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Israeli, Palestinian officials meet in Jordan for talks on de-escalation
Amman/Jerusalem: Israel government denied most of the agreements that had been achieved in a meeting of senior Israeli and Palestinian security officials in Jordan. The meeting on Sunday was called by Jordan…
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Bangladesh withdraws duty on sugar import to stabilise local market
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue (NBR) withdrew import duty on both raw and refined sugar in order to enable consumers to get the sweetener at reduced rates. In a notification, NBR…
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Unilateral sanctions impede global efforts to protect environment: Iranian FM
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that unilateral sanctions imposed by some developed countries on other states have a negative impact on the global efforts to protect the environment. Amir-Abdollahian made…
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Need to eradicate hatred, injustice from country: Maulana Waliullah Saeedi at JIH meet
Hyderabad: Maulana Hamid Mohammad Khan, President, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Constituency, Telangana, while addressing a special gathering of distinguished and influential personalities organised by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Greater Hyderabad at Pahari Shareef said that Jamaat-e-Islami…
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First Israeli flight flies over Saudi-Omani airspace
Jerusalem: Israel’s national air carrier El Al began operating a new time-saving route via the airspace of Oman and Saudi Arabia, the company has said. El Al Flight 083 departed from Tel…
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BRS condemns Sisodia’s arrest, calls it undemocratic
Hyderabad: Telangana’s ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Sunday condemned the arrest of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Delhi liquor policy scam case.…
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Voting for Nagaland Assembly elections begins amid tight security
Kohima: The voting for the Nagaland Assembly elections began on Monday morning amidst heavy security measures, election officials said. Voters, comprising men, women and first time electorates, in large numbers queued up…
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Educate children so they do not stand on streets shouting slogans: Naseeruddin Chishti
Jaipur: Syed Naseeruddin Chishti, the chairman of the All India Sufi Sajjadanshin Council and successor of the spiritual head of Ajmer Dargah, appealed to his community members on Sunday to educate their…
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Congress promises ‘Rohith Vemula Act’ if voted to power
Nava Raipur: The Congress on Sunday promised to bring in a special legislation called the “Rohith Vemula Act” to redress the discrimination faced by students from SC, ST, OBC and minority communities…
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Telangana: Warangal medico Dr Preethi passes away at NIMS
Hyderabad: Warangal PG medical student, Dr D Preethi, who attempted suicide on February 22, was declared dead on Sunday. “Despite continuous efforts by multidisciplinary team of specialist doctors, Dr Preethi could not…
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56 CBI cases against MPs/MLAs from 2017-2022; only 22 chargesheeted
New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was arrested on Sunday in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy scam despite his name not figuring on the chargesheet. However, the CBI said…
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Sisodia must be only education minister involved in liquor scam: BJP
New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia or other AAP leaders never answered questions related to suspected corruption in the liquor policy, the BJP said on Sunday, asserting that it believes…
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Forced to arrest Sisodia as he was evasive, didn’t co-operate: CBI
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday said that they arrested Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia for alleged irregularities in framing and implementation of the excise policy as…
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Hyderabad is surging as economic powerhouse of India: Savills
Hyderabad: London-based international property consultant Savills on Sunday released a report, ‘Hyderabad: The Sprint’, which states that the city is surging as the economic powerhouse of India. The report discusses the economic growth…
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Telangana: Lithuania opens honorary consulate in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Lithunia opened a honorary consulate at Gachibowli, Hyderabad on Sunday. Telangana-based businessman, Kiran Satchandra Divi has been appointed as Lithuania’s first Honorary Consul for the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.…
