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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…
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Secunderabad gave legendary goalkeeper Thangaraj to India
In football, the goalkeeper is the base on which the team stands. No team can succeed if the goalkeeper is weak. And many of India’s outstanding performances in the 1950s and 1960s were…
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FB liaison ends in murder and other horror stories from Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Friendship over Facebook, extra-marital relations, blackmail, murder and attempt to make it look like an accident. This crime of passion is definitely a ghastly one. On May 4 this year, a…
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Gujarat Assembly polls: Rahul Gandhi to address public rallies in Rajkot, Surat on Nov 21
Rajkot: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address two public rallies in Rajkot as well as Mahuva in Surat in poll-bound Gujarat on November 21, a party leader said on Saturday. Gandhi is…
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Activist Gautam Navlakha walks out of prison, to stay under house arrest for one month
Mumbai: Gautam Navlakha, an accused in Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case, was released from prison on Saturday evening and taken to a building in Navi Mumbai where he will be living under house…
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BJP chief Nadda calls Congress ‘anti-Gujarat’ after Medha Patkar joins ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’
Ahmedabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda on Saturday termed Congress “anti-Gujarat” after Narmada Bachao Andolan activist Medha Patkar joined Rahul Gandhi-led ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Maharashtra, drawing a sharp reaction from…
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Zomato plans to lay off 3 percent of its workforce
Bengaluru: Online food delivery platform Zomato on Saturday said it is planning to lay off nearly 3 per cent of its workforce on account of cost-cutting efforts and to turn profitable. The…
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Celestial wedding of Yadadri’s Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy held in Oman
Muscat: The celestial wedding (Kalyanam) of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy was conducted at the Shree Krishna Temple in Oman’s capital Muscat on Friday, November 18, 2022, the local media reported. A team…
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Sheikh Hamdan grants golden visa, financial rewards to UAE top-performing high-school students
Abu Dhabi: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Executive Council, has met top-performing high school students and issued directives to offer them…
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Telangana: TS-TRANSCO, TSGENCO urge PFC to cut interest on power loans
Hyderabad: The Telangana Transmission Corporation of and Generation Company (TS-TRANSCO and GENCO) officials have urged the Power Finance Corporation (PFC) to reduce the interest rate on the loans taken by the power…
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Karnataka: Cong alleges voters’ list scam, lodges complaint with EC
Bengaluru: Congress Karnataka Unit on Saturday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission (EC) against the BJP in connection with the alleged voters’ list scam. Congress President D K Shivakumar and Opposition leader…
