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Three-member panel to meet today to select new CEC
New Delhi: With Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar set to retire on February 18, a three-member selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet on Monday to pick his…
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Delhi: Oath-taking ceremony to be held on February 20
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has postponed the legislative party meeting which was supposed to be held on Monday by two days and, as per the fresh schedule, the meeting…
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US military aircraft with 112 deportees arrives in Amritsar
Chandigarh: A US military aircraft carrying 112 Indians living illegally in that country landed at the Amritsar airport late on Sunday, the third such batch of Indians to be sent back amid…
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Strong earthquake tremors shake Delhi-NCR
New Delhi: Strong earthquake tremors shook the Delhi-NCR region in the early hours of Monday, creating panic among residents. According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the tremors, registering a magnitude…
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Jordan’s Princess Iman welcomes baby girl: Meet Princess Amina!
Amman: Jordan’s Princess Iman bint Abdullah II and her husband, Jameel Alexander Thermiotis, have welcomed their first child, a baby girl named Princess Amina. Queen Rania, the princess’s mother, shared the news…
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Israeli forces used 80-yr-old Palestinian as human shield in Gaza before killing him
In a deeply distressing incident in the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces have allegedly tied explosives around the neck of an 80-year-old Palestinian man and forced him to act as a human shield…
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Punjab CM says mass deportation from US eye opener, asks youths not to travel abroad illegally
Ludhiana: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday, February 16, said “The mass deportation from the United States is an eye opener for all of us,” as he urged youths to shun…
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PM didn’t tell his ‘good friend’ about handcuffing Indian deportees: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress Sunday, February 16, accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was on a visit to the US, of not conveying to his “good friend” Donald Trump about the outrage…
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Telangana police suspends SI after getting arrested for bribery
Hyderabad: Telangana police inspector general (IG) Satyanarayana, on Sunday, February 16, issued suspension orders to a sub-inspector, who was caught red-handed for taking bribes by the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). The Telangana…
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World’s first gay imam, Muhsin Hendricks, shot dead in South Africa
Muhsin Hendricks, a known figure known as the world’s first openly gay imam was shot dead in South Africa at the age of 57. Hendricks, who led a Cape Town mosque that…
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Reports of US funding in Indian elections baseless: Ex-CEC Quraishi
New Delhi: Former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi on Sunday, February 16, rejected reports that US agency funding was used for ‘raising voter turnout’ in Indian elections when he headed the…
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Osmania Hospital denies treatment to woman over Aadhar card
Hyderabad: In a disturbing incident, a woman was allegedly denied medical treatment on Sunday, February 16, from Hyderabad’s Osmania Hospital after she failed to produce an Aadhaar card. The woman, Pramila from…
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Hindutva vigilantes target couples on Valentine’s Day, UP reports most attacks
This year Valentine’s Day witnessed a surge in attacks and moral policing by right-wing Hindutva outfits in North India and the highest number of attack reports emerged from Uttar Pradesh. The Hindutva…
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Dubai: Landlords must give 90-day notice for rent hikes
Landlords in Dubai must now notify tenants at least 90 days before their contract expires if they intend to raise rent, according to the newly launched Smart Rental Index by the Dubai…
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Woman thrashed by Telangana police over trying to register complaint
Hyderabad: A shocking incident has come to light from Telangana’s Nizamabad district where a woman was allegedly beaten up by a police officer when she tried to register a complaint about a stolen…
