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Child rape cases up by 96% due to higher reporting: CRY
New Delhi: Child rape cases, encompassing all forms of penetrative assaults, has registered a rise of 96 per cent from 2016 to 2022, according to an analysis of the NCRB data by…
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Nitish Kumar: Bihar’s longest serving CM whose party never won majority on its own
Patna: Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar has distinguished himself as a leader who ruled Bihar for the longest time, without his party having ever won a majority on its own. Concealed…
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Political secularism used to betray Muslims: Owaisi on Nitish’s BJP switch
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi lamented the switch to BJP-led NDA made by JD(U) chief and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday, January 28, and remarked that “political secularism is sued…
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Hyderabad: British deputy high commissioner visits Golconda Fort
Hyderabad: British deputy high commissioner Gareth Wynn Owen on Sunday visited Golconda Fort in Hyderabad. After the visit, he shared photographs on his social media handle with the caption, “A family visit…
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Indigenous communities of India “target” of conversion attempts: Himanta
Dibrugarh: Indigenous communities of India have often become “target” of conversion attempts by mainstream religions, with individuals enticed through “temptation of material benefit”, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed on Sunday.…
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England shocks India’s top order, 136 needed to win Hyderabad test
Hyderabad: The Indian top-order struggled copiously against debutant England left-arm spinner Tom Hartley on a slow-turner, as the hosts stuttered to 95 for three at tea on the fourth day of the…
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Climate change figures prominently in Pakistan political parties’ manifestos
Islamabad: After Pakistan was by catastrophic floods in 2022, two major political parties in the country have prominently highlighted the importance of dealing with climate change-related issues in their manifestos ahead of…
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Kuwait plans to ban handshakes during mourning ceremonies
Kuwait: Kuwait plans to prohibit handshakes at cemeteries’ mourning halls to curb the spread of infectious diseases, local media reported. The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health has issued a circular to the municipality,…
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Nitish Kumar’s Bihar switch: Tharoor takes dig with ‘word of the day’
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday took a swipe at JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar over his latest volte-face after he walked out of the Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar, dubbing…
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Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, AIMIM organises job fairs in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Ever since the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) faced a tough fight in Nampally and Yakutpura Assembly constituencies in the recently concluded polls in Telangana, the party has been organizing job…
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Garbage goes into dustbin, says Lalu’s daughter Rohini amid political upheaval in Bihar
Patna: In an apparent dig at JD(U) president Nitish Kumar who resigned as the Chief Minister of Bihar, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad’s daughter Rohini Acharya on Sunday said the “garbage has gone…
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Ashwin-Jadeja pair struggles on Hyderabad track that is not exactly dust-bowl
Hyderabad: Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are India’s stormtroopers at home, tossing over opponents like pioneer dolls and their numbers validate their supremacy too. They started the Hyderabad Test against England with…
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Bihar: Nitish to swear in at 5 pm along with two dy CMs from BJP
Patna: Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar left the Governor’s House along with MLAs after resigning as Bihar chief minister on Sunday. Bringing closure to the fast-unravelling political events earlier in the…
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Akhilesh Yadav presented alliance model to counter BJP, others should follow: SP
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has presented an alliance model to counter the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections and others should follow, a spokesperson of his party said on Sunday…
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Video: Angry with Pawan Kalyan? YSRCP sets up caricatures with punching bags
Hyderabad: The electoral battle for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh is heating up day by day as time rolls forward towards the polling dates, expected to…
