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Maldives purchases drones from Turkey for patrolling the country’s maritime area
Male: Within days of the Maldives inking a defence deal to obtain non-lethal weapons from China, the archipelago nation in the Indian Ocean has acquired drones from Turkey for patrolling its vast…
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TDP has ‘shamelessly’ gone back into NDA: Congress
New Delhi: As the BJP and the TDP sealed a tie-up, the Congress took a swipe at the N Chandrababu Naidu-led party, saying it has “shamelessly” gone back to the NDA despite…
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Hyderabad: Fake ginger garlic racket worth Rs 2.80 lakh busted
Hyderabad: The Rajendernagar police busted a fake ginger-garlic paste racket or other materials worth Rs 2,80,000 here on Saturday. One person has been arrested. The team raided 3.5 tonnes of spurious ginger…
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Election of Prez ‘unconstitutional’ Imran calls for nation-wide protest
Lahore: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party called Saturday’s election of the President of Pakistan “unconstitutional and unacceptable” and urged the people to hold peaceful protests across the country against poll…
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Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigns ahead of Lok Sabha polls
Election Commissioner Arun Goel tendered his resignation on Saturday, March 9, days before the Lok Sabha election 2024 and President Droupadi Murmu accepted his resignation. The Election Commission is now headed only…
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Bigg Boss fame Elvish Yadav says he hit YouTuber as he issued threats
Gurugram: Bigg Boss OTT winner Elvish Yadav who has been booked for allegedly assaulting a YouTuber in a shopping mall here posted a clarification video on Saturday claiming that the latter had…
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Fake certificate racket busted in Telangana
Karimnagar: A fake certificate racket was busted in Telangana and four persons arrested in this connection, the Jagtial police said on Saturday. According to Jagtial Superintendent of Police Sunpreet Singh, Rabi Rai,…
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Mild quake jolts Nepal; no damage or loss of lives reported: Official
Kathmandu: A mild earthquake measuring 4 magnitude jolted western Nepal’s scenic city of Pokhara on Saturday, according to an official statement. However, there was no report of any loss of lives or…
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BJP, TDP join hands for polls as ex-Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu predicts sweep
New Delhi: The BJP sealed its alliance with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Saturday for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections, with former chief minister of the southern…
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Modi’s tryst with Bollywood: The rise of right-wing narrative films
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gudur Narayan Reddy’s movie ‘Razakar: Silent Genocide of Hyderabad’, based on the annexation of Hyderabad to India in 1948, is slated for release on March 1. So is…
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Bengaluru water crisis: There is no water in my house, says Shivakumar
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, while referring to the water crisis in Bengaluru city, on Saturday said that there is no water in his house as well. “Media is showing…
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Telangana: 29 crore women benefit from ‘Maha Lakshmi’ scheme since launch
Hyderabad: Since the launch of the Maha Lakshmi free travel scheme in December 2023, it is estimated through ‘Zero Fare Tickets’ issued by the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) that nearly…
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Heavy rain affects normal life in Dubai, disrupts flights
Jeddah: The travel plans of thousands of passengers were affected in UAE as Dubai Airport, one of the world’s busiest airports, cancelled, diverted and delayed several flights, including those coming from Hyderabad…
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LS polls: DMK allots 10 seats for Congress in TN, Pondy
Chennai: Repeating its 2019 seat-sharing formula for principal ally the Congress, the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu on Saturday allotted 10 seats in the state and neighbouring Puducherry to the national party…
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Google fires engineer after pro-Palestine protest at tech conference
Google has fired a cloud software engineer who disrupted a conference in New York city to protest against the company’s contract with the Israeli government. An unidentified man in an orange Google…
