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Taj Mahal dazzles after recent rains as Yamuna level rises
Agra: With the second spell of monsoon rains last week, the dry and polluted Yamuna river is again in full flow, adding visual delight to tourists’ experience at the rain-washed Taj Mahal…
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Man-eater tiger dodges hunter, flees with goat bait
Patna: The Bihar Forest Department hired noted wildlife hunter Nawab Shafath Ali Khan to tranquilise a man-eater tiger – which had killed three people and injured many others – near the Valmiki Tiger…
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Uttar Pradesh: Cleric gets threat from PFI, seeks security
Bareilly: Maulana Shahbuddin Razvi, national president of All India Muslim Jamaat, Dargah Aala Hazrat in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly city, has received a threat call from an alleged PFI activist who gave his…
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Mallikarjun Kharge files nomination for Congress president post
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday filed his nomination for the post of Congress president at the party office in the national…
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RBI hikes repo rate to fight high inflation
Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India’s Governor Shaktikanta Das today announced the hike of the repo rate, the key lending rate, by 50 bps to 5.9 percent. Explaining the rationale behind the policy,…
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Police officers troubling Congress will be taught a lesson, says Siddaramaiah
Chamarajanagar: Opposition leader Siddaramaiah on Friday said that if the police officers join hands with BJP to trouble the Congress, they will be taught a befitting lesson in future. Addressing a massive…
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Telangana: Two drown in separate incidents
Hyderabad: In Telangana’s Medak district, two lost their lives due to separate incidents of drowning. In one tragic incident, a 2-year-old boy named Manoj drowned in a pit dug by the forest…
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EU urges Israel, Palestine to defuse West Bank tension
Ramallah: The European Union (EU) is exerting efforts to defuse the escalating tension between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank, an official announced here. Shadi Othman, spokesman of the EU in…
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Andhra forms panel to review graft cases
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government has constituted a committee of officers to review cases of corruption, especially relating to disproportionate assets (DA), registered against public servants between 2014 and 2019 in the State.…
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Doctors need not disclose identities of minors seeking abortion, rules SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has extended the benefits of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act to minors who engage in consensual sexual activity by exempting doctors from disclosing their identity…
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‘It depends on how you look at it’, SC dismisses plea against Ashoka Lions atop new Parliament
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to correct the state emblem of India, recently installed at the top of the…
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Iraq’s forex reserves hit record high as oil prices soar
Baghdad: Iraq’s foreign exchange reserves have surpassed $87 billion, the highest level the central bank has seen since its establishment in 1947, local media reported. “The financial reserves (of foreign currency) in…
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20 injured in Balochistan market blast
Quetta: At least 20 people were injured in an explosion in the main market of Balochistans Kohlu district on Friday, an official in the Pakistani province confirmed. According to Balochistan Education Minister…
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Faulty oximeter made UP family believe their dead son was alive
Kanpur : A faulty oximeter made a family believe that their deceased son was still alive. The family that lived with the dead body of an income tax official for almost 18…
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Shashi Tharoor files nomination for Congress president polls
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday filed his nomination for the post of Congress president at the party headquarters here. The Thiruvananthapuram MP submitted his papers to the party’s…
