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BJP will never be an alternative to Congress in Telangana: KTR

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao on Sunday, January 11, asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will never emerge as a viable alternative to the Congress party…
UP Dalit woman murder, daughter kidnap case: Accused sent to judicial custody

Meerut: A local court on Sunday, January 11, sent the main accused in the murder of a Dalit woman and the abduction of her daughter to 14 days of judicial custody in…

MANUU students demand union elections after land row

Hyderabad: The students of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) have demanded elections for the student union after the university got involved in a land dispute with the state government, which had…
300 stray dogs killed in Hanamkonda, case registered against 9

Hyderabad: Police on Sunday, January 11, said a case was registered against nine people after around 300 stray dogs were allegedly killed in Hanamkonda. In a complaint filed on January 9, animal…
India beat New Zealand by four wickets in first ODI

Vadodara: Virat Kohli reigned supreme once again with a 91-ball 93 and skipper Shubman Gill hit 56 but India huffed and puffed before completing a nervy four-wicket win against New Zealand in…
SIR in Bengal: BLO found hanging, family blames work pressure

Kolkata: A 47-year-old booth-level officer (BLO) was found hanging inside a primary school in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, with his family alleging that excessive Special Intensive Revision (SIR) work pressure led him…
Kurdish fighters evacuated from Aleppo after days of violent clashes

Aleppo: Kurdish fighters were evacuated from a contested neighbourhood in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo, officials said early Sunday, January 11, a move that could bring an end to several days of…

Kohli becomes fastest player to reach to 28,000 runs across formats

Vadodara: India batting stalwart Virat Kohli on Sunday, January 11, became the fastest player to reach 28,000 runs across formats in international cricket and the second most prolific scorer behind Sachin Tendulkar…
Kashmiri Pandit body reiterates demand for ‘genocide’ recognition, separate homeland

Jammu: A Kashmiri Pandit organisation has reiterated its demand for legal recognition of the violence directed against the community and its displacement as “genocide” and sought the establishment of a separate homeland…
Ahead of Tamil Nadu polls, BJP president meets party workers

Coimbatore: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national working president Nitin Nabin on Sunday, January 11, held discussions with party workers over the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state and said people of…
Manager killed over parking fee dispute in Haridwar, two arrested

Haridwar: Two men from Haryana allegedly ran over a 55-year-old parking manager with their car after a dispute over fee near Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar here, resulting in his death, police…
Hamas pledges to dissolve Gaza government, offers no timeline

Cairo: Hamas said Sunday, January 11, it will dissolve its existing government in Gaza once a Palestinian technocratic leadership committee takes over the territory, as mandated under the US-brokered peace plan. But…
Traffic police nabs 137 offenders for drunk driving over the weekend

Hyderabad: Cyberabad Traffic Police conducted a special drive against drunk driving over the weekend and nabbed 137 offenders. Most of the cases were registered against two-wheeler drivers, with 92 cases, followed by…
UP: Bulldozers raze down mazar built on illegally-occupied govt land

Deoria: Following orders from a local court, the district administration in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria on Sunday, January 11, demolished an illegally-constructed ‘mazar’ (shrine) using bulldozers, officials said. The structure, known as Hazrat…
Two arrested in seperate cases for selling ganja in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The Prohibition and Excise Department on Sunday, January 11, arrested two individuals in seperate ganja related and seized a total of 6.33 kg of the drug. In the first case, Sheikh…