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Stone pelted at meat shop in Gurugram, police rule out communal angle
Gurugram: An incident occurred late on Monday night near the CRPF Chowk in Gurugram, where a meat shop owned by a person named Mohammad Javed was targeted by unidentified individuals. However, the…
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Saudi sets up new independent body for affairs of 2 Holy Mosques
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet on Tuesday, August 8, approved the establishment of a new independent body called “The Presidency of Religious Affairs at the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s…
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Row over YSRCP MLA’s appointment as head of Tirumala temple body
Tirupati: A row has erupted over the appointment of YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) MLA Bhumana Karunakar Reddy as the new Chairman of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), which runs the affairs the…
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Umesh Pal murder case: UP Police declares Guddu Muslim absconder
Prayagraj: Police on Tuesday declared Guddu Muslim, a member of the Atiq Ahmed gang and an accused in the Umesh Pal murder case, an absconder. Umesh Pal, the main witness in the…
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Israel to include Gaza Americans in visa waiver pilot
Jerusalem: Israel plans to allow travel for those Palestinian Americans from the occupied Gaza Strip who meet security criteria, Reuters reported on Monday. According to the report, the decision will come into…
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Ahmadi minarets in Pakistan’s Punjab province demolished
Lahore: The minarets of a worship place of the minority Ahmadi community were demolished by radical Islamists in Punjab province of Pakistan, police said on Tuesday. The minarets of the Ahmadi worship…
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J&K: If elected to power, will restore Roshni scheme: Azad
Jammu: DPAP chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday said that he will stand like a rock to defend the interests of local people and will not allow anyone to take over the…
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Mobile internet services in Nuh stay suspended till Aug 11
Chandigarh: The Haryana government on Tuesday extended the temporary suspension of mobile internet services, bulk SMS, excluding banking and mobile recharge, and all dongle services provided on mobile networks, except voice calls,…
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BJP criticises Nitish for predicting end of the world in 100 years
Patna: The opposition BJP in Bihar on Tuesday charged Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with having made the state a “laughing stock” by predicting that the world would come to an end in…
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TMC leader Derek O’Brien allowed to attend Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha on Tuesday witnessed high drama over the suspension of TMC MP Derek O’Brien with the Chairman first announcing that he has to withdraw from the House, but later said…
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Bharat Jodo Yatra phase 2: Rahul to walk from Gujarat to Meghalaya
Mumbai: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will embark on a fresh padayatra (foot march) from Gujarat to Meghalaya and during that period leaders and workers of the party’s Maharashtra unit would criss-cross the…
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No govt job for people accused of sex crimes in Rajasthan: CM
Jaipur: The Rajasthan government has decided to “ban” people accused of rape and other sex crimes from government jobs, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said Tuesday amid an outcry over the rape and…
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Late Oommen Chandy’s son as Congress candidate for bypoll
Thiruvananthapuram: Hours after the Election Commission declared September 5 as the date for the bypoll to Puthuppally assembly constituency in Kottayam district, the Congress announced Chandy Oommen — son of late Kerala CM…
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Public outcry won’t affect our decisions: SC on Bilkis case convicts’ remission case
New Delhi: “Public outcry will not affect our judicial decisions,” the Supreme Court asserted on Tuesday, as it began weighing the legality of the remission granted to all the 11 convicts in…
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Sparks fly in Lok Sabha over political upheaval in Maharashtra
New Delhi: Sparks flew in the Lok Sabha over the political upheaval in Maharashtra as NCP leader Supriya Sule accused the BJP of toppling nine state governments during its nine years in…
