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Nearly a million immigrants became US citizens in FY 2022
New York: Nearly one million immigrants obtained US citizenship during the fiscal year 2022 — the highest number of naturalized citizens in almost 15 years, according to a US Citizenship and Immigration…
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Biden backs bill to speed up immigration by Indians by scrapping country limits
New York: US President Joe Biden has thrown his weight behind a legislation to speed up immigration for Indians that is expected to come up in the House of Representatives soon and…
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Russia in for economic shock with price cap on crude at $60 per barrel & EU’s oil embargo
Washington: Russias Central Bank has warned the country is awaiting “new economic shocks” with the price cap on crude at $60 per barrel and EU’s oil embargo, which can significantly reduce economic…
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Saudi Arabia: No change in levy for expats; impressive budget with surplus
Jeddah: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan has said that there is no change in the value-added tax (VAT) or the levy for expatriate workers at present. Al-Jadaan stated that there…
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Congress Himachal MLAs to meet today to decide chief minister
Shimla: After registering a win in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly election, Congress MLAs will meet on Friday in Shimla to decide on the chief minister. Himachal Congress Legislature Party meeting will be…
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Maharashtra: Now four Buldhana villages seek to merge into MP
Buldhana: Four villages in Jalgaon Jamod taluka in Buldhana district of northern Maharashtra have written to the district administration, saying that they want to merge into Madhya Pradesh as their demands are…
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After staying away from BJP in 2017, Patidars back ruling party to the hilt in 2022 Gujarat polls
Ahmedabad: The Patidar community, a section of which had voted against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2017 Assembly polls held in the backdrop of the quota agitation in Gujarat, returned…
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Land belongs to temple even after demolition: Counsel for Hindu side in Gyanvapi mosque case
Prayagraj: In the Gyanvapi mosque case, the counsel representing the Hindu side on Thursday argued that even with the temple’s demolition at the site, the land does not lose its nature of…
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Hyderabad: Woman allegedly raped in Osmania Univerity campus
Hyderabad: A woman was allegedly raped by a man on the Osmania University campus in the last week of November. The incident came to light on December 7, Wednesday. On the evening…
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Saudi Arabia: Hospital in Madinah among top 3 projects in world
Riyadh: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Madinah, Saudi Arabia has been selected among the top three projects in the world by the Project Management Institute (PMI) in the large…
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Gujarat poll results: Spike in BJP vote share does not match with number of the seats it won
The BJP’s sweep in the Gujarat state elections earned its star campaigner and Prime Minister Narendra Modi the epithets such as “TsuNamo” and the Bahubali-like image in the Rajamouli’s blockbuster flick. The…
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Hyderabad: Two injured while welding in a cylinder blast
Hyderabad: Panic prevailed in Yousuf Nagar colony at Tappachabutra area on Thursday after a cylinder blast in an auto garage left two persons critically injured. Mansoor (30) and Sher Ali (40) run…
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Hyderabad: OU to allow for PG alumni to clear backlogs
Hyderabad: Osmania University provided a one-time opportunity for PG candidates of CBCS 2010-2017 batches and non-CBCS 2010-2015 batches to clear their backlog papers in the first, second, third and fourth semesters on…
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Telangana: KTR vows to oppose Centre’s coal block auction
Hyderabad: Telangana IT and Industries minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Thursday slammed the Centre’s announcement to auction coal mines in the area of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL). Calling it a…
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Firebrand Jharkhand poet named in Forbes ‘Self-Made Women’ list
Ranchi: Jacinta Kerketta, a poet, writer and freelance journalist in Jharkhand, has been named in the Forbes’ list of ‘Self-Made Women’, among others from India. Kerketta, who belongs to the Oraon tribe,…
