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Telangana Intermediate exams: CS asks cops to shut xerox centres
Hyderabad: Telangana chief secretary Santhi Kumari on Friday, February 28, instructed the state Police department to see that the Xerox centers are closed during the upcoming Intermediate Public exams. The instructions were…
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KA Abbas Memorial Lecture: MANUU hosts Islamicate influence in Bombay cinema
Hyderabad: The Film Club of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) organized the first KA Abbas Memorial Lecture on Thursday (February 28). The distinguished speaker was Prof Ira Bhaskar, retired faculty from…
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RTC bus staff attack: Kannada organisations call for Karnataka bandh on March 22
Bengaluru: Condemning the attacks on RTC bus staff in Maharashtra and Belagavi for not speaking Marathi, Kannada organisations have announced a Karnataka bandh on March 22. The Chairman of Kannada Okkuta (Federation…
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Ramzan 2025: Crescent moon sighted in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh: The crescent moon, which marks the beginning of the holy month of Ramzan 1446 AH-2025, has been sighted in Saudi Arabia on Friday evening, February 28. Therefore, Friday is the last…
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Fire at residential building in Rangareddy, 3 including minor dead
Hyderabad: A massive fire broke out on Friday evening, February 28 in a residential building in Pasha Colony, Puppalguda of Ranga Reddy district claiming three lives including a minor. The deceased has…
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GHMC unveils Mallepally Lighthouse Center to boost job opportunities
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi on Friday, February 28 inaugurated the Mallepally Lighthouse Center at Mojampura Bazaar Ghat which aims to equip young people with skills and…
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GHMC aims to sterilize 80 pc of stray dogs
Hyderabad: With India noting approximately 18,000–20,000 rabies deaths annually, majority of them being children, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) commissioner Ilambarthi on Friday, February 28 announced plans to sterilize 80 percent…
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Israeli army says killed Hezbollah militant behind weapon deals
Jerusalem: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Friday that it killed Hezbollah militant Mohammed Mahdi Ali Shaheen in an airstrike in northeastern Lebanon on Thursday evening. The statement…
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Kerala HC grants police protection to interfaith couple who fled Jharkhand
The Kerala High Court on Thursday, February 27, ordered police protection for an interfaith couple from Jharkhand who fled their state and sought refuge in the southern state after threats from the…
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UAE becomes world’s first country to use drones for Ramzan moon sighting
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) makes history as the first country in the world to use artificial intelligence (AI)-powered drones to determine the beginning of Ramzan, which is expected to…
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Hyderabad police arrest 2 for stealing phones worth Rs 4.5 lakh
Hyderabad: Two individuals have been arrested by the SR Nagar police on Friday, February 28 for allegedly stealing phones. The police recovered 28 stolen phones worth Rs 4.5 lakh. The accused has…
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Telangana: Peak power demand expected to cross 17500MW in summer
Hyderabad: Telangana principal secretary (energy) Sandeep Kumar Sultania on Friday, February 28 reviewed the implementation of the Northern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Ltd’s (TGNPDCL) action plan to meet the increasing loads during…
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4 police inspectors transferred under Hyderabad commissionerate
Hyderabad: Four inspectors of the Hyderabad police were transferred and posted to new offices in the city commissionerate on Friday, February 28. The transfer orders were issued on administrative grounds, with immediate…
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Man arrested for filming, selling videos of women bathing at Maha Kumbh
The Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj cybercrime police station, on Thursday, arrested a 27-year-old man identified as Amit Kumar Jha for recording and uploading videos online of women bathing and changing clothes during the…
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Man held for production of adulterated mukhwas in Chudi Bazaar
A 57-year-old man was arrested after the south west zone commissioner’s task force, along with a GHMC food safety officer, raided an illegal Mukhwas (mouth freshener) manufacturing unit in Chudi Bazaar for…
