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Indian economy remains world’s fastest growing despite US tariffs
New Delhi: India’s economy grew at a higher-than-expected 8.2 per cent – the fastest pace in six quarters – in July-September, as front-loading of production ahead of GST rates cut boosted consumption…
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Riyadh Metro sets Guinness World Record for longest driverless metro network
Riyadh: Riyadh Metro has been officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the world’s longest fully driverless metro network, marking a major milestone less than a year after the system began operating.…
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Hyderabad metro launches smart locker facility across 7 stations
Hyderabad: Hyderabad L&T Metro Rail on Friday, November 28, launched on-demand smart storage lockers across seven metro stations in a bid to enhance commuter convenience. The “Scan and Store” facility has been…
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Rajasthan: Two killed, 12 injured as bus hits vehicle on Delhi-Mumbai expressway
Kota: Two passengers were killed while 12 others sustained injuries after a private sleeper bus, travelling from Delhi to Indore on early Friday, hit an unidentified vehicle from behind on the Delhi-Mumbai…
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Ayyappa devotees allowed to carry ‘irumudi’ as cabin luggage: Aviation min
Hyderabad: Ayyappa devotees on the holy pilgrimage to Sabarimala will be allowed to carry the sacred ‘irumudi’ as cabin luggage on flights rather than as check-in baggage, the Ministry of Civil Aviation…
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Delhi air stays ‘very poor’ at AQI 369; no relief expected soon
New Delhi: The national capital recorded an AQI of 369 on Friday, extending its streak of ‘very poor’ air quality to half the month of November, and forecasts show no respite in…
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CCTV captures violent Rajasthan gang clash as cars ram bike
Jaipur: Two criminal gangs allegedly clashed in Kotputli-Behror district, with one group attempting to run over three bike-borne men using a Thar and a Swift, while the other group retaliated by firing…
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Pakistan: 5 killed, 9 injured as jeep plunges into ravine in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Peshawar: Five people were killed and nine injured when a jeep carrying them plunged into a ravine in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, police said. Police said the vehicle, with 14…
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Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency arrests 8 over building fire
Hong Kong: Hong Kong‘s anti-corruption agency said on Friday it arrested eight people connected to the renovation of the high-rise apartments that were engulfed in a massive fire that left 128 people…
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Crude bombs hurled near school in Bhubaneshwar, no one injured
Bhubaneswar: Miscreants hurled crude bombs near Kendriya Vidyalaya-3 here on Friday morning, triggering panic in the area, police said. However, no one was hurt in the incident. A team from Mancheswar police…
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Scrap merger of municipalities, corporations with GHMC: BJP to govt
Hyderabad: Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president N Ramchander Rao on Friday, November 28, today strongly opposed the state Congress government’s decision to expand the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal…
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Palestinian-US teen released after nine months in Israeli jail
A Palestinian-American teenager Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim has been released nine months after Israeli forces detained him during a nighttime raid in the occupied West Bank. Sixteen-year-old Ibrahim, who lives in Florida, was…
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Drunk man gets locked inside cage meant for catching leopards
Bahraich: A man was trapped inside a cage placed to capture a leopard in Uttar Pradesh‘s Bahraich district, officials said on Friday. The incident occurred on Thursday night in Umri Dehalo village…
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Construction work for Mir Alam Tank bridge begins in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The construction work for the ‘iconic’ Mir Alam Tank bridge started in Hyderabad on Thursday, November 27. The bridge has been proposed as part of the Musi rejuvenation project and aims to ease…
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Kavitha protests on railway tracks in Kamareddy, demands 42 pc BC reservations
Hyderabad: Telangana Jagruti president Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Friday, November 28, organised a ‘rail roko’ protest in Kamareddy demanding 42 BC reservations. Kavitha’s office has said that the protest was organised in Kamareddy…
