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Billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala passes away
Mumbai: Ace stock market investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, often referred to as India’s own Warren Buffet passed away at the age of 62. He was not keeping well for the past few days…
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Two arrested at Chennai airport with heroin, cocaine
New Delhi: In two seperate cases, the Customs officials at Chennai airport arrested two persons, including a female, and recovered cocaine and heroin valued at Rs 111.41 cr from their possession. In the…
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GHMC turns dumping sites into food courts
Hyderabad: With an aim to create employment opportunities for the youth, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has turned the roadside which was once a black spot and dumping ground for garbage…
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Ukraine calls for sanctions on Russian nuclear industry
Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the West to impose sanctions against Russia’s nuclear industry in the wake of the fighting over the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. Russia is using the…
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Iranian FM warns US against using ‘language of threat’
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has warned Washington against using “language of threat” against the Islamic republic. “History ought to have taught the US that language of threat against Iran and Iranians…
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Rajasthan: Dalit student thrashed for touching teacher’s water bottle dies
Jaipur: A third standard Dalit student, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Ahmedabad after being beaten up at a school in Rajasthan’s Jalore district for touching a water container, died on…
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Telangana minister opens fire from police gun at a public rally
Mahbubnagar: Telangana Minister of Prohibition and Excise, Srinivas Goud, landed into a controversy after he allegedly opened fire from a loaded police gun at a public rally on Saturday. The video of…
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Sri Lanka allows controversial Chinese ship ‘Yuan Wang 5’ to visit port
Colombo: Amidst controversy and a diplomatic tussle between India and China, Sri Lanka on Saturday announced that it has allowed controversial Chinese vessel ‘Yuan Wang 5’ to dock at the island’s southern-most…
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I-Day: Delhi dips in patriotic ardour, tricolur lights up iconic buildings
New Delhi: Just two days ahead of the 75th Independence Day, the national capital was on Saturday engrossed in patriotic ardour with people placing flags atop their houses and major buildings getting…
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Salman Rushdie taken off ventilator
Washington: Author Salman Rushdie was taken off a ventilator and will be able to talk, a day after he was stabbed in western New York State on Friday morning during a lecture.…
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Three top leaders of MVA become inmates in Mumbai’s Arthur jail
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik and Sena leader Sanjay Raut, who have been arrested in money laundering cases by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), are now lodged…
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Noida: Woman slaps e-rickshaw driver 17 times in 90 secs, arrested
Noida: Noida Police on Saturday arrested a woman for thrashing an e-rickshaw driver in full public view, a video of which has gone viral on social media. The accused woman has been…
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Telangana: TSRTC transports record 45 lakh passengers on Raksha Bandhan
Hyderabad: The Telangana Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) declared that it transported a record 45 lakh passengers on the eve of Raksha Bandhan, i.e., on August 11 (Thursday). The Corporation has operated 1230…
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Telangana: 440 new COVID-19 cases
Hyderabad: Telangana on Saturday saw a dip in new COVID-19 cases with 440 being reported, taking the tally to 8,28,911 so far. Hyderabad district recorded the highest with 195. A Health Department…
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Abu Dhabi: 3-day Indian art festival to mark India’s Independence
Abu Dhabi: The Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi is organising a three-day art festival to mark India’s 75th Independence Day. Azadi Arts Festival, the three-day arts event, which began on Saturday, August…
