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Pak: Imran Khan sentenced to 3 years in jail, disqualified from politics for 5 years
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to three years imprisonment and disqualified from politics for five years by a trial court on Saturday in the Toshakhana corruption case. Additional Judge Humayun…
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Hyderabad hotel lift accident case: Police book owner for negligence
Hyderabad: Telangana police have booked a hotel owner in Banjara Hills for negligence in connection with the gruesome lift accident which was reported earlier this year, police said on Saturday. The incident…
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SC stays Madras HC order that declared lone AIADMK MP’s election invalid
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed a Madras High Court order that declared as “null and void” the 2019 election of expelled AIADMK member P Ravindhranath from Tamil Nadu’s Theni parliamentary…
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Andhra techie suicide: Man lived with dead bodies for 3 days
Bengaluru: The investigation into the case of a software professional from Andhra Pradesh killing his wife and two daughters and then committing suicide in Bengaluru has revealed shocking facts. Veerarjuna Vijay, the…
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Iran proposes harsh hijab law with long jail terms, AI surveillance
Tehran: Just weeks before the one-year anniversary of the major protests caused by Mahsa Amini’s death, Iranian authorities are preparing a new Bill on hijab-wearing that experts fear would put unprecedentedly harsh…
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50 arrested for indulging in violence during Naidu’s rally in AP
Chittoor: As many as 50 people have been arrested for indulging in stone pelting and arson during TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu’s tour of the district, police said on Saturday. Also, 200…
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Erdogan: Putin may visit Turkey in August
Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin could visit Turkey this month. “The date has not been set yet,” he told reporters in a live…
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TSRTC merger bill: Telangana Guv seeks clarity from BRS govt on these 5 issues
Hyderabad: With TSRTC employees hitting the streets against Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan’s delay in signing the TSRTC merger draft bill, she sought an explanation on five subjects relating to the welfare of…
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Student groups allege library closure in JNU, admin says ‘misinformation’
New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University on Friday rejected the claims by student groups that a library has been closed, saying it is being relocated to the adjoining building. A number of…
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Goa: Catholic priest booked over remark on Chhatrapati Shivaji
Panaji: A Catholic priest in Goa was on Friday booked over a remark on Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj that he made during a sermon. Father Bolmax Pereira was charged under…
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Aus court overturns law banning Sikhs from carrying kirpans in schools
Melbourne: A court in Australia’s Queensland state has overturned a law that banned Sikh students to wear a kirpan on campus, a religious article in Sikhism, calling it “unconstitutional”, according to media…
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Bengaluru: Cabbie arrested for sexually harassing, assaulting pregnant woman
Bengaluru: A cab driver has been arrested in Bengaluru for sexually harassing and assaulting a pregnant woman in public, police said on Saturday. According to the police, the shocking incident took place…
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Denmark considers enacting laws to prevent desecration of Quran
Copenhagen: Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said that his government is considering enacting laws to prevent the recurring incidents of burning and desecration of the Holy Quran. Rasmussen made the remarks…
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14M children in Sudan in “dire need” of humanitarian support: UNICEF
Khartoum: Fourteen million children are in “dire need” of humanitarian support in Sudan, the United Nations children’s agency warned on Friday, as a deadly conflict in the country deepens its hunger crisis,…
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TSRTC merger bill: Workers protest Telangana Guv’s delay, she responds
Hyderabad: Employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) held a two-hour-long protest across the state on Saturday morning against Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan’s delay in signing the TSRTC merger bill which…
