate on Independence Day, part of a statewide rollout that Chief Minister A…
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Telangana MLAs to study Philippines model for Gulf workers
Hyderabad: An 11-member Telangana delegation, including MLAs and subject experts, will travel to the Philippines from August 17 to 21 to study that country’s migration and labour policies, with an eye on adapting…
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Should India remain an underdeveloped country? SC raps Centre
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, while directing the Centre to decide on the visual appearance of the Front-of-Package-Labelling on pre-packaged food products, asked whether India should remain an underdeveloped country. The court…
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Telangana HC dismisses BRS, BJP’s pleas on crop loss payouts
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Friday, August 14, dismissed as not maintainable two separate public interest litigations, one by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA T Harish Rao and another by Bharatiya Janata…
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Jharkhand Police stops Devendra Mahto from joining Tiranga Rally
Jharkhand: Devendra Mahto, the Jharkhand student leader on an indefinite hunger strike, was allegedly stopped from participating in the Tiranga Rally on Saturday, August 15, on the occasion of India’s 80th Independence…
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BJP backs Modi’s I-Day speech, Oppn slams ‘dimaagi Naxal’ remark
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day address from the Red Fort set off a familiar political clash on Saturday, August 15, with the BJP hailing his blueprint for a developed…
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BJP says Sonia opposed full Vande Mataram; Congress denies
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janta Party on Saturday, August 15, accused Congress leader Sonia Gandhi of objecting to the singing of the full version of Vande Mataram at the party’s Independence Day…
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Telangana bars pvt medical colleges from taking internship fee
Hyderabad: Private medical colleges in Telangana can charge MBBS students tuition only for the four-and-a-half-year academic course and not for the compulsory one-year internship that follows, the Telangana Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee…
