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Sikkim: 4 held, including 3 minors for ‘sexually harassing’ specially-abled woman
Gangtok: The Sikkim Police on Thursday arrested a man and detained three minors for allegedly sexually harassing an elderly specially-abled woman, an officer said. The group has also been accused of uploading…
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Man held for trying to enter Parliament on fake entry pass
New Delhi: A man has been booked for trespassing for allegedly trying to enter the Parliament complex on a fake entry pass, officials said on Thursday. According to police, a labourer of…
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Singapore Airlines gets FDI nod from Indian govt for Vistara-Air India merger
Singapore: Singapore Airlines on Friday said it has received approval from the Indian government for the foreign direct investment as part of the proposed merger of Vistara with Air India, a deal…
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Moody’s ups India’s GDP growth forecast for 2024
New Delhi: New York-based Moody’s Ratings on Thursday raised its forecast for India’s GDP growth for 2024 to 7.2 per cent from 6.8 per cent as projected earlier on the back of…
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Israel, Hamas agree to pauses for polio vaccinations in Gaza: WHO
United Nations: Israel and Hamas have agreed to three separate, zoned three-day pauses in fighting in the Gaza Strip for the polio vaccination campaign, a World Health Organization (WHO) official has said.…
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No drinking water supply in several areas of Hyderabad for a day
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) has notified interruption in drinking water supply in certain areas of Hyderabad, due to pipeline shifting work by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation…
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Hyderabad: Milad-un Nabi procession postponed, to be held on September 19
Hyderabad: Representatives of the Milad-un-Nabi Committee agreed to hold their annual Milad procession on September 19 and decided to organise the birth anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad on a grand scale on…
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Audio clips of calls from RG Kar Hospital to victim’s parents surface, spark new row
Kolkata: Three purported audio recordings of phone calls, allegedly made by RG Kar Medical College authorities on August 9 morning to the parents of the rape-murder victim asking them to report to…
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Aviation regulator DGCA issues show cause notice to Akasa Air for violations
New Delhi: Aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday issued a showcause notice to Akasa Air for “several regulatory breaches identified during a recent review”. A spot audit and…
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Hyderabad activist claims Congress MLC built farmhouse in Himayath Sagar FTL
Hyderabad: At a time when the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRA) has been going on a demolition drive to protect the city’s lakes, common people and activists have been…
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Justice has prevailed for me, says Shivakumar as HC quashes CBI, BJP leader’s petitions
Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday welcomed the Karnataka High Court dismissing the petitions filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal in the…
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Telangana: 8 member gang arrested for large-scale loan fraud
Hyderabad: The Telangana police on Thursday, August 29, arrested an 8-member gang for allegedly running a large-scale loan frauds targetting Telugu speakers using the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) and Dhani loan…
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ED attaches Rs 834 cr assets in money laundering case against Bhupinder Hooda, others
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth Rs 834 crore located in 20 villages across Gurugram and Delhi in a money laundering case involving former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder…
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Veteran UP school teacher suspended for ‘discouraging tilak wearing’
A school in Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh, has suspended Ayesha Parveen, a teacher who had been with the institution for nearly 20 years over allegations that she allegedly prevented students from wearing…
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AP: 800 fall ill in a week at RGUKT IIIT Nuzvid, students blame mess food
Over 800 students have fallen ill within a week at Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT) Nuzvid Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT) in Andhra Pradesh, exhibiting symptoms such as fever,…
