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Finnish Parliament approves accession to NATO
Helsinki: The Finnish parliament has approved legislation allowing the country to join the NATO. As many as 184 members of parliament voted in favour, with seven against and one abstention. Finnish President…
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Votes set to be counted in Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland
New Delhi: Votes are set to be counted and results will be out on Thursday for Assembly polls in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland with the keenly-fought battle in the three northeastern states…
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Medak cops violated laws: Fact-finding team who visited Khadeer’s kin
Hyderabad: A fact-finding team of social activists visited the family, friends and neighbours of Mohammed Khadeer Khan, who died on February 21 following alleged police brutality. It concluded that the Medak police…
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AI urination incident: DGCA rejects plea to revoke suspension of pilot’s licence
New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA has rejected the plea to revoke the suspension of the licence of an Air India pilot in connection with the urination incident onboard New York-Delhi flight in…
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SC verdict on pleas for independent mechanism to appoint ECs on Thursday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will deliver judgment on Thursday on a batch of petitions seeking a collegium-like system for the appointment of Election Commissioners (ECs) and the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC).…
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Istanbul launches program to check buildings’ safety following deadly quakes
Istanbul: Turkey’s largest city Istanbul has launched a program to provide rapid scans of buildings as many people worry about the safety of their residences in the wake of devastating February 6…
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Hindenburg report: Cong chalking out social media strategy to corner BJP
New Delhi: The Congress, which has launched a series of agitational programmes over the Hindenburg report on the Adani Group, is now planning a wider social media campaign to reach out to…
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Pakistan inflation hits all-time high
Karachi: Pakistan’s annual inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), soared to a record high of 31.55 percent in February, compared to 27.6 percent in the previous month, driven by massive…
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Take our help: Telangana debt relief commission to farmers who faced losses
Hyderabad: Telangana Farmers Debt Relief Commission Nagurla Venkateshwarlu reached out to debt-ridden farmers and agricultural workers who are at loss to approach the commission for help if required. Also ReadTelangana: Over 90k farmer…
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Aussie-Indian man pleads guilty to unruly behaviour on Air Canada flight
Melbourne: An Australian-Indian man pleaded guilty to one count of behaving in an offensive and disorderly manner in an aircraft, and was fined AUS$750 by a local court this week. Hardik Patel,…
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Man held for uploading girl’s morphed pics, mobile number
New Delhi: A 23-year-old youth has been arrested for creating three fake Instagram accounts and uploading morphed pictures and mobile number of a girl to take “revenge”, the police said on Wednesday.…
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Gurugram: GMDA worker terminated over flower pots theft
Gurugram: Following the arrest of the prime accused in the case of stealing flower pots kept near Shankar Chowk for the upcoming G-20 conference, the role of a contractual worker of the…
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Over 72% turnout recorded in Nagaland repolling
Kohima: Over 72.29 percent of the 3,248 voters cast their votes in the re-polling in four polling stations in Nagaland on Wednesday, officials said. Nagaland Chief Electoral Officer V. Shashank said that…
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Teachers’ scam: Manik Bhattacharya challenges Calcutta HC order on property confiscation
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress legislator and the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE)’s former President Manik Bhattacharya on Wednesday challenged the order of Calcutta High Court’s single-judge bench directing Central Bureau of…
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Adani-Hindenburg row: SC to pronounce order on panel of experts on Thursday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Thursday its order on a batch of PILs on the recent Adani Group shares crash triggered by the Hindenburg Research’s fraud allegations. A…
