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Fresh spat erupts between Congress-VBA over poll alliance

Mumbai: A fresh spat broke out between the Congress and Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) on the question of an alliance and the subsequent seat-sharing proposals, here on Friday. VBA chief…
Shots fired at house of Lakshmi Narayan temple head’s son in Canada

Toronto: Canadian police said it is investigating an incident in which shots were fired at the residence of a Hindu temple’s head’s son in British Columbia in the early hours of Wednesday.…

IDF finds Kalashnikov rifles, grenades in Gaza’s Khirbat Ikhzaa area

Tel Aviv: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Friday said that it has unearthed a large cache of arms including Kalashnikov rifles, grenades, mines, rocket launchers and rocket-propelled grenades from Khirbat Ikhzaa…
Telangana: 3 persons sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for murder

Karimnagar: A court here on Friday convicted three persons of murdering a person over a land dispute, and sentenced them to rigorous imprisonment for life. Jagtial Principal Sessions Judge G Neelima sent…
Kerala salesman wins Rs 2 crore in Abu Dhabi’s Big Ticket draw

Indian national from Kerala won a staggering one million dirhams (Rs 2,26,55,352) in the latest Big Ticket Abu Dhabi weekly draw. The winner, Nalupurackal Keezhath Shamseer, bagged the prize after buying ticket number…
Telangana DCA busts spurious drugs racket, Rs 26-lakh stocks seized

Hyderabad: The officers of the Drugs Control Administration, Telangana, busted a spurious drug racket in Dilsukhnagar on Friday, December 29, and seized the stocks worth Rs 26,00,000. According to the reports, the…
Terrorist hideout busted in J&K’s Poonch, arms recovered

Jammu: The army and police, in a joint operation, busted a terrorist hideout at Mendhar in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Friday and recovered a quantity of arms and ammunition, including…

Qatar’s Cabinet approves law on nationalisation of private sector

Doha: Qatar has approved the draft law on nationalisation of jobs in the private sector and referred it to the Shura Council. The decision was approved by Qatari Cabinet at a regular…
Lawyers protest against proposed shifting of Telangana HC

Hyderabad: The State government’s plans to shift the High Court from the Old City to Rajendranagar met an unexpected roadblock after advocates held a protest against the proposed move. The protesting lawyers…
Upset over suspension from college, student dies by suicide in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Suspended from college, a first-year hotel management student died by suicide after allegedly consuming sleeping pills here, police said on Friday. The incident occurred on Thursday at a paying guest accommodation…
US imposes sanctions on money exchange services that help fund Houthis

The United States (US) has imposed sanctions on an individual and three exchange companies, on charges of facilitating the transfer of Iranian financial support to the Houthi group in Yemen. In a…
Governing country as per ‘Manusmriti’ BJP’s secret agenda: JD-U

New Delhi: The BJP brings up Sanatan Dharma whenever the issue of its government “curtailing” the rights of the backwards, Dalits, tribals and minorities are raised as it is working on a…
UP: Upset over probe, Dalit man sets himself afire outside SP office

Unnao: A 28-year-old Dalit man set himself on fire outside the office of the Superintendent of Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district. The victim was ‘disappointed by the tardy progress of police’…
Pained over Kannada activists’ arrest: Karnataka ex-CM Bommai

Bengaluru: Senior BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said that he felt “pained” following the arrest of ‘Kannada Rakshana Vedike’ chief T.A. Narayana Gowda and others in…
Telangana: Congress govt lying about Kaleshwaram project, says BRS

Hyderabad: Hours after a delegation led by irrigation, food, and civil supplies minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy, along with four other state ministers inspected the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project, and gave a presentation,…