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Cong team meets EC, complains about violence against Oppn candidates in Tripura
New Delhi: A Congress delegation headed by party general secretary Mukul Wasnik met Election Commission officials on Wednesday and complained about violence in Tripura, alleging that Congress workers were being targeted by…
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Rs 100 coin to depict NTR’s face, says Reserve Bank of India
Former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founder, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR) received a rare honour as the new Rs 100 coin will be designed after him,…
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Intensive operation to clean Yamuna floodplains to be launched on Thursday
New Delhi: An intensive operation to clean the Yamuna floodplains, involving territorial army personnel, will be launched by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Thursday, the Raj Niwas said in a statement.…
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Indian-origin businessman jailed for COVID loan abuse in UK
London: An Indian-origin businessman in south east England has been sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment after admitting abuse of an interest-free loan offered by the UK government to businesses to cope with…
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BRS-Congress will join hands after Telangana elections: Bandi
Hyderabad: Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president Bandi Sanjay alleged on Wednesday that Congress and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) will join hands after the Telangana assembly elections. Reacting to the recent…
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Pakistan govt calls emergency session of parliament; introduces bill to raise Rs 170 billion taxes
Islamabad: The cash-strapped Pakistan government on Wednesday introduced a money bill in parliament to raise Rs 170 billion in taxes by June this year as part of conditions by the IMF to…
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Delhi BJP slams AAP’s Sanjay Singh for statement on L-G
New Delhi: Delhi BJP working president Virendra Sachdeva has said that the Aam Aadmi Party is an anti-Constitution and extra-constitutional authority party. Sachdeva said that Wednesday’ statement of AAP MP Sanjay Singh…
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Hyderabad: IOB hands over Rs 1.1 cr check for missing link road projects
Hyderabad: Indian Overseas Bank chief regional manager, Ranjaya Mishra handed over the sanction letter of Rs 1150 crores for the Hyderabad Road Develop Corporation (HDRC) missing link roads project. The project was…
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Pak court cancels bail of ex-PM Imran Khan in election commission protest case
Islamabad: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court here on Wednesday rejected the bail of former prime minister Imran Khan for failing to attend the court hearing of a case linked to protests outside the…
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73 migrants missing, presumed dead following shipwreck in Mediterranean: IOM
Geneva: At least 73 migrants were missing and presumed dead following a tragic shipwreck off the Libyan coast, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Wednesday. The boat, carrying around 80 people,…
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Will consider the question of rehabilitation, says SC on night shelter demolition
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will now have to examine the rehabilitation issue, after it was informed about the demolition carried out by authorities of a night shelter…
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Hyderabad: 2 ganja peddlers detained by police; PD act invoked
Hyderabad: Two interstate drug peddlers were detained under the Preventive Detention (PD) Act on Wednesday by Rachakonda Commissioner of Police, DS Chauhan. Officials also seized 551 kilo grams of ganja. Inter-state drug…