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Kurdish fighters evacuated from Aleppo after days of violent clashes

Aleppo: Kurdish fighters were evacuated from a contested neighbourhood in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo, officials said early Sunday, January 11, a move that could bring an end to several days of…
Kohli becomes fastest player to reach to 28,000 runs across formats

Vadodara: India batting stalwart Virat Kohli on Sunday, January 11, became the fastest player to reach 28,000 runs across formats in international cricket and the second most prolific scorer behind Sachin Tendulkar…

Kashmiri Pandit body reiterates demand for ‘genocide’ recognition, separate homeland

Jammu: A Kashmiri Pandit organisation has reiterated its demand for legal recognition of the violence directed against the community and its displacement as “genocide” and sought the establishment of a separate homeland…
Ahead of Tamil Nadu polls, BJP president meets party workers

Coimbatore: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national working president Nitin Nabin on Sunday, January 11, held discussions with party workers over the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state and said people of…
Manager killed over parking fee dispute in Haridwar, two arrested

Haridwar: Two men from Haryana allegedly ran over a 55-year-old parking manager with their car after a dispute over fee near Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar here, resulting in his death, police…
Hamas pledges to dissolve Gaza government, offers no timeline

Cairo: Hamas said Sunday, January 11, it will dissolve its existing government in Gaza once a Palestinian technocratic leadership committee takes over the territory, as mandated under the US-brokered peace plan. But…
Traffic police nabs 137 offenders for drunk driving over the weekend

Hyderabad: Cyberabad Traffic Police conducted a special drive against drunk driving over the weekend and nabbed 137 offenders. Most of the cases were registered against two-wheeler drivers, with 92 cases, followed by…

UP: Bulldozers raze down mazar built on illegally-occupied govt land

Deoria: Following orders from a local court, the district administration in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria on Sunday, January 11, demolished an illegally-constructed ‘mazar’ (shrine) using bulldozers, officials said. The structure, known as Hazrat…
Two arrested in seperate cases for selling ganja in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The Prohibition and Excise Department on Sunday, January 11, arrested two individuals in seperate ganja related and seized a total of 6.33 kg of the drug. In the first case, Sheikh…
Telangana police to launch ‘Arrive Alive’ campaign from Jan 12

Hyderabad: Telangana police will be launching a road safety campaign ‘Arrive Alive’ from January 12 with an aim to reduce the road accidents in the state. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy will…
11 years on, Jahangir Peer Dargah development yet to take off

Hyderabad: Nearly 11 years have passed, but the proposed development works for the Jahangir Peer Dargah located at Anmul Narva village in Kothur mandal of Ranga Reddy district are yet to begin,…
Telangana to be Thalassemia-free state by 2035: Health minister

Hyderabad: Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha on Sunday, January 11, said that Telangana aims to be a Thalassemia-free state by 2035. Speaking at the Asian Thalassemia Conclave held at Kamala Hospital in…
Sonia Gandhi discharged from Ganga Ram hospital

New Delhi: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, who was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here nearly a week ago for exacerbation of bronchial asthma due to chest infection, was discharged on Sunday,…
Bandi challenges Asaduddin Owaisi to make a woman AIMIM chief

Hyderabad: Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Sunday, January 11, challenged All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi to show the courage to make a hijab-clad woman as his party’s chief…
A mother’s blanket of love drapes martyred BSF constable’s statue

Jammu: A winter blanket draped over the statue of Border Security Force (BSF) Shaheed Constable Gurnam Singh, who laid down his life fighting terrorists in 2016 at the age of 26, has…