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Telangana nets over Rs 2,600cr as application fee for liquor shops
Hyderabad: In a new record of sorts, the government of Telangana has earned a revenue of Rs 2,639 crore as an application fee for the allotment of liquor shops in the state.…
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Egypt Prez pardons prominent activist Douma, other prisoners
Cairo: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has pardoned a number of prisoners, including prominent Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma, Al Jazeera reported quoting state television and lawyers. Douma, 37, a key figure in…
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Hyderabad seeks change in World Cup fixtures, wants to avoid back-to-back matches
Mumbai: Just a few days after changing the schedule of nine matches during the upcoming ICC Men’s ODI World Cup, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has received another…
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Pakistan’s ex-human rights minister Shireen Mazari’s daughter arrested
Islamabad: Imaan Zainab Mazari, the daughter of Pakistan’s former human rights minister Shireen Mazari, was arrested early on Sunday from her residence here for interference in state affairs, police said. A Tarnol Police…
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Karnataka: From drought to floods, frequency of extreme weather is rising
Bengaluru: When Bengaluru received unprecedented rainfall from August 30 to September 4 in 2022, the IT city sank under its crumbling infrastructure. The photos and videos of CEOs, tech company employees reaching…
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Amarnath yatra to be temporarily suspended from August 23
Jammu: The annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas will remain temporarily suspended from August 23 in view of reduced pilgrim flow and track restoration works, an official spokesman…
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Hyderabad: Man held at airport with gold worth Rs 9.16 lakh
New Delhi: The Customs officials at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad arrested a man for allegedly smuggling in gold worth Rs 9.16 lakh. A senior Customs officer said that the accused…
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J-K admin selectively terminating Kashmiri employees from service: Mehbooba
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday slammed the Jammu and Kashmir administration for selectively terminating Kashmiri employees from service by labelling them as “terrorist sympathisers”. Mehbooba’s reaction comes a day after…
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Telangana: Congress MP Uttam, wife to contest Assembly polls
Hyderabad: Telangana Congress MP N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Sunday, August 20, denied reports that he is planning to quit the party and announced that he and his wife will be contesting…
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UP: Couple beaten to death after son elopes with girl from another community
Sitapur: In a shocking incident, a Muslim couple was beaten to death with iron rods and sticks by their neighbours in Sitapur district. Three people have been arrested in the case, and…
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UAE condemns burning of churches, homes in Pakistan
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the burning of a number of churches and dozens of homes by extremists in Pakistan, and denounced the coinciding violence that has taken…
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RPF constable who killed 4 was disciplined for harassing minorities earlier
Chetan Singh Chaudhary, the former Railway Protection Force (RPF) policeman who killed his senior and three Muslims on the Jaipur-Mumbai Central Superfast Express on July 31, had abused, assaulted, and threatened a…
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Palestine rejects Israeli plan to legalise 155 outposts in West Bank
Ramallah: Palestine has condemned and rejected Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s plan to legalise 155 Israeli settlement outposts in the West Bank. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the spokesperson of the Palestinian presidency, said…
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From schools to IIT Hyderabad, student suicides rampant in Telangana, AP
Hyderabad: From residential schools to colleges and from professional colleges and universities to institutes like IITs, it’s an unending saga of suicides by students at educational institutions in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.…
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Hyderabad man kills daughter over dispute with wife
Hyderabad: A man allegedly killed his own eight-year-old daughter in Hyderabad, said police, adding that his matrimonial disputes with his wife led to this brutal murder. The accused, who was identified as…
