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Despite Nitish’s meeting with Mamata, Oppn tie-up unlikely in Bengal
Kolkata: The crucial meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her counterpart in Bihar, Nitish Kumar on April 24 to pave way for a grand anti-BJP alliance for the 2024…
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Is the consent of both partners necessary for conducting nikah?
Hyderabad: In Islamic marriage, the consent of both partners is necessary for conducting Nikah. This requirement is rooted in the teachings of the Prophet, who emphasized the importance of mutual consent in…
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KCR may sail with Nitish for Oppn unity, but not ready to accept Rahul
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, who made his national ambitions amply clear by rechristening the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) as Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), is likely to back his Bihar…
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Dubai: 13-yr-old autistic Indian expat boy enters Guinness with ‘magnet number’
Abu Dhabi: A 13-year-old Dubai-based Indian expatriate boy with autism, has set a Guinness World Record for the largest magnet number. Amit Ramkumar, who hails from the Indian city of Chennai, is…
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Decoding the softening of BJP’s hard line against Christianity
The BJP’s rocky relations with the Christian community was thrusted to the forefront on several occasions in the recent past. Not long ago, in 2021, India saw frequent attacks on Christians and…
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BJP woos Pasmanda Muslims by handing out tickets to them in UP local polls
Lucknow: With the Uttar Pradesh Urban Local Body (ULB) election around the corner, the BJP is reaching out to the Muslim community, primarily the Pasmandas. For the first time, all parties have…
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9 dead after gas leak in Punjab’s Ludhiana: Police
Ludhiana: Nine people died and several were taken ill after a gas leak incident in the Giaspura area in this Punjab district on Sunday, police said. The source of the leakage and…
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US Consulate in Hyderabad announces student visa appointment schedule
Hyderabad: The US Consulate in Hyderabad has announced the schedule for student visa appointments for the upcoming season. The first batch of appointments will be open in mid-May, with additional appointments released…
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Kharge, Siddaramaiah’s statements offer BJP way out of Lingayat humiliation charge
Bengaluru: As Karnataka inches closer to assembly elections, the BJP and the Congress campaigns are getting nastier as the BJP finds itself pushed into a corner over the way it treated prominent…
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Despite media hype, Atiq’s widow Shaista Parveen remains an enigma
After the killing of her husband Atiq Ahmad, brother-in-law Ashraf and son Asad within a span of two days, she has become a subject of infotainment in the media and ‘stories’ about…
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Srinivasa Reddy to resign as YSRCP regional coordinator
Amaravati: Senior leader of YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) and former minister Balineni Srinivasa Reddy has decided to quit as the regional coordinator of the party. Srinivasa Reddy, who was serving as the…
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WFI Sexual harassment: ‘Lights go off again & again at protest site’, said Sakshee
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing wrestlers’ sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar here in the national capital demanding the arrest of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, ace wrestler…
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Court slams Delhi police inaction on father’s 2014 plaint regarding missing son
New Delhi: It has been more than nine years since Ram Kishor lodged a missing report of his son Deepak Kumar but all the questions remain unanswered even today. It would not…
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Congress MLC alleges large-scale corruption in Dalit Bandhu scheme
Hyderabad: Congress MLC Jeevan Reddy has made serious allegations of large-scale corruption in the implementation of the Dalit Bandhu scheme. Reddy accused BRS MLAs of receiving funds from the scheme’s beneficiaries and…
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Syria’s air defences intercept fresh Israeli missile attack
Damascus: Syrian air defences intercepted a fresh Israeli missile attack in the central province of Homs, state media reported. The air defences were responding to hostile targets in the skies of Homs,…
