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Israel launches project to keep water level of Sea of Galilee
Jerusalem: Israel has launched a first-of-its-kind project to flow desalinated water from the Mediterranean to the Sea of Galilee in the northeast of the country. With a cost of about 1 billion…
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Israel arrests Palestinian suspected of Jerusalem twin bombings
Jerusalem: Israeli authorities have announced the arrest of a Palestinian man suspected of carrying out deadly twin bombings in Jerusalem on November 23. Israeli police and the internal security agency Shin Bet…
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Mumbai-Dubai flight develops snag, passengers deboarded
Mumbai: An Air India Mumbai-Dubai flight aborted takeoff after it developed a snag at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport here on Tuesday evening. Owning to a suspected technical glitch in one…
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BRS, BJP trade barbs over HC’s order to hand over ‘MLAs poaching case’ to CBI
Hyderabad: War of words broke out between the ruling leaders of BRS party in the state and BJP at the Centre on Tuesday over the Telangana High Court’s order transferring the “MLAs…
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Steep rise in prices of essential commodities burning a hole in common man’s pocket
New Delhi: Those days are gone when the breadwinners of the family would calculate and allocate a definite sum of money to buy essential commodities at the beginning of every month, even…
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Jairam Ramesh to move SC against BJP MP Pragya Thakur over ‘hate speech’
New Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur’s remarks at a function in Karnataka’s Shivamogga are a clear example of hate speech and he would move…
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NCP leader Awhad seeks action against IAS officer under SC/ST Act
Nagpur: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Jitendra Awhad on Tuesday demanded action under the SC/ST Act against an IAS officer posted in Palghar district of Maharashtra. Speaking to reporters at the Vidhan…
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Was collecting evidence: CBI on delay in making arrests in ICICI loan fraud case
New Delhi: Though the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested former ICICI Bank CEO-MD Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and Videocon Group MD V.N. Dhoot in connection with a loan…
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AP CM leaves for Delhi, may meet PM Modi on Wednesday
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday left for the national capital, where he may meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and some of the Union Ministers on…
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TMC’s Anubrata Mondal gets bail in attempt to murder case
Dubrajpur: A court in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Tuesday granted bail to TMC leader Anubrata Mondal in an attempt to murder case. Mondal, arrested by the CBI in August in the…
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UAE condemns Taliban for banning women from working with NGOs
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has condemned the ban imposed on Afghan women from working in Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) by the Taliban. The UAE’s Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation…
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‘Mass conversion’ event stopped by police in UP village at Bajrang Dal tip off
Budaun: A programme was stopped here in Bherha village after some activists from Bajrang Dal tipped off police about a mass religious conversion that was going to take place there, police said…
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4 arrested for extorting trucks at Odisha-Andhra border after posing as GST officials
Berhampur: Four people were arrested in Odisha’s Ganjam district for allegedly posing as tax officials and extorting money from Andhra Pradesh-bound trucks, police said on Tuesday. Two cars, five mobile phones and…
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Hyderabad police summons Congress strategist Sunil Kanugolu
Hyderabad: Hyderabad police have summoned Congress poll strategist Sunil Kanugolu in connection with a case registered against him for allegedly making derogatory videos against Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and Bharat…
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Seven arrested for immoral trafficking in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Police on Tuesday said they arrested seven people for allegedly indulging in pimping and promoting prostitution online involving “850 victims.” A press release form the police said the accused…
