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Israeli army drops leaflets in Khan Yunis quoting Quranic verse
The Israeli army on Wednesday, December 6, dropped leaflets on the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, quoting a Quranic verse referring to the flood during the time of…
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Delhi man carries out acid attack on 17-yr-old, drinks it too & succumbs
New Delhi: A 17-year-old girl was attacked with acid by a man in central Delhi, as he sought to coerce her mother into withdrawing a rape case filed against him, police said…
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Raje meets Nadda to clarify her stand on ‘holding up’ MLAs
New Delhi: Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia, who has been facing allegations of holding up party MLAs in a resort to stake claim to the chief ministerial post, on Thursday…
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‘Delhi banega Khalistan’: GS Panun threatens to attack Parliament
The controversial pro-Khalistani leader, Gurpatawant Singh Panun, has released a video on ‘X’ wherein he can be heard threatening to attack the Indian Parliament on December 13. Notably, the date will mark…
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Pannun case: Jaishankar says India formed inquiry committee following inputs from US
New Delhi: Days after Washington alleged an Indian link to a conspiracy to kill a Sikh separatist, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said India instituted an inquiry committee to look…
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Rs 1,310 cr allocated for India’s G20 presidency, summit: Govt
New Delhi: The government on Thursday said it had allocated Rs 1,310 crore to the Ministry of External Affairs for India’s G20 presidency and summit. In a written response to a question…
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Delhi excise scam: Court grants 5-day custody parole to accused Arun Pillai
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday granted five-day custody parole to Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai, arrested in a money laundering case related to the alleged Delhi excise scam, on ground…
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SC asks Centre to inform it about steps taken to prevent inflow of illegal immigrants
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Union government to inform it about the administrative steps taken to prevent the inflow of illegal immigrants into Indian territories from northeastern states,…
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Dubai private schools rank among world’s top 10 in Math
Dubai private schools have been ranked ninth globally for mathematics, according to the latest Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa). The students scored an average of 497 in mathematics, compared to Singapore’s…
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Sitharaman urges India Inc to ride start-ups’ tech wave for big push to manufacturing
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday urged the captains of the industry to work towards strengthening the country’s manufacturing sector in collaboration with new technologies that were being spearheaded by…
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Free travel for women from Dec 9: Telangana cabinet
Hyderabad: Member of new Telangana cabinet D Sridhar Babu announced free travel for women in all RTC buses and the implementation of Rajiv Arogyasri health scheme from December 9. The announcement was…
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BJP objects to Nawab Malik ‘joining’ Ajit Pawar-led NCP faction
Nagpur: Exposing a deep schism in the ruling MahaYuti alliance, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday raised strong reservations to former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik “joining” the breakaway Nationalist Congress Party…
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India conducts successful training launch of short-range Agni-1 missile
New Delhi: The Defence Ministry on Thursday said that a successful training launch of the short-range ballistic missile ‘Agni-1’ has been conducted, an official said. The training launch was carried out from…