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IAS Puja Khedkar ‘fraud’ case: Delhi Police may send her notice to join probe

New Delhi: The Delhi Police is likely to send a notice to IAS probationer Puja Khedkar for joining the probe early in a case of cheating and forgery registered against her last…
18 killed as plane crashes after takeoff at Nepal’s airport, pilot survives

Kathmandu: A Nepalese airliner crashed and caught fire shortly after taking off from the Tribhuvan International Airport here on Wednesday, killing 18 people aboard, including a child, and seriously injuring the pilot…
Unexpected Camaraderie: Sonia Gandhi, Jaya break barriers with smiles

New Delhi: A video on Wednesday captured a significant moment: Sonia Gandhi and Jaya Bachchan engaged in a jovial conversation in Parliament, sharing laughter and signalling a potential thaw in their relationship.…

TN CM’s decision to boycott NITI Aayog meet ‘theatrical,’ says Annamalai

Chennai: Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai on Wednesday said Chief Minister M K Stalin’s decision to boycott the the July 27 NITI Aayog meet in Delhi is quite ‘theatrical.’ Annamalai said…
Obesity surges in Telangana; experts highlight bio-psycho-social factors

Hyderabad: In a startling revelation, the Center’s Economic Survey 2024, tabled at Parliament on Monday, July 22, identified Telangana as one of the states with a troubling trend of growing obesity. Recent…
KTR, Telangana CM Revanth trade barbs in Assembly over Union budget, lineage

Hyderabad: One needs to be careful while uttering something, as one’s words could come back to haunt the person. This advice of the elders came true on the floor of the Telangana…
YSRCP govt liquor policies led to financial loss of Rs 18,860 cr :AP CM

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday alleged that the liquor policies introduced by the previous YSRCP regime have caused a loss of Rs 18,860 crore to the state…

Over 12M liters of water pumped into Yemen by KSrelief

More than 12 million liters of water were pumped into Yemen by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) as part of its water supply and environmental sanitation project to…
Differently-abled workers demand action against Smita Sabharwal

Hyderabad: The Union Bank of India Differently-Abled Employees Federation (UBIDEF) has formally requested action against senior IAS officer Smita Sabharwal following her controversial remarks about job quotas for the disabled. In a…
Israeli forces tie another Palestinian to jeep as human shield

Israeli army forces tied a Palestinian man to the hood of a military jeep as a human shield during a raid on the Tulkarm refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, WAFA…
Israeli army shoots down two drones approaching from east

Jerusalem: Israel’s military said on Wednesday that its fighter jets shot down two drones that approached Israel from the east overnight. In a statement, the military said the drones were intercepted before…
No wrongdoing in issuance of disability certificate to Khedkar: Hospital

Pune: A civic hospital near Pune, which had issued a seven percent locomotor disability certificate to IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, has found in its internal probe that the document was as per…
Aligarh Muslim University employees shot at inside campus, 2 held

Aligarh: Two employees of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) here were shot at by motorcycle-borne people inside the campus on Wednesday, police said. The injured employees have been admitted to the hospital, and…
Several INDIA bloc members back Jagan’s protest in Delhi; TDP calls it ‘drama’

New Delhi: YSRCP chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s protest in Delhi against alleged political violence in Andhra Pradesh drew support from unlikely quarters Wednesday, with several INDIA bloc members and AIADMK…
Turkey detains 10 suspects over links to 2016 coup attempt

Ankara: The Turkish police on Wednesday detained 10 suspects across Turkey over their alleged links to a network accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016. The chief public prosecutor’s office of…