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Kuwait bans 16,000 citizens, expats from travel in two months
Kuwait: The Kuwaiti government has issued around 16,000 travel bans against both citizens and expatriates during January and February this year, local media reported. The stastics were disclosed by the Kuwaiti Ministry…
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Palestinians in Israeli prisons should be executed, says Ben Gvir
Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said that applying the death penalty to Palestinian prisoners is the “correct solution” to confront the problem of prison overcrowding. His remark came after…
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Loud music in front of Surat masjid during Ram Navami sparks row
In Bardoli town of Surat, Gujarat, the celebration of Ram Navami in front of the Minara Masjid has become a customary affair, often accompanied by hateful numbers playing on loudspeakers. This year,…
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Air India to deploy A350 plane on Delhi-Dubai route from May 1
New Delhi: Air India will deploy its A350 aircraft on the Delhi-Dubai route from May 1, marking the Tata Group airline’s use of the wide-body plane for international destinations. “Operating as AI995/996,…
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Photo of Palestinian woman cradling niece’s body wins World Press Photo award
A photograph showing a Palestinian woman cradling the body of her five-year-old niece killed in an Israeli air stike in the Gaza Strip, on Thursday, April 18, won the 2024 World Press…
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Dubai: 23% work completed on world’s largest residential, Al Habtoor Tower
In a remarkable achievement, Dubai’s real-estate agent Al Habtoor Group has announced that it has completed more than 23 percent of the construction work on its much-anticipated 87 floor Al Habtoor Tower.…
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ED lied in court about Kejriwal’s diet in jail; conspiracy to kill him: Atishi
New Delhi: Delhi Cabinet minister Atishi on Thursday claimed there was a “huge conspiracy” to kill Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in the Delhi excise…
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Court accepts police report giving clean chit to Nawazuddin Siddiqui in molestation case
Muzaffarnagar: A special POCSO court here on Thursday accepted a police closure report giving clean chit to all five accused, including actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, in a molestation case filed by his estranged…
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Hyderabad Airport wins award for best airport staff in India & South Asia
Hyderabad: The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, also known as the GMR Hyderabad Airport, won Skytrax’s ‘Best Airport Staff in India & South Asia 2024’ award on April 17. Skytrax, a global air…
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Certain media houses abuse me for attacking BJP: Rahul Gandhi
Kannur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged certain media houses regularly abuse him for criticising the policies and ideologies of the BJP and the ruling dispensation at the Centre and were…
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VHP demands NIA probe into Ram Navami violence in WB’s Murshidabad
New Delhi: The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Thursday condemned an incident of violence during Ram Navami celebrations in West Bengal and demanded a probe into it by the National Investigation Agency…
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Kerala LoP raises Mancherial saffron clothes row with Telangana CM
Thiruvananthapuram: Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly V D Satheesan on Thursday spoke with Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy regarding the incident of vandalism at a school managed by a Kerala-based…
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JNU was never ‘anti-national’, not part of ‘tukde tukde’ gang: VC
New Delhi: JNU was never “anti-national” or part of the “tukde-tukde” gang, the university’s vice-chancellor said on Thursday, asserting that the institution will always foster dissent, debate and democracy. In an interaction…
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Hyderabad BJP candidate clarifies on ‘arrow’ at mosque video
Hyderabad: After outrage over a video of Hyderabad BJP Lok Sabha candidate K Madhavi Latha allegedly pretending to shoot an arrow at the Siddiamber Bazaar mosque in Old City, she issued a…