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Teen held for forcing minor to eat earthworm, posting video
Kolkata: The police in Jalpaiguri district on Saturday arrested a teenager for forcing a nine-year-old boy to eat earthworm, filming the act and uploading the video on social media. The arrested youth,…
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Government ordered quick probe into voter data theft: Karnataka CM; Congress blames BJP
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said the government promptly initiated a police inquiry into the alleged theft of voter data. Bommai said this after Congress began attacking him and demanding…
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Delhi records coldest morning of season, air quality remains in ‘poor’ category
New Delhi: Air quality in the national capital continued to be in the ‘poor’ category on Saturday while it recorded the coldest morning of the season. The 24-hour average air quality index…
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BJP to make Trinamool MLA’s remarks on Murmu a poll tool in Bengal’s tribal pockets
Kolkata: The recent derogatory comments on the looks of President Droupadi Murmu made by Trinamool Congress legislator and West Bengal minister Akhil Giri is all set to be a tool for BJP’s…
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Hyderabad: Two posing as GST officials held for cheating to the tune of Rs 28 cr
Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Special Operations Team arrested two persons for forgery and duping 18 persons to the tune of Rs 28 crore. The accused – 57-year-old Burujukindi Narayana Goud of Rajanna Sircilla district and…
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Dr Ambedkar was India’s ‘first male feminist’, says Tharoor
Panaji: Dr B R Ambedkar was India’s first male feminist, who propagated such ideas decades back that could be considered as progressive even for the current generation of politicians, Congress leader and…
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Retired bureaucrat Arun Goel appointed as new Election Commissioner
Retired bureaucrat Arun Goel appointed was appointed by the President of India as the new Election Commissioner on Saturday. Goel, a 1985-class Punjab cadre officer, will serve on the election panel with…
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Assam CM says Mehrauli killing a case of ‘love jihad’
Ahmedabad: Assam Chief Minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma has said the horrific murder of Shraddha Walkar allegedly by her live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala is a case of “love jihad”. He…
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Telangana: Govt asks KRMB to create rule curves for Srisailam, Nagarjunasagar
Hyderabad: The Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) has been asked by the Telangana government to create rule curves for the Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar reservoirs (NSP). Telangana’s Engineer-in-Chief (Irrigation) C Muralidhar said in…
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AP: Make your stand clear on decentralization, says YSRCP to TDP
Amaravati: Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) General Secretary and advisor to government (Public Affairs) Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy made a scathing attack on Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu asking him…
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Mamata dials new Bengal Guv, exchanges pleasantries
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called up C V Ananda Bose, the newly appointed governor of the state, and exchanged pleasantries with him, a senior official in the secretariat said…
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Farmers’ body in Supreme Court opposes plea against GM mustard
New Delhi: A farmers’ organisation has moved the Supreme Court opposing a petition against the release of GM Mustard, saying that a ban of technologies like GM seeds would worsen the plight…
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Hyderabad: Several projects discussed in Forest dept committee meeting at Aranya Bhavan
Hyderabad: In the first meeting of the project screening committee conducted at the Aranya Bhavan on Saturday, ten projects – two on transmission, one on irrigation, two on Singernie Collieries, two on…
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Egypt: Human rights organizations condemn sexual harassment of activist Omar Ali in jail
Cairo: Six Egyptian human rights organizations, along with lawyers, condemned the sexual harassment of political activist Omar Mohammad Ali in Badr Al-Jadeed prison, by security personnel, local media reported. The Association for Freedom of…
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Bharat Jodo Yatra: Women’s foot-march held to mark Indira Gandhi’s 105th birth anniversary
Buldhana: The Congress on Saturday marked the 105th birth anniversary of former prime minister Indira Gandhi by organising a special ‘padyatra’ for women along with its Bharat Jodo Yatra, which during the…
