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Pakistan’s defence budget increased by 16%
Islamabad: The Pakistan government has proposed a roughly 16 per cent increase in the defence budget as the country continues to face internal and external security challenges, the media reported. Interestingly, all…
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Dalit man dies after being beaten by hotel staff; Mewani seeks probe
Vadodara: A Dalit man died after being allegedly thrashed by a hotel owner belonging to an upper caste community and his accomplice following an argument, during which they also hurled casteist slurs…
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Gurugram: Property registration in 65 illegal colonies banned
Gurugram: Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) has identified 65 illegal colonies on the outskirts of the city and asked the Revenue Department to stop property registrations with immediate effect. These…
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UP: Four held for vandalising 17 idols in Hindu temples
Police arrested four people on charges of vandalising 17 Hindu deities idols in four temples in Baral village of Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district. The incident soon took a communal angle. On Thursday,…
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MP: Three minors charred to death as fire breaks out in house in Bhind
Bhind: Three minors, including two girls, were charred to death and four others injured, two of them critically, after a fire broke out in a house in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind district on…
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Telangana BJP pins hopes on Amit Shah’s June 15 public meeting
Hyderabad: Rattled by the drubbing in last month’s Karnataka Assembly elections and worried over its likely impact on Telangana polls, the BJP leaders in Telangana are looking forward to Union Home Minister…
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TMC seeks probe after Delhi cops take woman wrestler to WFI chief’s house
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) slammed Delhi Police on Saturday for reportedly causing trauma to wrestler Sangeet Phogat by taking her to the accused’s home to recreate the sequence of events that led…
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Johnson quits as UK lawmaker over Partygate report, claims he is victim of ‘witch-hunt’
London: Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has abruptly resigned as a lawmaker, claiming he was the “victim of a witch-hunt”, after being told by a parliamentary committee that he will be…
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Chidambaram hits out at BJP for ‘absolute intolerance to any criticism’
New Delhi: In response to four BJP MPs slamming Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for criticising the Railways in his letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Odisha train tragedy, former Union…
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Vijayan invites Pfizer to open research centre in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who is on a trip to US, invited top multinational pharma major Pfizer to open a research centre in Kerala, according to the information provided by CM’s…
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Hyderabad priest sent to judicial custody for killing paramour
Hyderabad: A city court on Saturday remanded a priest of a temple in Hyderabad’s Saroornagar to judicial custody for the murder of a 30-year-old woman with whom he was having an extramarital…
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Telangana: Foreign jobs drives for nurses from June 12
Hyderabad: Telangana Overseas Manpower Company Limited (TOMCOM) will conduct enrollment drives for overseas job opportunities for nurses from June 12 to 16 at different locations. TOMCOM is a registered recruitment agency under…
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Hyderabad: Neighbourhood dispute turns violent
Hyderabad: An unfortunate incident unfolded in Imad Nagar area of Suleman Nagar, where an argument between neighbours over a seemingly trivial matter spiraled into a violent attack. According to the police, the…
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Russia to withdraw from European armed forces treaty on Nov 7
Moscow: Russia will officially pull out of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) on November 7 this year, the Foreign Ministry announced in a statement. As required, Russia has…
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BJP MLA gets relief from HC over controversial remarks against Karnataka CM
Bengaluru: BJP MLA from Belthangady constituency of Dakshina Kannada, Harish Poonja, who had stirred a controversy by claiming that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah got 24 Hindu activists killed, got relief from the Karnataka…
