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BJP’s saffron sweep: 1,425 seats, 20 corporations in Maharashtra civic polls
Mumbai: The BJP has swept the 2026 civic polls, winning 1,425 of 2,869 seats across 29 municipal corporations, and wresting control of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) from Uddhav Thackeray, ending his…
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Bengal SIR: ECI seeks daily report from EROs on document verification progress
Kolkata: Amid controversies over the identity-proof document verification during SIR, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and the District Magistrates (DMs), who are also the…
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Hyderabad witnesses winter chill again, IMD forecasts foggy conditions
Hyderabad: Hyderabad once again started witnessing winter chill as temperatures dipped along with foggy conditions on the night of Friday, January 16, as predicted by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Similar weather…
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Revanth Reddy seeks votes for development in Telangana civic polls
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday, January 16, urged the public to vote for development in the upcoming municipal elections in the state. Addressing a gathering in Nirmal in…
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BRS MLA disqualification: SC seeks Telangana Speaker’s report in 2 weeks
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, January 16 asked the Telangana Assembly Speaker to apprise it in two weeks on the status of adjudication of disqualification pleas against BRS MLAs, who…
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Earthquake of 4.1 magnitude jolts Gujarat, no casualties
Ahmedabad: An earthquake of 4.1 magnitude shook Gujarat’s Kutch district in the wee hours of Saturday, January 17 causing panic among locals, though no casualties were reported, officials said. The quake was…
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15 arrested in Rs 3.9 crore Bhu Bharathi, Dharani scam in Telangana
Hyderabad: The Warangal police on Friday, January 16, said it unearthed a major scam worth Rs 3.90 crore related to the Dharani and Bhu Bharathi portals. As many as 15 people have…
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US judges order release of three detained Indians
Washington: US federal judges in California have ordered immigration authorities to release three Indian citizens, saying they were detained without hearings or proper notice after earlier being allowed to live in the…
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Hyderabad man killed by stepbrother after quarrel over cigarette
Hyderabad: A man killed his 30-year-old stepbrother after a quarrel over a cigarette on Thursday, January 15, in Hyderabad. In the incident that took place in Nacharam, he threw his stepbrother from…
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Indian businessman jailed in US for illegal export of aviation parts to Russia
Washington: A Delhi-based businessman has been sentenced to 30 months in US federal prison for conspiring to illegally export controlled aviation components from Oregon to Russia, violating American export control laws, the…
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Iran sees no new protests as cleric urges executions, threatens Trump
Dubai: As Iran returned to uneasy calm after a wave of protests that drew a bloody crackdown, a senior hard-line cleric called Friday for the death penalty for detained demonstrators and directly…
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Trump repeats claim of stopping India-Pakistan conflict
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump has again claimed that he stopped the fighting between India and Pakistan and saved millions of lives, describing it as an “honour”. Addressing an event in…
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Kurdish-led forces to pull back from disputed zone in Syria
Deir Hafer The leader of Kurdish-led forces in Syria announced Friday that they will withdraw from a contested area in northern Syria, potentially heading off a major clash with government forces. The…
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Machado says Venezuela is at ‘threshold of freedom’
Washington: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said that her country has reached the “threshold of freedom,” declaring that a transition toward democracy has already begun following recent political developments and US…
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Ukrainian, US teams to hold next round of talks on January 17
Kyiv: Ukrainian and US teams will hold another round of negotiations on Saturday, January 17, in Miami, Ukrainian Ambassador to the US Olga Stefanishyna announced. The delegations are expected to refine agreements…
