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66% of Indians fell victim to romance scam in past year
New Delhi: About two-thirds (66 per cent) of Indians have fallen victim to an online dating or romance scam in the past year, with 81 per cent of them experiencing financial loss,…
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Telangana: Registration for TS ECET 2024 now open, details here
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) initiated the registration process for the Telangana State Engineering Common Entrance Test (TS ECET) 2024 on Thursday, February 15. Interested candidates appearing for…
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Protesting farmers fighting for country, just like soldiers do on borders: Rahul
Aurangabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday came out in support of the protesting farmers, likening the cultivators to soldiers who fight on the country’s borders to protect it. Gandhi was referring…
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Hemant Soren remanded to judicial custody in money laundering case
Ranchi: A special PMLA court on Thursday remanded former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren to judicial custody in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam. The ruling…
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Farmers intensify stir, call for ‘Bharat Bandh’ tomorrow
To intensify their agitation over various demands, farmers’ unions have called for a ‘Gramin Bharat Bandh’ or nationwide strike on Friday, February 16. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has urged all farmers’…
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Nominating Anil and Renuka to RS shows Congress is ready to take bold decisions
Hyderabad: Congress High Command decision to nominate Renuka Chowdhury and Anil Kumar Yadav for the two Rajya Sabha seats has stumped senior Congress leaders vying for tickets. Congress of late has been…
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Nationalist Congress Party belongs to Ajit Pawar, rules Maha Speaker
Mumbai: Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar here on Thursday ruled that the ‘real Nationalist Congress Party’ belongs to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. In his order on the disqualification of MLAs filed…
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MP: Muslim man held, house razed after upper-caste men strip, beat tribal
In a horrific incident, a tribal young man was subjected to inhumane brutality as he was stripped naked, hung upside down and beaten by upper-caste men in the Betul district of Madhya…
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Shashi Tharoor slams BJP for UCC, calls Uttarakhand ‘nanny state’
New Delhi: Hitting out at the Uttarakhand government over the UCC bill and other regulations, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said one should go there to see a “nanny state” in…
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Lion mauls man to death while taking selfie at Tirupati zoo
Tirupati: A man from Rajasthan was killed by a lion at the Sri Venkateswara Zoo in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, on Thursday, February 15, after he entered the enclosure to take a selfie.…
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Sarfaraz Khan hits brisk 50 in debut test match
After years of toil in domestic cricket, Sarfaraz Khan finally realized his dream of donning the Indian jersey in test cricket. The 26-year-old Mumbai batter’s journey to the international arena was laden…
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ED summons TMC leader Mahua Moitra in FEMA violation case
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned TMC leader and former Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra for questioning in a FEMA contravention case next week, official sources said Thursday. The 49-year-old politician…
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Why no FIR on teacher who abused Lord Ram, asks Karnataka BJP
Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP has pulled up the Congress government in the state over the filing of FIRs against two BJP MLAs from Dakshina Kannada district in connection with a protest against a…
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Explained: What are electoral bonds and why BJP wanted them under veil
In a constitutional verdict, the Supreme Court of India, on Thursday, February 15, struck down the Central Government’s electoral bonds scheme, invalidating it as ‘unconstitutional’ and an infringement on freedom of speech…
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Telangana: 2 from Congress, 1 nominee from BRS file papers for RS polls
Hyderabad: Congress candidates Renuka Chowdhury and M Anil Kumar Yadav and BRS nominee Vaddiraju Ravichandra on Thursday filed their nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha election from Telangana. Chowdhury and Yadav, who…
