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Hyderabad retiree duped of Rs 38.7L in elaborate Facebook honeytrap
Hyderabad: A 70-year-old retired government employee lost approximately Rs 38.73 lakh to cybercriminals impersonating a fictitious woman, extorting money out of the victim, using emotional manipulation, sexual favours, and threats of police…
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Doctor abuses, assaults Dalit woman and family in Gujarat, case lodged
A 58-year-old Dalit woman and her family were subjected to casteist slurs and assault by a doctor and her family in Ahmedabad’s Nava Vadaj area, Gujarat, on June 14. The altercation reportedly…
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Egyptian engineer resigns from Microsoft to protest firm’s role in Gaza crisis
Maryam Shalaby, an Egyptian software engineer based in Cairo, has resigned from US technology giant Microsoft, accusing the company of complicity in what she described as “Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip”.…
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Hyderabad police launch HCSC helpline for non-emergency safety issues
Hyderabad: Hyderabad City Security Council (HCSC) launched a helpline number for members of the HCSC to provide a direct channel to report non-emergency safety concerns and to strengthen community policing. Addressing a…
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Cannot jail someone for forwarding messages: MP HC grants bails to prof
The Madhya Pradesh High Court granted bail to a Muslim professor who was arrested for sharing a social media post related to the Pahalgam terror attack. Dr Nasheem Bano, a guest faculty…
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Formula E ‘scam’: KTR declines to hand over phone to ACB
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Wednesday, June 18, formally responded to a notice from the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), in writing, declining to submit his mobile…
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24-yr-old lynched by vigilantes for transporting cows in Madhya Pradesh
Two young Muslim men were brutally assaulted by cow vigilantes, affiliated with the right-wing Bajrang Dal, while transporting around ten cows in Madhya Pradesh’s Mehgaon village. One succumbed to his injuries while…
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Bali bound Air India flight returns safely amid massive volcano eruption
Air India flight AI2145 from Delhi to Bali was advised to return to Delhi in the interest of passenger safety, after dozens of flights to and from Indonesia’s resort island of Bali…
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4 fire accidents in 24 hours in Telangana’s Karimnagar, Bachupally
Hyderabad: Four fire accidents occurred in the last 24 hours in Telangana, one in a residential building in Bachupally, and three others in different parts of Karimnagar. The fire in Bachupally occurred…
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VHP backs Telangana CM’s cow protection plan, urges Gaushalas at temples
Hyderabad: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has welcomed Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy’s recent decision regarding cow protection and the establishment of modern Gaushalas (cow shelters) in the state. However, the VHP…
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4 held in Hyderabad for duping public with 2BHK flat promises
Hyderabad: Four Individuals accused of cheating at least 30 people by promising government double-bedroom flats in Bandlaguda have been arrested by the Hyderabad police on Wednesday, June 18. The accused have been…
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Intervention will bring irreparable consequences: Iran’s Khamenei to US
Tehran: Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned the United States (US) on Wednesday, June 18, that any military action against his country would lead to “irreparable consequences.” His comments come as…
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Five Hyderabad school bus drivers caught drunk driving
Hyderabad: In a special drive conducted on Wednesday, June 18, Hyderabad traffic police caught five school bus drivers driving under the influence of alcohol. The drive was carried out at 34 locations…
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Drugs worth Rs 6 lakh seized in Hyderabad; 10 arrested
Hyderabad: Commissioner’s Task Force, along with the Masab Tank police, in a joint operation, arrested 10 persons for selling and consuming drugs like ganja hash oil and charas. The police seized 375…
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GHMC chief inspects Santosh Nagar, orders urgent flood relief
Hyderabad: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) commissioner RV Karnan on Wednesday, June 18, directed officials to take immediate temporary measures to prevent waterlogging in low-lying areas following heavy rains in the city.…
