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Land-for-jobs ‘scam’: Tejashwi Yadav skips CBI questioning Saturday, seeks fresh date
New Delhi: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav did not appear before the CBI for questioning on Saturday in the alleged land-for-jobs scam citing personal reasons, officials said. The federal agency summoned…
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Denied marriage, love-torn Mumbai boy & minor girl jump to death from hill
Mumbai: A young man and his minor girlfriend allegedly ended their lives by jumping off a hillock in a north-west suburb of Mumbai, police said here on Saturday. The man, identified as…
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ED’s special public prosecutor Nitesh Rana resigns from agency
New Delhi: Advocate Nitesh Rana on Saturday resigned as the special public prosecutor of the Enforcement Directorate, citing personal reasons. As a special public prosecutor since 2015, Rana represented the federal agency…
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Take action against Bandi Sanjay: Telangana Women’s Commission to DGP
Hyderabad: Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s recent comments on MLC K Kavitha have landed him in a soup with the Telangana State Women’s Commission taking suo moto cognizance.…
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Kerala hand chopping case: Rs 10L reward announced on prime accused
Kochi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh for providing information on the whereabouts of one Sawad — the prime accused in the 2010 Kerala hand-chopping…
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Telangana: Over 70 lakh eye checkups done under Kanti Velugu-2 in 52 days
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Saturday said that more than 70 lakh people underwent eye examinations in the state in 52 days under the Phase 2 of the Kanti Velugu scheme. On…
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Video: UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi uses treadmill in space
United Arab Emirates (UAE) astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi is currently on a six-month space mission to the International Space Station (ISS). On Friday, Al Neyadi shared a photo of him on a…
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Telangana CID nabs absconding white collar offender
Hyderabad: Telangana’s Crime Investigation Department (CID) on Saturday arrested an interstate white-collar offender who was on a run for six years. According to the CID, the accused Surineni Upendhar is a habitual…
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Iranian American detainee begs Biden to intervene for his release
An American citizen of Iranian origin, Siamak Namazi, who has been held in Tehran’s Evin prison for seven years, has beseeched US President Joe Biden for his release and two other American…
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Regional parties engaged in corruption playing victim card: BJP
The BJP said on Saturday that regional political parties engaged in corruption are either using the victim card or the emotional card in response to a central agency investigation. “They don’t refute…
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Left, Cong leaders to raise Tripura post-poll violence in Parliament
Agartala: Taking a serious note of the clashes and violence in the aftermath of the elections in BJP-ruled Tripura, a Left-Congress delegation on Saturday said it will raise the issue in Parliament…
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DCW chief Swati Maliwal opens up about sexual assault by her father
The Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal on Saturday revealed she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by her father as a child, at the DCW Annual Award Ceremony. “My own father sexually…
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Kerala’s apex church body seeks ban on play for showing Christians in poor light
Kochi: Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC), the apex body of the Catholic Church in the state, has urged the state government to ban the staging of a Malayalam drama alleging that it…
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From Estonia to Japan: The transnational roots of CCTVs, electronic policing in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Policing here has changed over the last few years after the formation of Telangana. Technology based practices have completely taken over the traditional beat policing. This project of modernization of policing…
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Video: First, a bus & car collide; then bus rams into church in Kerala
A KSRTC bus in Kerala met with an accident after colliding with a car near Kizhavallor in the Pathanamthitta district. Thereafter, the bus rammed into the wall of a church. Several passengers…
