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No wrongdoing in issuance of disability certificate to Khedkar: Hospital

Pune: A civic hospital near Pune, which had issued a seven percent locomotor disability certificate to IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, has found in its internal probe that the document was as per…
Aligarh Muslim University employees shot at inside campus, 2 held

Aligarh: Two employees of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) here were shot at by motorcycle-borne people inside the campus on Wednesday, police said. The injured employees have been admitted to the hospital, and…

Several INDIA bloc members back Jagan’s protest in Delhi; TDP calls it ‘drama’

New Delhi: YSRCP chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s protest in Delhi against alleged political violence in Andhra Pradesh drew support from unlikely quarters Wednesday, with several INDIA bloc members and AIADMK…
Turkey detains 10 suspects over links to 2016 coup attempt

Ankara: The Turkish police on Wednesday detained 10 suspects across Turkey over their alleged links to a network accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016. The chief public prosecutor’s office of…
Bihar Assembly passes bill to curb paper leaks, malpractices in exams

Patna: The Bihar assembly passed a bill on Wednesday aimed at curbing the scourge of question paper leaks and other malpractices in government recruitment examinations in the state. The Bihar Public Examinations…
Over 12,000 complaints filed on PMO’s public grievance portal pending

New Delhi: Over 12,000 complaints related to the central government departments filed through a public grievance portal of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) are pending, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.…
Saudi Arabia-Kuwait rail link project set to launch in 2026

The Saudi Arabia and Kuwait high-speed railway project is set to be implemented in 2026 and expected to be completed within four years. A joint committee from both countries has recently approved…

UP: SHO shunted, 3 cops suspended in molestation case of Dalit girls

Bahraich (UP): An SHO of the Nanpara police station was shunted out, and three policemen, including a sub-inspector (SI), were suspended following a case of molestation of three Dalit girls by some…
Hyderabad: AIMIM opposes Old City power handover to Adani

Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), MLA Nampally, Mohd Majid Hussain on Wednesday, July 24, stated that the party is opposed to the pilot project of power bill collection in the Old…
Finalise date to sit on dharna in Delhi: Telangana CM Revanth to BRS

Hyderabad: Stating that the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government was responsible for the “present economic crisis” in Telangana, chief minister A Revanth Reddy demanded the BRS to finalize a date and…
Dubai Duty Free draw: Indian expat woman wins Rs 8 crore

A Dubai-based Indian expatriate woman won a staggering one million dollars (Rs 8,37,09,550) on Wednesday, July 24, in the Dubai Duty-Free (DDF) Millennium Millionaire draw. The winner, Vidhi Gurnani, became a one million…
Man, suspected of cow smuggling, shot dead by Rajasthan cops amid chase

Jaipur: A pickup van driver allegedly smuggling cows was shot dead in the early hours of Wednesday by another group of suspected bovine smugglers in Rajasthan’s Deeg district, police said. Superintendent of…
Video: ‘Mahila ho, kuch jaanti nahi…’, says Nitish Kumar to RJD MLA

Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on, Wednesday, July 24, sparked a fresh controversy when he made a disparaging comment on a woman MLA amid aggressive protests by the opposition members in…
Delhi University’s MA Urdu students may soon be taught saint Kabir’s couplets

New Delhi: Couplets of mystic poet and saint Kabir Das will be taught to students pursuing a Master’s degree in Urdu at Delhi University if proposed revisions to the first-year syllabus are…
Either jail or ‘jahannum’ for terrorists: Union min on J-K terror attacks

New Delhi: Terrorists active in Jammu and Kashmir will either land in jail or be sent to ‘jahannum’ (hell), minister of state for Home affairs Nityanand Rai said in the Rajya Sabha…