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IAF chopper pressed into service to douse Coimbatore forest fire
Chennai: The forest fire, raging in the Madhukarai forest range of Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district since April 11, continued to blaze as fire and rescue team could not climb the steep hills…
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Kejriwal questioned at CBI headquarters; AAP leaders protest
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was questioned by the CBI on Sunday in the excise policy case, amid protests by his party as the AAP chief accused the agency of…
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AIADMK not to contest Karnataka elections, will back BJP
Chennai: The AIADMK Executive, in its meeting held here on Sunday, decided not to contest the May 10 Karnataka Assembly elections, and support the BJP instead. The first executive meeting, since K…
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1.5M worshippers visited Makkah’s Grand Mosque on eve of Ramzan 25
Riyadh: The Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia recorded more than 1.5 million worshipers and pilgrims on the night of Saturday/Sunday, 25 Ramzan, the Saudi Press Agency (SsPA) reported. The “Saudi Hashtag”…
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Pakistan minister Mufti Abdul Shakoor dies in car accident
Islamabad: Pakistan Religious Affairs Minister Mufti Abdul Shakoor was killed in a road accident in Islamabad’s Red Zone area, and five people have been booked in this connection, media reports said on…
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Atiq Ahmed, Ashraf laid to rest in Prayagraj graveyard
Prayagraj: The bodies of killed criminal-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were laid to rest in the Kasari Masari graveyard here on Sunday amid heavy police security, with only a…
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Telangana: Minister Gangula injured after dias collapses
Hyderabad: Backward Classes (BC) Welfare and Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar on Sunday met with minor injuries when the dais collapsed in Cherlabuthkur of Karimnagar. The minister had come to launch a…
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India-US trade rose by 8% in 2022-23, fell 1.5% with China
New Delhi: Bilateral trade between India and the US rose by almost 8 per cent to $128.55 billion in 2022-23, compared to $119.5 billion in 2021-22. The growth in bilateral trade between…
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Cong slams govt over Antigua and Barbuda court’s Choksi ruling
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday attacked the Centre after a court in Antigua and Barbuda reportedly ordered that fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi cannot be removed from the Caribbean country, alleging that…
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Saudi transfers 4% Aramco shares to PIF’s Sanabil
Riyadh: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday announced the completion of the transfer of 4 per cent of the total shares of Aramco from Kingdom ownership to the Saudi Arabian…
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‘CBI ignored key facts in Viveka murder case’, says Avinash Reddy
Kadapa: Kadapa MP, Y.S. Avinash Reddy, whose father Y.S. Bhaskar Reddy was on Sunday arrested by the CBI in former minister Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy’s murder case, alleged that ignoring some key facts in…
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Rally in Pulivendula to protest Bhaskar Reddy’s arrest by CBI
Kadapa: A rally was organised in Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district on Sunday to protest the arrest of Kadapa MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy’s father Y.S. Bhaskar Reddy by the CBI in Y. S.…
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Hyderabad: Neglected open spaces to get ‘Urban Acupuncture’ makeover
Hyderabad: Telangana government on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hyderabad Urban Lab Foundation (HUL) to turn various open land parcels in the city into vibrant living spaces through ‘Urban…
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History of Atiq’s killers: From everyday crime to making a ‘name for ourselves’
Lucknow: A “drug addict” whose brothers are now priests, a child who ran from home. This is how two of the three men who killed gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf…
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Atiq killing ‘diversionary tactic’ to shift attention from Pulwama ‘revelations’: Mehbooba
Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday alleged Atiq Ahmad and his brother’s killing in Uttar Pradesh was a “clever diversionary tactic” to shift attention from the “revelations” made by former Jammu…
