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UCC will end India’s pluralism, secularism: Owaisi
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said the party is against the implementation of the uniform civil code (UCC) as it will lead to the end of…
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MP: Amit Shah to attend BJP meeting in Bhopal on July 11
Bhopal: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend a BJP meeting in Bhopal on Tuesday, a party office-bearer said. Shah will arrive at around 7.30 pm. He will remain present in the…
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Hyderabad: CM orders launch of much-awaited Old City metro works
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao has instructed the municipal administration to take forward the metro project in Old City, alleviating concerns regarding the project that has been in limbo for…
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Hyderabad: OUCE gets 10 yr extension of autonomous status
Hyderabad: The Osmania University College of Engineering (OUCE) has secured a ten-year extension of the Union Grants Commission’s (UGC) autonomy status. Founded in 1929, the OUCE campus will now have autonomy from…
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Palestinian woman shot at by Israeli forces in Jerusalem
A 60-year-old Palestinian woman was injured by Israeli forces after she tried to stab a security guard at a light rail station near Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem on Sunday, Palestinian media reported.…
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B R Ambedkar’s statue damaged in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi
Bhadohi: Unidentified persons allegedly damaged a statue of B R Ambedkar at a higher composite primary school in the Aurai area here, police said on Monday. An FIR was lodged and the…
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Saudi Arabia expects over 10M pilgrims in new Umrah season
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) expects more than 10 million Muslim pilgrims to attend the new season of Umrah or lesser pilgrimage that is due to start from Muharram 1,…
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Foxconn withdraws from chip manufacturing deal worth Rs USD 19.5B
Bengaluru: In a major setback to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plans of making India a chip-manufacturing hub, Taiwanese chip-making giant Foxconn on Monday announced that it has withdrawn from a joint venture…
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Sonia Gandhi expected to attend meeting of oppn parties: Shivakumar
Bengaluru: Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi is expected to attend the next meeting of opposition parties in Bengaluru on July 17 and 18, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said on…
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Rains claim 17 lives, property over Rs 3,000 cr damaged: Himachal CM
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu on Monday said that torrential monsoon rains have claimed 17 lives in the state and the damage to property is estimated at over Rs 3,000…
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Andhra Women’s panel issues notice to Pawan Kalyan on human trafficking claim
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Women’s Commission on Monday served a notice to actor-politician Pawan Kalyan for his controversial statement linking the volunteer system introduced by the statement government with human trafficking. A day…
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Maha: Tribal children march to Palghar ZP over lack of teachers in schools
Palghar: Hundreds of tribal children marched to the zilla parishad office in Maharashtra’s Palghar district on Monday to draw the administration’s attention to the urgent need for teachers in zilla parishad schools.…
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Syria quashes accreditation of BBC scribes for ‘spreading fake news’
Damascus: The Syrian government has quashed the accreditation of two Syrian journalists working for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) over allegedly spreading “misleading information and politicising coverage of the war-torn country”. The…
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Man kills ex-fiancee for rejecting marriage proposal, arrested
Gurugram: A man, who allegedly stabbed his former fiancee to death for rejecting his marriage proposal, has been arrested, police said on Monday. The duo were engaged but the victim later denied…
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Hyderabad: Car catches fire in Jubilee Hills; passengers unhurt
Hyderabad: In a tragic incident, a car caught fire in the Jubilee Hills area of the city on Sunday night. Two people who were in the car managed to escape after they…
