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Dubai offers special home deals for first-time expat buyers
Dubai: Dubai has launched a new initiative aimed at making homeownership more accessible for first-time buyers, including both Emiratis and expatriates. The First-Time Home Buyer Programme, launched by the Dubai Land Department…
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Section of ceiling at Ajmer Dargah collapses due to heavy rains
Jaipur: A section of the ceiling at the Ajmer Dargah collapsed during heavy monsoon rains on Wednesday, triggering outrage among devotees and raising questions over the maintenance of the centuries-old Sufi shrine.…
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Karnataka cabinet clears projects worth Rs 3,400 cr, Bengaluru division gets major share
Chikkaballapura: The Karnataka cabinet, in a meeting held atop the Nandi Hills here, on Wednesday approved development projects worth Rs 3,400 crores, of which Rs 2,050 crores were earmarked for districts falling…
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Jammu & Kashmir: Encounter underway in Kishtwar district
Jammu: An encounter is underway between security forces and terrorists at Chatroo area of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir, an army official said on Wednesday. He said that based on a…
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Hyderabad activist flags lake encroachment by MNR Colleges in Sangareddy
Hyderabad: Environmental activist Dr Lubna Sarwath has alleged that MNR Medical and Engineering Colleges in Fasalvadi village located on the outskirts of Sangareddy town fell right inside the Full-Tank Level (FTL) of…
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Andhra: Jagan to visit Bangarupalem on July 9 as mango price crisis deepens
Amaravati: YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy will visit Bangarupalem market yard on July 9 to console mango farmers facing severe losses amid an alleged price crisis, with growers struggling due to plummeting…
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Turkey arrests magazine staff over drawing of Prophet Muhammad
Istanbul: Turkish authorities on Wednesday arrested four staff members of a satirical magazine on charges of inciting “public hatred and enmity” over a controversial cartoon that officials claim depicts the Prophet Muhammad,…
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Four held in Medchal for possession of hash oil, ganja
Hyderabad: Four people were arrested by officials of the Medchal excise police on Wednesday, July 2, while conducting checks on vehicles for the procession of a large amount of narcotic material. The…
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Keir marks one-year milestone as UK PM amid turmoil, Chancellor in tears
London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday addressed an extraordinary House of Commons session with his Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, seen fighting tears behind him as he defended his government’s efforts to…
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KTR accuses Congress of grabbing plots of Hyderabad Pharma City land oustees
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) has accused Congress leaders of forcibly registering residential plots allotted to farmers in Maheshwaram and Ibrahimpatnam constituencies of Ranga Reddy district.…
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One nation, many kitchens: A decentralised approach to safe food
By Anandini Gupta and A. L. Gayathri According to the World Health Organization, unsafe food causes 100,000+ deaths annually in India (WHO Food Safety, 2024). India faces a persistent food safety challenge,…
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Hyderabad Mayor launches GHMC mosquito control drive at Banjara Lake
Hyderabad: As part of intensified mosquito control measures in Hyderabad, Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi on Wednesday, July 2, launched drone spraying and fogging operations at Banjara Lake. The drive aims to curb the…
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Insult of Ambedkar by Lalu no small error: Rajnath
Patna: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday asserted that the “insult” of Babasaheb Ambedkar by RJD president Lalu Prasad was “no small error” and showed a “mindset of disrespect for Dalits”. The…
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New ration cards to be distributed on July 14: Telangana min Uttam Kumar
Hyderabad: Telangana irrigation and civil supplies minister Uttam Kumar Reddy, on Wednesday, July 2, said that the state government would begin distributing new ration cards from July 14 at Tirumalagiri in Tungaturthi…
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Netanyahu vows ‘there will be no Hamas’ in postwar Gaza
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, July 2, vowed “there will be no Hamas” in postwar Gaza. US President Donald Trump said Tuesday, July 1, that Israel had agreed on…
