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Canada: NCCM demands entry ban on 13 BJP leaders for anti-Muslim remarks

The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) in a statement on Friday condemned the Islamophobic comments of several prominent leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and demanded that they be…
LPG cylinder prices rose 45% in 5 years

New Delhi: Even as domestic LPG prices have been on the upsurge, burdening the common man, an interesting fact to note is that cooking gas rates have been revised an astounding 58…

Voting closes in UK Prime Minister race between Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss

London: The race to replace Boris Johnson as the Conservative Party leader and the British Prime Minister closed on Friday evening, the deadline for Tory members to register their choice between Indian-origin…
Pak post 193/2 against Hong Kong in crucial Asia Cup match, Rizwan scores 78

Sharjah: Mohammad Rizwan’s blistering knock of 78 helped Pakistan post a formidable total of 193 for 2 against Hong Kong in the ongoing Asia Cup 2022 here at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium…
Biden says Trump, MAGA Republicans represent extremism, are threat to democracy

Washington: US President Joe Biden went into a combative mood, dubbing his predecessor Donald Trump and the MAGA (Make America Great Again) Republicans as representing “extremism” that threatened the very foundations of…
AG refuses sanction for contempt of court proceedings against Sibal

New Delhi: Attorney General K.K. Venugopal had declined a request to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Kapil Sibal for his statement allegedly against the Supreme…
Nirmala Sitharaman flags missing Modi pics in Telangana PDS outlets

Hyderabad: Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has questioned the absence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photograph in PDS outlets of Telangana. On a visit to PDS outlets in the Kamareddy district of…

Review: ‘Borderlands’ documents how fragile the idea of citizenship is

“Our lives, our stories, flowed into one another’s, were no longer our own, individual, discrete.”― Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown “Anything worth doing transcends borders.”― Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand The proof…
Telangana: DPL surgeries for family planning halted at govt hospitals

Hyderabad: After four women died during sterilization treatment in a government hospital, the state government has put on hold Double Puncture Laparoscopy (DPL) surgeries in all the government hospitals for the next…
UK PM Race: Liz Truss widely expected to win

London: The Tory leadership ballot will close on Friday with Conservative members to choose between Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak as the new UK Prime Minister, a media report said. The tea-time…
Telangana: PGECET results to be announced on September 3

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Post Graduate Engineering Common Entrance Test (TS PGECET) 2022 results will be announced, on September 3 (Saturday) at 4 PM. Around 12,592 appeared for the exams, between August…
After SC relief from arrest till Monday, Abhishek sharpens attack on Shah

Kolkata: After the Supreme Court on Friday barred the Enforcement Directorate (ED) from taking any drastic action against Trinamool Congress national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee till September 5, the latter sharpened his…
EPS hails HC ruling, OPS says will knock on doors of Supreme Court

Chennai: AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) on Friday described the Madras High Court’s ruling, that has in effect endorsed his election in July as party’s interim chief, as ‘historic.’ Rival leader…
Ravindra Jadeja ruled out of Asia Cup; Axar Patel replaces him in squad

Dubai: India’s star spinner Axar Patel has been named as the replacement for the injured Ravindra Jadeja in the ongoing Asia Cup 2022. Ravindra Jadeja has sustained a right knee injury and…
Telangana logs 177 new COVID-19 cases

Hyderabad: Telangana on Friday recorded 177 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 8,34,814. Hyderabad district saw most of the cases with 69. A health department bulletin said 290 people recuperated from…