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IRF warns bus-body design lapses amid deadly sleeper-bus fire surge
New Delhi: International Road Federation (IRF) on Wednesday expressed deep concerns at recent incidents of fires involving sleeper buses, that claimed over 40 lives, and called for strict adherence to code of…
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51 Maoists surrender in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur
Bijapur/Kanker: As many as 51 Maoists, 20 of them carrying a collective bounty of Rs 66 lakh, surrendered in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, police said. Hailing the development, Chief Minister…
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Kejriwal slams Delhi govt over cloud seeding; BJP hits back with London-Paris jibe
New Delhi: A war of words erupted between the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP over cloud seeding trials, with AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday claiming that all engines of the…
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Mortal remains of Indian expat repatriated from UAE after 3 months in morgue
Sharjah: The mortal remains of a 42-year-old Indian expatriate from Kerala, who died in Sharjah more than three months ago, were repatriated to India on Tuesday, October 28, after authorities stopped a…
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Telangana ACB nabs electricity official for demanding Rs 6K bribe
Hyderabad: Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials, on Wednesday, October 29, arrested a government officer working in the electricity department for demanding a bribe of Rs 6,000. Prabhu Lal, who works as a…
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Shashi Tharoor slams India’s cricket selectors for ignoring Sarfaraz Khan
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday expressed “outrage” over Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan being ignored for selection in the India A squad recently and said runs in domestic cricket…
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Centre ‘didn’t want’ Sonam Wangchuk in statehood talks, wife claims
New Delhi: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali Angmo, on Wednesday claimed her husband was detained following the violent Ladakh protests because the government did not want him to be involved in…
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Hyderabad to host two-day entrepreneurship summit at HITEX exhibition centre
Hyderabad: The Telangana government, in collaboration with The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), is set to host the Hyderabad Entrepreneurship Summit (HES 2025) on October 31 and November 1 at the HITEX Exhibition Center.…
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Air India to complete refurbishment of legacy Boeing 787s by mid-2027
New Delhi: Continuing with the revamp of its fleet, Air India chief Campbell Wilson on Wednesday said it will complete the refurbishment of all the legacy Boeing 787-8 planes by mid-2027 and…
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Warangal farmer loses it all as Cyclone Montha flattens paddy field
Hyderabad: Gadagoni Sudershan, a farmer from Madannapet village in Narsampet mandal of Warangal district, Telangana, woke up on Wednesday morning, October 29, only to see his hard-sown paddy crops flattened across the…
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Hyderabad’s Skyroot Aerospace to launch India’s first private, commercial rocket
Hyderabad: Propelling rockets to the skies has been the domain of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Not anymore! A Hyderabad-based startup, Skyroot Aerospace, is preparing to launch India’s first privately built…
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UP man in Saudi Arabia ends life during video call with wife
Muzaffarnagar: A 24-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh‘s Muzaffarnagar district allegedly died by suicide in Saudi Arabia during a video call with his newly married wife in India, police said on Wednesday. A…
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120 Indian Gaurs to be relocated to Andhra forests for conservation
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Forest Department is gearing up to introduce a total of 120 endangered Indian Gaur into the Nallamala forests for its conservation. The introduction will be carried out in…
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Karnataka Congress leader assaulted, arrested for sharing indecent photos
A Congress leader was arrested on Tuesday, October 28, charged with sexually harassing and spreading a woman’s photographs in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka. A video of residents thrashing him after the incident surfaced online.…
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Cyclone Montha causes massive destruction in coastal Andhra
Amaravati: Life has come to a complete standstill in the coastal Andhra Pradesh due to Cyclone Montha. Two persons died, thousands of houses were damaged and standing crops in around 87,000 acres…
