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Pak polls: Rawalpindi Commissioner resigns in protest against rigging
Rawalpindi: Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Liaquat Ali Chatta on Saturday resigned from his post in protest against electoral irregularities, local media reported. Chatta made the announcement in a press conference at Rawalpindi Cricket…
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Telangana: Teacher suspended for misbehaving with female students
Hyderabad: A physical education teacher of a government high school was suspended for allegedly misbehaving with female students in Telangana’s Nirmal district on Saturday, February 17. District Education Officer Dr Ravinder Reddy…
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Hyderabad Metro charging excess fares, reveals CAG report
Hyderabad: A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) revealed that L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad Limited (L&TMRH) was permitted to charge higher fares than initially agreed upon. Between November…
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Efforts to undermine Constitution must be thwarted: Karnataka CM
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said the Constitution belongs to every citizen of the country and efforts to undermine its foundations must be thwarted. While speaking to reporters here in…
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Haryana, Rajasthan sign MoU on Yamuna water sharing
New Delhi: Haryana and Rajasthan have signed an agreement to jointly prepare a detailed project report for the transfer of Rajasthan’s share of Yamuna water from Hathnikund in Haryana through underground pipelines and…
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Man shoots 12 of his family members in Iran
Tehran: A man shot dead 12 members of his family and injured three others in Iran’s Kerman province, country’s semi official news agency reported. Addressing reporters, Kerman’s Police Commander Nasser Farshid said…
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AP: Measures taken to control avian influenza in 2 Nellore villages
Nellore: In the wake of a local avian influenza outbreak in two villages in this district, an Animal Husbandry department official on Saturday said all measures have been taken to control the…
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Telangana: Debate on Irrigation between BRS, Congress rocks Assembly
Hyderabad: As state irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy presented the White Paper in the Assembly, on Saturday, February 17, stating that the state government ‘cannot initiate’ new projects due to the…
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Telangana: Hand over Kaleshwaram project probe to CBI, demands BJP
Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party leader N Ramchander Rao has demanded the state government to immediately hand over the Kaleshwaram project investigation to the CBI. Speaking to ANI on Friday, he stated, “The…
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Late SPB’s son issues legal notice for recreating singer’s voice through AI
Chennai: S.P. Kalyan Charan, noted Tamil singer and son of legendary singer late S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (SPB), has issued a legal notice to producers of Telugu film ‘Keeda Cola’ and its music…
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VHP moves HC against housing lions named Akbar, Sita together in WB park
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has filed a petition before the Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench of Calcutta High Court claiming that a lioness transferred to Bengal Safari Park here from Tripura was named “Sita”…
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Delhi Court rejects Sharjeel Imam’s bail plea in sedition, UAPA case
A Delhi court on Saturday, February 17, rejected the statutory bail application of student activist Sharjeel Imam, in a case of sedition and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) related to alleged…
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Gulzar, Sanskrit scholar Rambhadracharya selected for Jnanpith Award
New Delhi: Renowned Urdu poet Gulzar and Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya have been named the recipients of the 58th Jnanpith Award, the Jnanpith selection committee announced on Saturday. Gulzar is known for…
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Video: Sachin visits bat making unit in Kashmir, pleased with quality
Srinagar: A cricket bat manufacturer in the Sangam area here was in for a pleasant surprise when Sachin Tendulkar and his family visited his manufacturing unit on Saturday. Tendulkar, accompanied by wife…
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If I were to join BJP, I will inform media first, says Kamal Nath
New Delhi: Amid speculation that he could cross over to the BJP, senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath arrived in the national capital Saturday, February 17, afternoon…
