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Karnataka polls: Many from Goa, Maha arriving in the state to cast votes

Bengaluru: Authorities on the borders of Karnataka, Goa, and Maharashtra went on high alert on Tuesday following reports that parties in Karnataka have arranged buses to bring voters from neighbouring states to…
GM of company working for NTPC shot dead in Hazaribagh

Ranchi: A project coordinator-cum-general manager of a company engaged in coal mining work for NTPC at Barkagaon in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district was shot dead by criminals in broad daylight on Tuesday. The…

Vehicle auction: Hyderabad police asks people to submit objections

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad police department has an accumulation of 820 abandoned / unclaimed automobiles of all sorts and makes, which are housed at the Moinabad PS Grounds in the Cyberabad Commissionerate in…
Will Dubai schools get a 9-day break for Eid Al Adha?

Amid the surge of rumours that private schools in Dubai would get nine-day ahead of the Islamic festival Eid Al Adha, the education regulator of Dubai issued a clarification and said that…
Third cheetah dies at Madhya Pradesh’s KNP in less than a month

Bhopal: India’s Project Cheetah received yet another jolt as one more cheetah died at Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park (KNP) on Tuesday – the third to die in just over a month.…
Thackeray to host lunch for Nitish with Oppn unity on the menu

Mumbai: Janata Dal (U) President and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will arrive in Mumbai on Thursday morning as part of his Opposition unity efforts, and hold meetings with top Maharashtra leaders,…
Telangana: Farmer dies of electrocution in Medak

Hyderabad: In a tragic incident, a 48-year-old man died of an electric shock on a transformer while fixing a technical issue in Medak’s Cherlapally Thanda village on Tuesday morning. The deceased who…

Hyderabad: 12 special trains between Secunderabad-Danapur for summer

Hyderabad: To provide adequate rail services, the South Central Railway (SCR) will run 12 special trains between Secunderabad–Danapur and Secunderabad–Dibrugarh. “The Secunderabad – Danapur (07419) train will run on May 13, 20,…
Hyderabad airport tops list of punctual airports in India

Hyderabad: Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad has appeared on top of the list of airports that carry out operations as per schedule, in the month of March, as they rerecorded…
Hyderabad police to restore historic Kotwal building in Old City

Hyderabad: The historic Kotwal office building in the Old City’s Purani Haveli, currently being used as a camp office, is being restored to its full glory. City police commissioner CV Anand on…
Karnataka Muslim quota: SC frowns at Amit Shah’s statements

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday voiced displeasure over political statements being made about withdrawal of four per cent quota for Muslims in poll bound Karnataka, after it was told Union Home…
Google to give $100 mn to NYT for 3 years to use its content: Report

New York: Google will give around $100 million to The New York Times over three years as part of a broad deal to use its content on some of its platforms, the…
Assam looking to prohibit polygamy, to form an expert committee

Guwahati: The Assam government has decided to form an expert committee to examine whether the state legislature was empowered to prohibit polygamy, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Tuesday. The committee…
‘Corruption at peak’: Karnataka Contractors’ Association appeals to vote wisely

Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Contractors’ Association has appealed to the people to cast their vote in accordance with their conscience, while reminding them that corruption has reached frightening levels in the state…
Hyderabad: Intelligence cell kept tabs on 5 arrested in MP ‘conversion racket’

Hyderabad: The Intelligence Bureau was keeping a close watch on the 16 persons who were detained in a predawn operation in Madhya Pradesh and Telangana for allegedly maintaining links with an International…