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Hyderabad: Lorry runs over school girl in Habsiguda

Hyderabad: In a disturbing incident, a school girl, who was travelling with her mother and brother, died while returning home when a lorry hit their two-wheeler at Habsiguda on Thursday evening, August…
Israel says Hamas military chief killed in West Bank’s Jenin

Israel announced on Friday that it had killed Hamas’ commander in Jenin, the West Bank, on the third day of one of its largest assaults in the Israeli-occupied territory in months. In…

Whale-shaped Airbus Beluga lands at Hyderabad Airport

Hyderabad: The Airbus A300-600ST Beluga, a super transporter aircraft, landed at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) on Friday, August 30. This marked the world’s biggest cargo plane’s third visit to the…
Anti-Sikh riots case: Court orders framing charges against Jagdish Tytler

New Delhi: A Delhi court Friday, August 30, ordered framing of charges for murder and other offenses against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a case related to the alleged murder of three…
Another zoo park to come up on Hyderabad outskirts

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy has directed officials to plan a new zoo park on the outskirts of Hyderabad. At the review meeting on August 30 at the state secretariat,…
Ex-Jharkhand CM Champai Soren joins BJP

Ranchi: Two days after he quit the JMM, former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren joined the BJP on Friday, August 30. Soren along with a large number of his supporters crossed over…
Telangana: Revanth in quandary as defections from BRS MLAs stop

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister and current state Congress president Revanth Reddy’s plan to engineer en masse defections from the main opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) seems to have hit a roadblock. While…

Hyderabad police arrest three for laptop theft

Hyderabad: The SR Nagar police here arrested three people for their involvement in laptop theft cases in Bapunagar and surrounding area of the city. Following their arrests, the police recovered nine stolen…
Israeli families breach Gaza fence to bring back hostages

Families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza took a dramatic step on Thursday, August 29, and crossed the border fence near the Israeli town of Nir Am. The angry families expressed their…
Cyberabad police recover 2696 stolen phones in 6 months

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad police recovered 2,696 stolen mobile phones in the last six months, of which 570 worth Rs 1.5 crore were retrieved in the past 25 days. The phones were handed…
5 relatives booked for assaulting pregnant woman in Thane

Thane: Police in Maharashtra’s Thane district have registered an FIR against five relatives, including the husband, of a pregnant woman for assaulting her, an official said on Thursday, August 29. The complainant,…
Robert Vadra arrives in Hyderabad, to meet children with disabilities, others

Hyderabad: AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s husband Robert Vadra arrived here on Friday for a “spiritual trip” during which he would go to places of worship and also meet people from…
Telangana govt to review Private Security Agencies Act: Bhatti

Hyderabad: Telangana deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Friday, August 30 said that the government will review the Private Security Agencies Act. “A society can be truly safe only when all…
Assam Assembly abolishes 2-hr break for Friday ‘namaz’

Guwahati: The Assam assembly will do away with a two-hour break provided on Fridays to facilitate Muslim legislators to offer ‘namaz’, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The rule will be implemented…
Arunachal CM slams Mamata Banerjee for ‘irresponsible’ remarks on northeast

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Friday claimed that his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee’s recent comment on the northeast region was “irresponsible” and went against the spirit of unity…