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Jordan, Iran agree to hold meeting to improve bilateral relations
Amman: The foreign ministers of Jordan and Iran have agreed via a phone call to soon hold a meeting to discuss ways to improve their bilateral relations, the Jordanian foreign ministry said…
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Karnataka polls: BRS to support JD(S), but not to field candidates
Hyderabad: The ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in Telangana is extending support to the JD(S) in Karnataka Assembly elections and it chose not to field any candidate in the May 10 polls…
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Twitter plea against Centre’s order to block accounts: Karnataka HC reserves judgment
Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court on Friday reserved its verdict on social media platform Twitter’s plea challenging the central government’s directions to take down 39 URLs. The matter pertains to the 10 blocking…
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Godhra train burning case: SC grants bail to 8 convicts, declines pleas of 4 others
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to eight life convicts in 2002 Godhra train burning case in Gujarat, but declined bail to four others noting their roles in the…
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Fire in Amaravati destroys construction material kept for capital works
Amaravati: Construction material purchased for development of Andhra Pradesh state capital at Amaravati were gutted in a huge fire on Friday. The incident occurred near Nekkallu village in Thullur mandal of Guntur…
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Houthis release 77 pro-govt detainees in Yemen
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi militia released 77 pro-government detainees, authorities said. In a report, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV quoted Abdulkadir al-Murtada, head of the Houthi prisoner committee, as saying that they included dozens…
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House rents in Hyderabad surged by 4.9% since January 2023
Hyderabad: The city witnessed an increase in rental demand by 10.8 percent in the first quarter of 2023, from January to March, says a recent study. Magicbricks, an online real estate platform,…
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Little evidence China is approaching India talks with a sense of goodwill: US
Washington: Reiterating that the United States supports a resolution of the Indo-China border dispute through a negotiated settlement and direct conversations between the two countries, Biden Administration’s point person for South and…
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Odisha: No Eid prayers at Eidgah in Sambalpur as curfew continues
Sambalpur: As curfew continues to remain in force in Sambalpur city since April 14 midnight, the district administration has decided not to allow Eid congregation at the Eidgah here, but the believers…
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Gautam Navlakha moves SC seeking change of address for house arrest
New Delhi: Activist Gautam Navlakha, who was ordered to be kept under house arrest in a public library in Mumbai in connection with the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case, on Friday moved the…
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YS Viveka murder case: SC stays Telangana HC order granting protection to YSRCP MP
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Telangana High Court order granting protection from arrest till April 25 to YSR Congress Party Lok Sabha member Y S Avinash Reddy in…
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Cowardly Act: AIMIM chief Asad Owaisi condemns Poonch terror attack
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has condemned the Poonch terror attack in which five Army personnel were killed and another was seriously injured, describing it as a “cowardly” act. In a tweet…
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Yemen govt calls for int’l probe into deadly stampede in Sanaa
Aden: Yemen’s government has called for an international investigation into the deadly stampede in the Houthi-controlled capital of Sanaa, which left 87 people dead. The government, based in the southern port city…
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Poonch Army vehicle attack: Massive search ops for terrorists underway
Poonch: Security forces have launched a massive search operation in the dense forests of the Bata-Doriya area after a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch killed five Indian Army personnel and…
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SC agrees to hear on April 28 plea against caste survey in Bihar
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on April 28 a fresh plea against the Bihar government’s decision to conduct a caste-based survey in the state. A bench of…
