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Kerala Sports Minister under fire over ‘ODI match’ remarks
Thiruvananthapuram: The otherwise soft-spoken Kerala Sports Minister V Abdurahiman’s now-hugely controversial statement that those “starving need not go and watch the ODI match” (between India and Sri Lanka) on Monday came under…
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Two Karnataka cops suspended for planting ganja on youth for extortion
Bengaluru: Karnataka Police suspended two police constables on Monday in connection with charges of planting ganja (marijuana) in the bag of a youth and extorting money from him in Bengaluru. South East…
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RGV retorts to Naga Babu over tweets; critics allege YSRCP allegiance
Hyderabad: Controversial filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has hit back at actor Naga Babu after the latter’s attack on his recent tweets. RGV said that Nagababu may be important for his elder brother…
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Viacom18 wins Women’s IPL media rights for 2023-2027 period at Rs 951 cr
New Delhi: Viacom18 on Monday won the media rights of the Women’s Indian Premier League (IPL) for the period of 2023-2027. At an auction in Mumbai on Monday, Viacom18 won the rights…
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I belong to middle class, understand their struggles: Sitharaman
New Delhi: Ahead of the Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday that she was aware of the pressures of the middle class but also recalled that the present government has not imposed…
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Telangana man, mother die by suicide in Sircilla
Hyderabad: In a shocking incident, a man and his mother died by suicide in Telangana’s Rajanna Sircilla district on Monday. According to the police, the man hanged himself at his residence as…
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Israel’s inflation at 5.3% in 2022, highest in 20 years
Tel Aviv: The consumer price index (CPI) in Israel rose by 5.3 per cent in 2022, according to data issued by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Sunday, the highest calendar-year level…
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Hyderabad: 25-year-old man murdered at Langer Houz
Hyderabad: A 25-year-old man was murdered at Langer Houz by a group of persons on Sunday night. “The deceased Shaik Salim was going when 4 to 5 persons stopped and attacked him…
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91 tech companies lay off over 24K employees in Jan to date
Delhi: The year 2023 began on a bad note for tech workers globally and 91 companies have laid off more than 24,000 tech employees in the first 15 days this month, signalling…
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Israeli bus under shooting attack in West Bank
Tel Aviv: An Israeli bus driving between Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank came under a shooting attack, the army said in a statement. No injuries were reported in the attack,…
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Nepal crash: Nepalese rescuers resume search for four missing persons
Kathmandu: Nepalese rescuers resumed their search on Monday for four persons still missing after a passenger plane with 72 people, including five Indians, crashed into a river gorge while landing at the…