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UP Madarsa Board likely to use intermediate colleges as exam centres from next session
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education is mulling to use intermediate colleges as examination centres instead of Madarsas, officials said on Monday, in what could be a paradigm shift for…
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Aadhaar authentication surges with 1.96 billion transactions in April 2023
New Delhi: Aadhaar holders executed 1.96 billion authentication transactions in April 2023, a jump of more than 19.3 percent over April 2022, highlighting the growing usage of Aadhaar and growth of digital…
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Direct flights from Israel to Saudi Arabia likely next month
Tel Aviv: Israel is working with Saudi Arabia to allow direct flights for its Muslim citizens who will undertake the Haj pilgrimage to Mecca next month, the Foreign Ministry in Tel Aviv…
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Iran condemns Israeli minister’s visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has condemned Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Jerusalem. Kanaani…
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Jailed Satyendar examined at hospital, AAP says he appears ‘nothing more than living skeleton’
New Delhi: Jailed former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain was Monday examined at the Safdarjung Hospital here for a spine problem, according to officials, as pictures of a “frail and weak” looking AAP…
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DGP holds high-level meet as Telangana Police gears up for December polls
Hyderabad: Telangana Director General of Police (DGP) Anjani Kumar held a refresher program for all police commissioners and Superintendents of Police on issues such as administrative advance arrangements for the forthcoming assembly…
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AP police apprehend teen for setting fire around village to ‘reform’ her mother
Sanambatla: Affected by her mother’s ‘bad’ behaviour, a 19-year-old girl from Sanambatla village in Tirupati district went on an arson spree for about a month, setting fire in 12 places in the…
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Karnataka Congress MLA takes oath in name of Shivakumar
Bengaluru: A newly-elected MLA of the Congress party in Karnataka on Monday took oath as a member of the Assembly in the name of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, while a BJP…
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2 houses torched in fresh violence in Manipur, security tightened
Imphal: In wake of fresh violence in Manipur’s Imphal East district on Monday, army and paramilitary forces further tightened security while a period of curfew relaxation has been curbed, officials said. A…
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Pakistan Army chief says recent attacks on military installations ‘intolerable’
Islamabad: Pakistan Army chief General Asim Munir on Monday said that the recent attacks on military installations were “intolerable” as he announced that May 25 would be observed across the country as…
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FIR against 9 Twitter handles for promoting ‘biryani jihad’
Nine Twitter handles have been booked by the Coimbatore police on charges of spreading fake news and propaganda in the name of ‘Biryani Jihad’ against the Muslim community. According to a report…
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New Parliament inauguration: Disrespecting Constitutional propriety, says Cong
New Delhi: Days ahead of the opening of the new parliament building, a controversy has erupted as the Congress on Monday accused the government of disrespecting Constitutional propriety and demanded that President…
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Nearly 400 coins dating back to Mughal era found in UP’s Saharanpur
Saharanpur: Around 400 coins dating back to the Mughal era were found during the construction work at a temple in the Nanauta area here, police said on Monday. Superintendent of Police (Rural)…
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Congress creating unnecessary row over Parliament building inauguration: BJP
New Delhi: The BJP on Monday accused the Congress of trying to create an unnecessary controversy over the inauguration of the new Parliament building and said it has the habit of indulging…
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Watch: 2 Saudi astronauts enter International Space Station
Two Saudi astronauts, one being the first Arab woman astronaut to enter space, set foot on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked at the International Space Station (ISS) at 5.12 pm UAE time.…
