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Pakistan’s terrorism arguments will not stand: Jaishankar at UNGA
United Nations: India strongly hit back at Pakistan in the UN General Assembly on Saturday, September 26, asserting that arguments by the “serial practitioner of terrorism” to normalise the scourge and claim…
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Python with AI tools course for job readiness in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Siasat’s Mahboob Hussain Jigar Career Guidance Centre has announced the beginning of free introductory classes of the Python with AI tools course for job readiness in Hyderabad. Scheduled for Sunday,…
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Amid CEC row, Ghulam Nabi Azad calls on opposition to unite
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday, September 27, called on the opposition to unite and raise its voice amid growing demands to sack Chief Election Commissioner…
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70K people evacuated as rain-induced floods hit Odisha
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday, September 26, evacuated over 70,000 people living in low-lying areas to safety and housed them in 395 relief camps as all rivers in the state swelled…
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Hate takes many forms: 62 incidents targeting minorities in August
Siasat.com‘s monthly hate crime tracker in July recorded 63 hate crimes. The number remains more or less the same in August, with 62 incidents targeting religious and caste minorities. From Telugu actor…
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BJP chief Nitin Nabin begins two-day West Bengal visit today
Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Nabin will undertake a two-day organisational and outreach visit to West Bengal starting on Sunday. The visit will focus on strengthening the party’s grassroots…
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Ex-Keralam CS says CEC urged him to contest on BJP ticket
Former Keralam chief secretary Jiji Thomson said on Saturday, September 26, that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar had suggested he contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Pathanamthitta on a Bharatiya…
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China stresses differences with the United States at UN
United Nations: Beijing’s differences with Washington over trade, international organisations, Iran and Cuba were on stark display at the UN on Saturday, September 26, two days after the summit between Presidents Donald…
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Six killed, including 4 Americans, in Greece building collapse
Athens: Rescuers combing through the rubble of a building that collapsed in a blast in the Greek capital’s tourist district of Plaka, near the ancient Acropolis, recovered six bodies on Saturday, September…
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‘BJP govt made ‘Vande Mataram’ mandatory in Madrasas,’ says CM
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday, September 26, said his government has made singing of ‘Vande Mataram’ mandatory in registered madrasas. Adhikari, while attending a programme at the National…
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New road to link Bharat Future City, ease industrial traffic
Hyderabad: The Telangana government is constructing a new road to boost connectivity to its ambitious Future City project near Hyderabad. The road will be eight kilometres long from Takkellapalli, on the Hyderabad–Nagarjunasagar…
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Great statesman: Revanth seeks Bharat Ratna for Manmohan Singh
Hyderabad: Appealing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to confer the Bharat Ratna award on former PM Manmohan Singh, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday, September 26, said it is “deplorable”…
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Govt extends AFSPA in parts of Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal
New Delhi: The Centre has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, in specified areas of Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur for another six months from October 1, according to Gazette…
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Congress attacks EC, SC over failure to return to power: BJP MP
Bhubaneswar: BJP MP Sambit Patra on Saturday, September 26, accused the Congress and its leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, of targeting constitutional institutions for political gains and undermining their credibility. Patra was speaking…
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‘Election Commission excluding Gen Z from voting,’ says Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday accused the Election Commission of first excluding first-time voters from voting rights through SIR and then holding youth registration camps to cover it up. Addressing a…
