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Amnesty International says Egypt trying to cover up human rights violations
London: Amnesty International accused Egypt on Wednesday of attempting to cover up a decade of “unrelenting violations of human rights” in order to improve its international standing ahead of hosting the world…
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Hyderabad: Customs officials seize gold at RGI Airport
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad customs seized gold at RGI Shamshabad Airport. The officials had intercepted a female passenger arriving from Dubai to Hyderabad via AI- 952. The passenger was trying to smuggle the…
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Telangana: PDS rice worth Rs 4.19 lakh seized in Jangaon
Hyderabad: Six people were held in Jangaon on Wednesday by the local task force police with 131 quintals of rice. The rice worth Rs 4,19,200 was meant for distribution under the Public…
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Borrowings make AP’s debt sustainability suspect: CAG
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government’s debt sustainability is suspect as a predominant part of borrowed funds is utilised for interest payments, thereby curtailing the scope for productive expenditure, the Comptroller and Auditor General…
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Dengue spread in Pakistan continues unabated
Islamabad: Pakistan continues to witness an unabated spread of dengue fever cases amid an ongoing outbreak triggered by the devastating monsoon floods across the country. A total of 323 new cases of…
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Telangana HC refuses to stay tender process for catering food in govt hospitals
Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Wednesday refused to stay a plea on catering food to in patients in the Government General Hospital, Siddipet. The petition was filed by KS Fazil of Siddipet…
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“Will never surrender”, says PFI after NIA-ED raids at party offices across 11 states
New Delhi: The Popular Front of India on Thursday, while condemning the raids by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against its leaders, stated that it will “never…
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Manish Tewari preparing to contest Cong prez poll: Sources
New Delhi: Former Union Minister Manish Tewari is also preparing to contest the Congress presidential poll, sources close to him revealed that he was in his constituency to meet the state party…
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Visakhapatnam Police busts online betting racket, arrest 9 persons
Visakhapatnam: The Visakhapatnam City Police busted an online betting racket and arrested nine persons in the city on Wednesday. The kingpin of the racket was identified as K Kishore (26), hailing from…
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NIA conducted raids in Bihar ahead of Amit Shah’s rallies
Patna: Ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s rallies in Bihar’s Seemanchal region, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids at the offices of the Popular Front of India (PFI) in Purnia,…
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Iran is ready for new nuclear deal but is US: President Ebrahim Raisi
United Nations: Iran’s president insisted Wednesday that his country is serious about reviving a deal meant to prevent it from acquiring a nuclear bomb but questioned whether Tehran could trust America’s commitment…
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11 Congress MLAs suspended on last day of Gujarat Assembly amid din
Gandhinagar: As many as 11 Congress MLAs were on Thursday suspended for the day from the Gujarat Assembly after they created a ruckus demanding a debate on caste-based census and OBC reservation…
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Here’s list of 21 bank holidays in October
New Delhi: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the list of bank holidays for the month of October 2022. A total of 21 holidays have been listed by the central bank.…
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UN gets funds needed to salvage derelict oil tanker off Yemen
United Nations: The UN now has all the funds needed to start an emergency operation to prevent a massive oil spill from the derelict Safer oil tanker in the Red Sea off…