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Amid Congress budget deadlock, Biden announces $325 mn military aid for Ukraine
Washington: Amid the US Congress struggling to reach a compromise to avert a federal government shutdown, President Joe Biden has announced a new military aid package worth $325 million for Ukraine, including…
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Is Swiggy overcharging customers? Here’s what company says
Swiggy, an Indian online food ordering and delivery platform, issued a clarification on Thursday following complaints from some users who alleged that the company was overcharging its customers. Some customers took to…
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BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri’s communal slurs in LS spark outrage
Marking a new low in the parliamentary tradition in India, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha MP Ramesh Bidhuri used offensive remarks against MP Danish Ali, who represents the Bahujan Samaj Party…
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Karnataka man nabbed for ‘selling’ off 2 Pune women in Saudi Arabia
Pune: Blowing off a human-trafficking racket, the Pune Police have nabbed a Karnataka man from Mumbai for allegedly ‘selling’ off two Pune women for Rs 4 lakh each in Saudi Arabia, an…
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TDP to boycott Andhra Pradesh Legislature session
Amaravati: Opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) decided to boycott the current session of Andhra Pradesh Legislature to protest against the unilateral attitude of the ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP). TDP state president…
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Cal HC grants relief to TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee, rules against coercive action by ED
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted relief to TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee, directing the ED not to take coercive steps against him in connection with its probe into the school…
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Women’s reservation bill be implemented immediately: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday demanded that the women’s reservation bill be implemented immediately and alleged that the government does not want to do this while distracting from the…
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Long queues at Apple store in Dubai Mall as iPhone 15 sales begin
Abu Dhabi: Hundreds of people queued in front of Apple store in Dubai Mall to be the first to buy the much-awaited iPhone 15 series as it officially initiated the sale on…
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Telangana: Rs 1.4K cr arrears given out to 39K SCCL employees
Hyderabad: The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) on Thursday paid the 11th Wage Board arrears to the tune of Rs 1450 crore to around 39,000 employees. Hence, each employee received Rs 3.70…
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Govt robbed youth of their future by keeping them jobless: Kharge
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said 42.3 percent of India’s graduates below 25 years are unemployed and accused the government of robbing them of their future by keeping them…
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Saudi nurse honoured for helping road crash victims during her travel
Riyadh: A Saudi Arabian nurse on Thursday, September 21, was honoured by Faisal bin Abdulaziz, governor of Al Jawf after she helped road crash victims during her travel, the Saudi Press Agency…
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‘Make in India’ iPhones now out
New Delhi/Mumbai: It was an aha moment for hundreds of Apple lovers in India on Friday as they started receiving ‘Make in India’ iPhone 15 and even locally-assembled 15 Plus at Apple…
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Allegations of 2nd marriage & bigamy not relevant in deciding validity of Will: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has observed that allegations of second marriage and bigamy are not relevant in deciding the validity of the Will. A bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and…
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SC to hear pleas on marital rape in mid-October
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it would list pleas on the issue of marital rape for hearing in mid-October. The pleas raise the legal question of whether a husband…
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Women’s Reservation Bill passage teasing illusion, another election ‘jumla’: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Friday said the Women’s Reservation Bill passed by Parliament was a “teasing illusion” and that it will not be implemented until 2029 or may…
