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Telangana: KCR to launch PRLIS on September 16
Hyderabad: The Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) to lift the Krishna River waters will be inaugurated by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on September 16. The chief minister will launch the scheme…
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Karnataka: Shivakumar asks state BJP to exert pressure on PM on Mekedatu
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday asked BJP leaders of the state to exert pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to get approval for the Mekedatu balancing reservoir…
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Sanatana Dharma row: Cong says it does not agree with DMK leaders’ comments
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday said it did not agree with the remarks of DMK leaders Udhayanidhi Stalin and A Raja on Sanatan Dharma and asserted the party believed in “sarvadharma…
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Pak making efforts to woo more Sikh, Hindu pilgrims from India: Minister
Lahore: Pakistan’s caretaker Religious Affairs Minister Aneeq Ahmed on Thursday said the country has initiated efforts to increase the number of Sikh and Hindu pilgrims from India as their numbers have dwindled…
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Watch: LED lights in Pakistan bride’s lehenga turn heads
A video of a newlywed couple from Pakistan went viral on social media for embedding a unique element into their wedding attire. With an aim to make his bride ‘shine brighter’, a…
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UNESCO conference: Saudi Arabia denies entry visas to Israel ministers
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has refused to issue entry visas to Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and Education Minister Yoav Kisch to attend the UNESCO conference, Israeli media reported. The…
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TDP, YSRCP play blame game for violence during Lokesh’s padayatra
Amaravati: Lokesh, who is the General Secretary of TDP, has termed the attack on his Yuva Galam padayatra on Tuesday night as pre-planned. He also slammed the police for booking TDP leaders…
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SSC paper leak: HC directs board to announce debarred student
Hyderabad: In order to save the students from losing an academic year, the Telangana High Court, which earlier allowed a debarred student in the SSC Hindi question paper leak case to write…
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Chehlum procession not communal protest: Delhi Police debunks false news
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Thursday cautioned against rumours being spread on social media by “wrongly projecting” Chehlum procession as a communal protest ahead of the G20 Summit. The Shia Muslim community…
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Disabled PhD scholar ‘assaulted’ by ABVP activists in JNU
A PhD student at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Farooque Alam, was allegedly assaulted by members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on the campus on Wednesday. The ABVP, however, refuted the allegation. According…
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Financial fraud: Saudi Arabia sentences 11 Pakistanis to 7-year jail term
Riyadh: A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced eleven Pakistani expatriates to seven years in prison after convicting them of financial fraud, local media reported. An investigation by the financial fraud wing…
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Hyderabad: Kishan Reddy slams BRS over home guard self-immolation incident
Hyderabad: The BRS government in Telangana failed to fulfil the promises made and assurances given to home guards with regard to improving their working conditions, Union Minister for Tourism G Kishan Reddy…
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A Raja’s remarks against Sanatan Dharma reflect INDIA bloc’s Hinduphobia: BJP
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday described DMK leader A Raja’s remarks against Sanatan Dharma as “outrageous and vitriolic” and slammed the opposition parties, saying Raja’s comments reflect the INDIA bloc’s “mental…
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Congress silent over denigration of Hindu faith: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Patna: Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad Thursday charged the Congress top leadership with maintaining “silence” over controversial remarks about the Hindu faith made by some of its own leaders, besides Tamil…
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Destroying madrasas will do half the job for Hindutva: Raja Singh
Suspended BJP MLA T Raja Singh has yet again stirred a controversy by allegedly calling for violence against minorities. He was speaking at an event organised by a right-wing outfit in Haryana’s…
