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BJP cashed on Pulwama, Balakot air strike: CPI (M)’s Manik Sarkar
Agartala: The BJP had “used” the 2019 Pulwama terror attack and the consequent air strike at Balakot in the neighbouring country to win the Lok Sabha polls that year, former Tripura chief minister…
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Amritpal arrest: A chronology of events
Chandigarh: Radical preacher Amritpal Singh, who was appointed as the head of ‘Waris Punjab De’ last year, was arrested on Sunday morning. A chronology: September 29, 2002: Radical preacher Amritpal Singh is anointed…
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Twitter’s blue tick back only for high-profile accounts
New Delhi: In a surprising turn of events, Twitter has restored verification badges on several high-profile celebrity accounts with millions of followers, just days after the microblogging platform culled the legacy blue checkmarks…
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Assam Police issues notice to Congress’ Srinivas BV over harassment allegations
Guwahati: The Assam Police on Sunday asked Indian Youth Congress president Srinivas B V to appear before it by May 2 for questioning in connection with allegations of harassment and gender discrimination…
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Telangana: KCR asks CS Shanti Kumari to assess crop damage due to rains
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao asked state chief secretary A Santhi Kumari to start examining the damage caused by unseasonal rainfall in various regions, particularly Choppadandi and Karimnagar rural mandals.…
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Telangana: Officials break open strongroom of Dharmapuri Assembly segment
Hyderabad: Officials in Telangana’s Jagtial district on Sunday broke open the strongroom of Dharmapuri Assembly constituency on the direction of the Telangana High Court, which is hearing a petition for re-counting of…
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Internet services restored, curfew relaxed in violence-hit Sambalpur
Sambalpur: The Odisha government on Sunday lifted a curfew during daytime and withdrew a ban on internet services in Sambalpur city which had recently witnessed violence during Hanuman Jayanti celebrations, an official…
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AP: Student injured as lover pour boiling oil on her in Eluru
Amaravati: A student of the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, was critically injured after her boyfriend allegedly poured boiling oil on the girl’s hands and legs after confining…
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UK: Story behind Buckingham Palace forgoing the Kohinoor
London: Buckingham Palace would have been conscious about the potential for controversy around the colonial era Kohinoor diamond claimed by India and averted it becoming a side story of King Charles III…
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Caste Census demon haunts Maha BJP ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls
Mumbai: The clamour for a caste-based Census has once again come to haunt the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the Centre, which is treating the sensitive issue with kid-gloves, with the…
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Hyderabad: CBI grills Kadapa MP’s father in Viveka murder case for 5th day
Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) continued questioning Kadapa MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy’s father Y.S. Bhaskar Reddy and their follower Uday Kumar Reddy for a fifth day on Sunday in former…
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TSRTC to appoint ‘Village Bus Officers’ across Telangana
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) has decided to introduce an innovative program to bring public transportation closer to the public. It has chosen to hire bus officers in villages…
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Eyeing national role, KCR pushes for caste census but not Bihar model
Hyderabad: While Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has been supporting the demand for caste-based census, its government in Telangana may come under pressure from the backward classes (BCs) to conduct a survey in…
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Karnataka: BJP govt dropped 182 hate crime FIRs between July 2019- April 2023
The BJP government in Karnataka issued seven separate orders to drop the prosecution in 385 criminal cases, including 182 cases of hate speech, cow vigilantism, and communal violence, over a four-year period…
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Karnataka: B L Santhosh draws the ire of state bigwigs for BJP’s experiments
Bengaluru: Political circles here are abuzz with BJP national general secretary (organization) B.L. Santhosh’s role in the saffron party’s new experiment in Karnataka ahead of the assembly polls. The BJP’s decision to…
