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Dubai Crown Prince orders salary increase for imams, muezzins
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, the Crown Prince of Dubai, on Saturday, March 23, ordered salary increases for imams (prayer leaders) and muezzins (callers to prayer). This will apply to those serving in…
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Union min Jitendra Singh’s wealth more than doubled in 10 years
Jammu: Union minister Jitendra Singh, who is fighting his third Lok Sabha elections on a BJP ticket from Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur parliamentary constituency, recorded a growth of over 100 percent in…
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BRS to become TRS; Telangana public did not like change of name
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi may revert to its original name Telangana Rashtra Samithi after the parliament elections. TRS founded by former Chief Minister and TRS founder, K Chandrasekhar Rao rechristened TRS as…
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Confident of winning from South Chennai, says Tamilisai Soundararajan
Chennai: Ahead of the April 19 Lok Sabha polls, a BJP candidate from South Chennai, Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday expressed confidence that she will win from this constituency. She said she is…
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Bengal: CBI team now reaches Mahua Moitra’s party office in Nadia
Kolkata: After conducting a raid at the residence of D L Moitra, the father of Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra, in Kolkata for around six hours on Saturday, March 23, a CBI…
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AP polls: TDP-JSP-BJP alliance to win 160 out of 175 seats, says Naidu
Vijayawada: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday predicted a clean sweep by TDP-BJP-JSP alliance in the May 13 Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh. He exuded…
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Atishi claims AAP office in Delhi ‘sealed’; police refute charge
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party office in Delhi has been ‘sealed’ from all sides, its senior leader Atishi claimed on Saturday, March 23, and said the party will report the matter…
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Over 400 imams, scholars reject UK govt’s new extremism definition
More than 400 United Kingdom (UK) imams and scholars have rejected the British government’s new definition of extremism that targeted several Muslim organisations. On March 14, Michael Gove, the communities secretary, introduced…
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Turning dreams into reality: Hyderabad Zakat Charitable Trust empowering the poor
Hyderabad: The boy’s eyes twinkled with joy while those of the onlookers turned misty. It was a big day for Anas Khan. He stood in disbelief as he held a brand new…
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Cong has multiple bank accounts, 3-4 attached, ‘not frozen’: BJP
New Delhi: The Congress has multiple bank accounts and just three-four of them have been attached, “not frozen”, for non-payment of tax dues, the BJP said Saturday, March 23, accusing the opposition…
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Kashmir’s Tulip Garden blooming with 1.7M flowers opens to public
By Suhail Khan Srinagar: Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, Asia’s largest tulip garden, located at the foothills of Zabarwan Hills in Srinagar, has been opened to welcome tourists and locals with the…
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Delhi excise policy case: Kejriwal moves HC for immediate release
Challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the excise policy scam, Aam Admi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal moved the Delhi High Court on Saturday, March 23. Kejriwal’s plea in Delhi…
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At least 65 bodies found in mass grave in Libya desert: UN agency
A mass grave containing the bodies of at least 65 migrants has been discovered in Libya, the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. In a statement on Friday, March 22, the…
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Karnataka files writ petition in SC against Centre on drought relief
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Saturday, March 23, that the state government has filed a writ petition against the Union government for not releasing drought relief to the southern state.…
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How the last few Seviyah makers of Hyderabad are keeping the craft alive
Hyderabad: In the tiny lanes of Chaderghat, Dabeerpura, Yakutpura, Golconda, and Langer Houz, families work for weeks in the holy month of Ramzan to make vermicelli (seviyah). While branded buying seviyah from…
