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Don’t need election symbol to get elected: Eknath Shinde
Mumbai: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday said that he doesn’t need an election symbol to get elected by the people asserting that they only forged a natural alliance of Shiv…
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Is Aadhaar mandatory for passport renewal at PSK?
Hyderabad: There is a common myth that Aadhaar is mandatory for passport renewal at Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) located in Hyderabad and various other Indian districts. Although Aadhaar has become mandatory for…
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Andhra gas leak: 121 women workers hospitalised; high level probe ordered
Anakapalle: The Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday ordered a high-level probe into the gas leak in a garment factory that left over a hundred hospitalised in the Anakapalle district. Chief minister YS…
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Telangana: Revanth Reddy urges Centre to take action against KCR
Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president A. Revanth Reddy on Wednesday asked the Centre to stop making mere statements on Kaleshwaram project and take action against Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.…
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Two senior Congress leaders in Gujarat to join BJP
Ahmedabad: Sidelined, dissatisfied and unhappy with the state leadership, two senior Congress leaders have announced that they are quitting the party and will be joining the BJP next month as they are…
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Maharashtra: Devendra Fadnavis allows Ajit Pawar to retain ‘Devgiri’
The friendship between Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar, widely known in political circles, proved to be true yet again. This time, the deputy…
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Pelosi says US will not abandon Taiwan as China protests
Taipei: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, meeting leaders in Taiwan despite warnings from China, said on Wednesday that she and other members of Congress in a visiting delegation are showing they will…
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China to punish outfits promoting Taiwan independence
Beijing: Furious over the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s high-profile visit to Taipei, the first by a top American official in 25 years, China on Wednesday announced punitive measures on outfits seeking…
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ED seizes Rs 415 crores from builders’ assets in biggest bank fraud
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday attacked assets worth ₹ 415 crores to builder and businessman of ABIL Infrastructure Avinash Bhosale and Sanjay Chhabria of Radius Developers. Both the businessmen were earlier arrested in…
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Vadodara DPS drops mosque visit after Bajrang Dal threat
Vadodara: The Delhi Public School here, which had planned to take pre-primary students to a mosque on August 5, called off the trip after the Bajrang Dal activists threatened to stage a…
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UG admission: Cut-off to be based on CUET marks
New Delhi: The second phase of Common University Entrance Test (CUET) examination that has to be cleared by the candidates to seek admission to under-graduate (UG) courses in colleges is scheduled to…
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Gujarat: Ahead of polls, drugs and alcohol takes center stage
As political parties are preparing to fight the upcoming Assembly polls in the state, increasing alcohol and drug utilisation has become a major issue. The Gujarat Congress staged a dharna on Tuesday…
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UN: Yemen’s warring sides extend truce until October
The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday announced the extension of the Yemen truce for another two months from August 2, 2022, to October 2, 2022. The truce was extended according to the…
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86 civilians killed in Syria during July
Damascus: A Syrian human rights network on Monday said that 86 civilians were killed in the country in July 2022, including 21 children, 8 women and 5 victims of torture. This came…
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NTR’s daughter cremated in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The last rites of K. Uma Maheswari, daughter of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founder and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. T. Rama Rao, were performed here on Wednesday. Her brother-in-law…
