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Hyderabad: People throng markets to buy woolens as cold wave grips city
Hyderabad: As the City of Pearls is shivering in the cold, people from northern states of India are setting up shops to cover the Hyderabadis with a coat of warmth. The migrants…
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Number of international airports in country rise to 30: Centre
New Delhi: With six more airports being elevated or constructed, the number of international airports in the country has increased to 30 in the past seven years, the Lok Sabha was informed…
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Under India’s presidency, UNSC adopts statement underscoring obligation of nations to curb terror activities
United Nations: The UN Security Council, under India’s presidency, adopted a Presidential Statement on Thursday underscoring the obligation of nations to curb terror activities of blacklisted individuals and groups regardless of their…
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Lok Sabha MPs seek reservation of more tribal communities
New Delhi: Lok Sabha members from different parties sought reservations for tribal communities from their areas with NCP MP Supriya Sule stressing the need for one integrated bill of quota. The discussion…
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Samples found complying with specifications: Health Ministry to WHO on Gambian deaths
New Delhil: India’s Health Ministry on Thursday has told global health body WHO that all four products in connection with the deaths in Africa’s Gambia have been found to be complying with…
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Mehrauli murder: DNA of Shraddha’s bones matches with her father
New Delhi: The brutality involved in Shraddha Walkar’s murder by her live-in partner, Aaftab Amin Poonawalla, was officially confirmed after the DNA extracted from bone pieces recovered in the Mehrauli forest area…
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Bharat Jodo Yatra: Rahul Gandhi tries his hands at cutting fodder in Rajasthan
Dausa: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi stopped at a farmer’s house in Dausa on Thursday evening during the Rajasthan leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra and cut fodder using a hand-operated machine. The…
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Delhi court issues summons to all accused in excise policy case
New Delhi: The Rouse Avenue Court here Thursday considered taking up Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)’s charge sheet against Delhi excise policy scam accused Vijay Nair, Abhishek Boinpally, public servants, and others.…
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Hasina asks people to choose between peaceful life or BNP-Jamat alliance’s mischief
Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the nation to decide between the Jamat-BNP who established only communalism, militancy, and politics of killing, or her Awami League, to go ahead with…
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Ban on drones in Shillong during PM Modi’s visit on Dec 18
Shillong: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Meghalaya on December 18, the East Khasi Hills district administration has prohibited the use of drones and other micro-light aircraft within the…
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Odisha BJP MPs seek implementation of Ayushman Bharat scheme in state
Bhubaneswar: BJP MPs from Odisha on Thursday urged Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to put pressure on the Odisha government for implementation of Ayushman Bharat scheme in the state. A delegation of…
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WHO drew premature link between children’s deaths in Gambia, India-made cough syrups: DCGI
New Delhi: The WHO drew a premature link between the deaths of children in Gambia and the four India-made cough syrups which adversely impacted the image of the country’s pharmaceutical products across…
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Why doesn’t govt show ‘lal aankh’ to China? Congress’ Adhir asks in LS
New Delhi: Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday demanded a white paper on China during Zero Hour and taunted the Government saying that instead of showing…
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‘Corruption corroding like cancerous lymph nodes’: SC seeks sincere efforts to bring corrupt to book
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that complainants, as well as the prosecution, make sincere efforts to ensure that the corrupt public servants are brought to book and convicted so…
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Jaishankar attacks Pak and China, says ‘contemporary epicentre of terrorism’ remains very much active
United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Thursday told the UN Security Council that the “contemporary epicentre of terrorism” remains very much active as he lamented that evidence-backed proposals to blacklist terrorists…
