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Indian-origin driver gets 7-year jail for drug possession in UK
London: A disqualified Indian-origin driver who was caught with more than GBP 1 million worth of cocaine after being stopped by officers has been sentenced to seven years and four months. Sukhchain…
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Death toll of Palestinians due to Israeli military operation on Jenin rises to 12
The death toll from the Israeli military operation on Jenin and its refugee camp in the West Bank has risen to 12 and injured over 100 others, according to the Palestinian Health…
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Ajit Pawar elected NCP president on June 30, group tells Election Commission
Mumbai: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar-led NCP has informed the Election Commission that he has been elected national president of the party. A statement issued on Wednesday on behalf of the…
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Debt-trapped Pakistan slashes trade deficit by 43 per cent in FY 23
Islamabad: Cash-strapped Pakistan has slashed its trade deficit by a staggering 43 per cent to USD 27.55 billion in the fiscal year 2023, according to a media report on Wednesday. The government’s…
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Rajnath to preside over day-long ‘Chintan Shivir’ on domestic defence manufacturing
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will preside over a day-long ‘Chintan Shivir’ that will focus on ways to bolster national security and boost domestic defence manufacturing. Last month, the Department of…
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Eight new medical colleges to come up in Telangana
Hyderabad: Continuing to establish new colleges statewide, eight new medical colleges were sanctioned by the government with an intake of 100 here on Wednesday. One Medical College for One district, a vision…
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Maha: AIMIM suspends 23 workers from Aurangabad for skipping protest against Ajit Pawar
Aurangabad: The AIMIM has suspended 23 workers, including six former corporators from Aurangabad, for not participating in a protest organised by the party in view of NCP leader Ajit Pawar’s induction in…
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Gold worth Rs 1.37 cr seized at Hyderabad airport
Hyderabad: The customs officials at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport seized 2.27 kgs of gold valued at Rs. 1.37 crores and 1 lakh foreign cigarettes in separate cases. In the first case, 1196…
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Haj 2023: Saudi authorities distribute over 751m food items
Riyadh: As many as 751,655,000 food products were distributed among the Haj pilgrims on the holy sites in Saudi Arabia during the 2023 Haj season. The ready-to-consume products were provided under the…
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Jharkhand tribal bodies stage dharna against UCC
Ranchi: Several tribal organisations under the banner of Adivasi Samanwai Samiti staged a dharna near Raj Bhavan on Wednesday in protest against the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC), terming it a threat…
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Telangana: K Raj Gopal Reddy made BJP national executive member
Hyderabad: After the appointments of G Kishan Reddy as the new Telangana BJP president and Eatala Rajender as the chairperson of the party’s election management committee in Telangana, the party’s Munugode by-poll…
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Mehbooba Mufti smells rat in J&K govt’s decision to allot land to homeless people
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday questioned the decision of the J&K government to allot land to 1.45 lakh homeless locals. …
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Specially-abled people can become self-sufficient and inspire others : Kerala Guv
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Wednesday said providing education and training to the specially-abled is a necessity. “The society should provide the necessary facilities for the specially abled. With education…
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Tabrez Ansari lynching case: 10 get 10 years of rigorous imprisonment
Seraikela: A court in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharswan district on Wednesday sentenced 10 people to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in the Tabrez Ansari lynching case of 2019. Accusing him of trying to steal…
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MP govt razes house of BJP worker who urinated on tribal man
The authorities in Madhya Pradesh’s Siddhi district on Wednesday evening partially razed the house of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker Pravesh Shukla, who was arrested for allegedly urinating on a tribal man…
