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Gang rape survivor made to wait for 12 hours in police van for medical examination
Keonjhar: A gang rape survivor in Odisha’s Keonjhar district alleged that she had to wait in a police van for 12 hours for her medical examination. The incident took place in the Anandapur…
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Hyderabad: HPS starts centenary celebrations with science fest
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Public School (HPS) at Begumpet here flagged its fourth edition of the ‘India Science Festival’ with gusto as part of its 100 years centenary celebrations on Friday. The theme of this…
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Joshimath crisis: Pets and cattle displaced as owners navigate subsidence fallout
Joshimath: As land sinks in Joshimath, buildings are razed and hundreds of families are forced out of their homes, there is another tragedy playing out in this Himalayan town many dogs, cattle, and…
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Maha woman forced to drink water with human bones powder, ashes to conceive
Pune: In a bizarre case of superstitions, a married woman was allegedly forced to consume a concoction of water containing human bone powder and ashes ostensibly to help her get pregnant, police…
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Shift warehouses to city outskirts: Kishan Reddy on recent fires
Hyderabad: Union tourism minister G Kishan Reddy on Friday urged the Telangana government to shift godowns and warehouses operating in residential areas without necessary permissions to the city outskirts. Keeping in mind the…
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Telangana: 2 arrested for rape, murder of 15-yr-old girl
Hyderabad: The police have arrested three men in connection with the rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl in the Nalgonda district. A class 10 student, was allegedly raped and killed near…
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Twitter deleted post on BBC documentary critical of PM Modi: TMC MP Derek O’Brien
New Delhi: TMC MP Derek O’Brien has alleged that a tweet by him on a BBC documentary which he claimed “exposed” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stand on minorities has been deleted by Twitter.…
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Sweden allows burning of Quran in front of Turkish embassy; envoy summoned
Turkish government summoned the Swedish ambassador to Ankara on Saturday asking for an explanation of the burning of the Quran in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm. According to a report…
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Kerala woman dies by suicide after son held with MDMA
Thiruvananthapuram: A 55-year-old woman died by suicide on Saturday after her son was arrested with a synthetic drug MDMA. According to police, prima facie, it appears that Gracy Clement took the extreme…
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Gujarat: BJP MLA among two booked under POCSO Act
Ahmedabad: Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Gajendrasinh Parmar and one Mahesh Patel from Himatnagar have been booked by Rajasthan Police under POCSO Act for sexual assault on a minor girl. Victim’s mother from…
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Significant lapse in judgment: UN apologises for photo of its personnel in front of Taliban flag
United Nations: The UN has apologized for “a significant lapse in judgment” after photographs surfaced of some of its personnel in front of a Taliban flag in Afghanistan during a visit by Deputy…
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Maliwal’s molestation allegations conspiracy to defame Delhi: Lekhi
New Delhi: Union minister Meenakshi Lekhi has joined several other BJP leaders in slamming the AAP over DCW chief Swati Maliwal’s molestation claims, alleging it was part of a conspiracy hatched by Delhi’s…
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Telangana: 2 govt officials caught taking bribe of Rs 50K
Hyderabad: Two government officials in Warangal were caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 50000 from a painter for processing a bill of Rs 16 lakh pertaining to works for a tribal…
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Egyptian president’s visit expected to strengthen time-tested ties: MEA
New Delhi: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s three-day visit to India next week is expected to deepen the “time-tested” partnership between the two countries, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Saturday.…
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Reverse decrees limiting women’s rights, UN urges Taliban
Kabul: A high-level UN delegation led by the Deputy Secretary-General called on the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan to reverse the course on recent decrees limiting women’s and girls’ rights, saying Afghans must…
