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Fireworks industry on rebound path, Maha key contributor to Rs 6,000 crore Deepavali sale
Sivakasi (TN): The Deepavali retail firecracker sales across the nation, barring Delhi, at about Rs 6,000 crore comes as a welcome relief for the fireworks industry here and what makes them happy…
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BJP slams Uddhav for ‘Marathi Muslim’ article in ‘Saamana’; calls it politics of appeasement
Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday accused the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) of indulging in the politics of appeasement after the latter’s mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ carried an article on “Marathi Muslims”…
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In UP, children feel the heat of state’s caste-driven politics
Lucknow: In Uttar Pradesh, C is for children and C is also for caste. It is school children who bear the brunt of the prevailing caste politics in the state. There are…
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US Secretary of State Blinken speaks to EAM Jaishankar; discuss Ukraine war
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a telephonic conversation with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and discussed the ongoing Ukraine war, counterterrorism and other regional and global issues. Jaishankar thanked…
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Nearly 51,000 child abuse complaints reach NCPCR in last five years
New Delhi: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), a statutory body to protect, promote and defend child rights in the country, has received 50,857 complaints during the last five…
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Iranian police busts fraud gang for study abroad scams
Tehran: Iranian police have announced that they have arrested key members of a gang, who had swindled millions of dollars from people, on the pretense of sending them to study in foreign…
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Bike sales decline 6.52 per cent in AP, govt puzzled over negative growth
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government is in a quandary with sale of motorbikes plummeting by 6.52 per cent in the first half of the 2022-23 financial year in the state when the…
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BJP raising issue of Uniform Civil Code to get votes in Gujarat elections: Owaisi
Vadgam: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi has claimed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is raising the issue of Uniform Civil Code to get votes in the forthcoming Gujarat Assembly elections…
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EC likely to announce Gujarat poll schedule this week
New Delhi: The Election Commission is likely to announce schedule for the Gujarat Assembly polls this week. Citing convention followed in 2017, the poll panel had not announced the Gujarat poll schedule…
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Kharge yet to decide on replacing Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh CMs
New Delhi: Mallikarjun Kharge took over as the Congress president on October 26 in the presence of outgoing interim president Sonia Gandhi. In his first decision he replaced the Congress Working Committee…
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S.Korea: Prez Yoon announces national mourning over Halloween stampede
Seoul: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday announced a period of national mourning and ordered the lowering of flags after a deadly stampede killed at least 151 people, including 19 foreigners,…
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Watch: Rahul Gandhi sprints during Bharat Jodo Yatra in Telangana
Hyderabad: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi was seen participating in a race with leaders on Sunday morning in Gollapalli, Telangana. In the video of the race that went viral on social media,…
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Hyderabad: An anachronism in the modern world, a deeply fractured society
New Delhi: Hyderabad, without doubt like Kashmir, was one of the premier states of India. Though perceived to be medieval and backward, it was an anachronism since it had an ambitious economic…
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Guantanamo Bay’s oldest prisoner Saifullah Paracha released after almost 20 years
Islamabad: Saifullah Paracha, the “last” Pakistani national who was held at Guantanamo Bay for almost 20 years, returned to his home country on Saturday after his release from the infamous US detention…
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Armaan Malik set to perform at Winter Music Fest in Dubai
Abu Dhabi: Prince of pop Armaan Malik will perform at the Winter Music Fest, which is being held at The Agenda, Dubai Media City in Dubai on November 25. Known for his…
