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National Dengue Day: Experts call for increased efforts to combat deadly mosquito-borne disease
New Delhi: With India witnessing a significant annual increase in dengue cases over the past decade, experts have called for intensified efforts to fight the mosquito-borne disease, noting that it has been…
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BJP plans massive outreach to mark Modi govt’s ninth anniversary
New Delhi: A rally by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 51 public meetings by senior leaders and connecting with one lakh families of well-known personalities are expected to be part of the BJP’s…
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Race for Karnataka CM post: Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar meet Congress chief Kharge
New Delhi: Karnataka Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and D K Shivakumar on Tuesday met party president Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence here separately and discussed the modalities of government formation in the southern…
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Outgoing CM Bommai thanks government officials
Bengaluru: Outgoing Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday thanked senior state government officials for extending full cooperation and for taking several bold decisions during his tenure. In a informal interaction with…
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Maha: Internet restored in violence-hit Akola; curfew in select areas to remain
Akola: Internet services in Maharashtra’s Akola city, where one person was killed and eight others were injured in a communal clash last Saturday, were restored and shops opened on Tuesday but the…
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Wrestlers mull taking their protest to Ram Lila ground
New Delhi: The protesting wrestlers, who have been demanding the arrest of former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, on Tuesday indicated that they may take their agitation…
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Hyderabad: CID arrests 4 accused in fake challans case
Hyderabad: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Tuesday arrested four accused allegedly involved in fake challans case of commercial tax department. In the year 2012, Laxmi Sivaraj, his son Simhadri Venkata Suneel…
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Rakesh Dobriyal appointed Telangana’s forest force chief
Hyderabad: Senior IFS officer Rakesh Mohan Dobriyal has been appointed as the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF), HoFF (Head of Forest Force). Also ReadTelangana Junior Panchayat Secys end strike, rejoin duties…
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First Saudi space mission to launch on May 21
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is preparing for its first-ever historical scientific mission to the International Space Station(ISS), which is scheduled to launch on Sunday, May 21, the Saudi Press…
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Pak high court extends Imran Khan’s bails in 2 cases until June 8
Islamabad: A Pakistan high court on Tuesday extended bails of former prime minister Imran Khan in two cases pertaining to inciting violence and sedition until June 8. A single bench of the…
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Dubai opens three new beaches for night swimming
Abu Dhabi: Three new options are now available to Dubai beachgoers who aren’t quite ready to call it a day after sundown. Dubai Municipality has opened three new beaches for night swimming,…
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Cong, NCP slam high, variant Haj fees; urge Centre for relief
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar on Tuesday urged Union Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Z. Irani to remove the discrepancies in the charges payable at the embarkation points for Haj pilgrims…
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Hyderabad’s heritage: Nizamia Observatory to get facelift
Hyderabad: Lost glory of the Nizamia observatory, an optical structure in Punjagutta, dating back to the era of Nizams, will now be revived by the government of Telangana. The observatory known for…
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5 killed, 7 injured in massive explosion at illegal firecracker unit in WB
Kolkata: An explosion at an illegal firecracker unit located in Egra in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal killed five people and injured seven others on Tuesday, police said. State Environment Minister…
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Cong is politicising Lord Hanuman, says MP min Narottam Mishra
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Tuesday took a dig at the Congress party for thanking Lord Hanuman for victory in Karnataka elections and said that they were politicising Lord…
