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Hezbollah signals retaliation after Israeli strike kills top commander
Beirut: Hezbollah signalled that it will retaliate for the assassination of senior commander Haytham Tabtabai, with the group’s leader Naim Qassem declaring that the movement will decide the timing of its response. …
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UN warns Pakistan’s new constitutional amendment threatens judicial independence
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has warned that Pakistan’s newly adopted 27th Constitutional Amendment could undermine judicial independence and weaken core legal safeguards that protect the rule of…
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Hyderabad: Civil society groups demand review of Musi riverfront project
Hyderabad: Civil society groups have urged the Telangana government to pause and review the Musi Riverfront Development Project, stating that the initiative is socio-ecologically unjust, financially opaque and being pushed forward without…
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Dubai court rejects appeal of Hyderabad woman in drugs case
Hyderabad: A Dubai court has rejected the first appeal submitted by the legal team of Hyderabad woman Ameena Begum, who is serving a 25-year sentence in a drugs case. Her family is…
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Plea to ban female genital mutilation: SC seeks Centre’s response
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea to ban the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision prevailing among Muslims, especially in the Dawoodi Bohra…
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Telangana HC rebukes endowments dept in Devarayamjal temple land dispute
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Friday, November 28, sharply criticised the Endowments department’s handling of a long-standing dispute over 1,521 acres of land belonging to the Sri Sitarama Swamy Temple in…
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NCW chief hails ‘effective’ triple talaq law, flags low awareness
Indore: National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar on Friday expressed satisfaction over the implementation of the law against ‘triple talaq’. However, awareness has not yet increased to the extent that…
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Lebanon ramps up patrols as Israel continues airstrikes
Beirut: The Lebanese army has intensified its efforts in areas along the border with Israel, in the volatile area that witnessed the 14-month war between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group. Parts…
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Hyderabad man held for operating drone in TN’s Coonoor forest area
Coimbatore: A 24-year-old youth from Hyderabad was detained for allegedly operating a drone in the banned forest area of Coonoor in Nilgiris district on Friday, officials said. Shiva Praveen was caught operating…
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Lebanon lodges UN complaint over Israeli border wall breach
Beirut: Lebanon’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants said that the country has submitted a complaint to the United Nations Security Council, through its permanent mission in New York, protesting what it…
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Court refuses to allow YouTube video in Savarkar defamation trial against Rahul Gandhi
Pune: A court here has rejected Satyaki Savarkar’s request to play a YouTube video of Rahul Gandhi’s alleged 2023 defamatory speech about freedom-fighter and Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar. In a subsequent…
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Govt polices effective in accelerating GDP growth: Experts
New Delhi: Experts on Friday lauded India’s robust economic growth in Q2 FY26, saying that the government polices — envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his team — have been effective…
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Chhattisgarh: 10 Maoists including senior cadre Chaitu surrender
Jagdalpur: Ten Maoists, including dreaded senior cadre Chaitu, surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district on Friday, police said. The cadres, including three women, collectively carried a reward of Rs 65 lakh on their…
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AP: Cabinet approves pooling 16,666 acres for Amaravati under second phase
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet, headed by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, on Friday approved the second phase of the land pooling scheme for the greenfield capital of Amaravati, involving the pooling…
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Karnataka CM invites Shivakumar for breakfast to discuss on leadership row
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said he invited his deputy D K Shivakumar for a meeting over breakfast on November 29 to discuss amid the heightened leadership row. Speaking to…
