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Kerala salesman wins Rs 2 crore in Abu Dhabi’s Big Ticket draw
Indian national from Kerala won a staggering one million dirhams (Rs 2,26,55,352) in the latest Big Ticket Abu Dhabi weekly draw. The winner, Nalupurackal Keezhath Shamseer, bagged the prize after buying ticket number…
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Telangana DCA busts spurious drugs racket, Rs 26-lakh stocks seized
Hyderabad: The officers of the Drugs Control Administration, Telangana, busted a spurious drug racket in Dilsukhnagar on Friday, December 29, and seized the stocks worth Rs 26,00,000. According to the reports, the…
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Qatar’s Cabinet approves law on nationalisation of private sector
Doha: Qatar has approved the draft law on nationalisation of jobs in the private sector and referred it to the Shura Council. The decision was approved by Qatari Cabinet at a regular…
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Upset over suspension from college, student dies by suicide in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Suspended from college, a first-year hotel management student died by suicide after allegedly consuming sleeping pills here, police said on Friday. The incident occurred on Thursday at a paying guest accommodation…
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US imposes sanctions on money exchange services that help fund Houthis
The United States (US) has imposed sanctions on an individual and three exchange companies, on charges of facilitating the transfer of Iranian financial support to the Houthi group in Yemen. In a…
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Governing country as per ‘Manusmriti’ BJP’s secret agenda: JD-U
New Delhi: The BJP brings up Sanatan Dharma whenever the issue of its government “curtailing” the rights of the backwards, Dalits, tribals and minorities are raised as it is working on a…
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UP: Upset over probe, Dalit man sets himself afire outside SP office
Unnao: A 28-year-old Dalit man set himself on fire outside the office of the Superintendent of Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district. The victim was ‘disappointed by the tardy progress of police’…
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Pained over Kannada activists’ arrest: Karnataka ex-CM Bommai
Bengaluru: Senior BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said that he felt “pained” following the arrest of ‘Kannada Rakshana Vedike’ chief T.A. Narayana Gowda and others in…
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Scholarship Scam: 40 educational institutions blacklisted in Rajasthan
Jaipur: A scholarship scam has surfaced in Rajasthan after the ouster of the Congress government in the recently-held Assembly elections. The Social Justice and Empowerment Department has blacklisted 40 educational institutions involved…
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Israel witnesses rise in suicide rate, mental health issues
The forum of directors of psychiatric hospitals in Israel has called on the authorities to declare a state of emergency due to the high rates of suicide and mental illness among Israelis.…
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Two new Ministers inducted in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Friday swore in two new Ministers in the Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet. The new ministers are actor-turned-politician K.B. Ganesh Kumar and veteran Kadanapally Ramachandran. Present at…