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Will never bow down before BJP and RSS, says Lalu Prasad
Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad, who participated in a party programme after a long time on Wednesday, mounted a strong attack against the BJP, terming it “a party of rioters”. “BJP is…
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CM Bommai, Cabinet colleagues pay visit to ailing ex-PM Deve Gowda
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai along with his Cabinet colleagues paid a visit to ailing former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda at the latter’s residence, here on Wednesday. After the meeting…
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Kolkata: Rachakonda cops bust call centre which hired Telugu-speaking scamsters
Hyderabad: Rachakonda police on Wednesday arrested nine individuals in Kolkata who ran call centres and employed Telugu-speaking people to dupe people in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The fraud call centers, which would…
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No criminality was found in Niira Radia tapes, CBI tells SC
New Delhi: The CBI on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that no criminality has been found in the taped conversations of former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia with a range of politicians, industrialists, and…
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MP: Angry elephant kills mahout for not feeding bananas
Seoni: A female elephant slammed and trampled the mahout to death in Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni district after he didn’t feed her bananas, police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred at Rahiwada village…
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Cong prez polls: Notification to be issued on Thursday
New Delhi: The Congress’ central election authority will issue a notification for the AICC president polls on Thursday, setting the ball rolling for electing the successor to the longest-serving party chief Sonia Gandhi.…
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Charge sheet against Teesta Setalvad, two others for `fabricating evidence’
Ahmedabad: A special investigation team (SIT) on Wednesday submitted a charge sheet against activist Teesta Setalvad, retired Director General of Police R B Sreekumar and former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a case…
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‘Hate speech poisons, role of anchor is critical’: SC on hate speech on TV
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday strongly criticised hate speech through visual media, including the role of TV anchors, as it emphasised that it poisons the fabric of our society and…
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Saudi 92nd National Day: Dubai to host fireworks, concerts and more
Abu Dhabi: Dubai to celebrate Saudi National Day with a string of activities across the city from September 23-26, the Dubai Media Office (DMO) reported. This Friday marks the 92nd Saudi National…
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Australian states likely to be hit by floods in coming days
Sydney: Residents in Australia’s already deluged east coast have been asked to prepare for further thunderstorms, intense rain, hail and gusty winds as the nation confronts another series of wild weather conditions.…
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DGCA orders SpiceJet to operate only 50% of departures till Oct 29
The aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered budget carrier SpiceJet to operate only 50% of departures till October 29. In a release on Wednesday, the DGCA said that…
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Hyderabad: UoH signs MoU with Centre for e-Governance, Govt of Karnataka
Hyderabad: The School of Computer and Information Sciences (SCIS), University of Hyderabad (UoH), entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Centre for e-Governance (CeG), Government of Karnataka, on Wednesday. The…
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Stalin seeks Centre’s intervention to rescue Indians held in “illegal captivity” in Myanmar
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention in the rescue and repatriation of Indians held in “illegal captivity” in Myanmar, saying they were…
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Replies to Parliament questions to be gender neutral, ‘No Sir’ not to be used
New Delhi: The replies to questions asked in Parliament in the Rajya Sabha will be gender neutral after the issue was raised by MP Priyanka Chaturtvedi. The Rajya Sabha secretariat has replied…
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Anti-conversion bill passed in Karnataka assembly
Bengaluru: Amid opposition Congress’ protest and walkout, Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed the “anti-conversion bill”, passed by the Legislative Council last week with minor amendments, seeking to replace the ordinance that…
