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Badaun mosque the newest in the eye of a simmering storm
Badaun(UP): After Varanasi and Mathura, it is now a mosque in Badaun that has attracted controversy with right-wing activists claiming it to be a Neel Kanth Mahadeva temple. A local court in…
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Internal strife in Karnataka Congress surfaces ahead of Bharat Jodo Yatra in state
Bengaluru: The simmering tension within the Karnataka unit of Congress has come to the fore as the party gears up to welcome Rahul Gandhi-led ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ into the state on September…
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Cheetah release ‘tamasha’ orchestrated by PM to avoid national issues: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s releasing of Cheetahs in a Madhya Pradesh national park a “tamasha,” orchestrated by him as another diversion from pressing national issues…
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Bilkis Bano case: Social activists to hold 180-km march to protest release of 11 convicts
Ahmedabad: A group of social activists will take out a ‘padyatra’ (foot march) from Randhikpur in Dahod district of Gujarat to Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to protest the release of 11 convicts…
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Andhra Pradesh: Four die inside well due to suffocation
Machilipatnam: Four people, including a 55-year-old man and his son, died of suffocation inside an old well in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district on Friday evening, police said. The deaths took place in…
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Five Syrian soldiers killed in Israeli missile attack
Damascus: Five soldiers were killed during an Israeli missile attack on the international airport in Damascus and military sites south of the capital, the military said on Saturday. The Syrian air defences…
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KTR compares Amit Shah with Sardar Patel, says Shah is ‘divisive’
Hyderabad: Telangana state minister for IT and Industries KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Saturday compared current Union home minister Amit Shah with former home minister Sardar Vallabhai Patel, saying that while the…
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Amanatullah Khan’s aide arrested after ACB find Rs 12 lakh cash, gun in raid
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has arrested Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan’s close aide Hamid Ali after a raid by the anti-corruption branch, officials on Saturday said. The ACB had on…
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Pakistani rupee continues losing ground against USD
Islamabad: Devaluation of the Pakistani rupee (PKR) against the US dollar continued as the greenback traded at 236.84 rupees in the interbank, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). The US…
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Karnataka: Drug peddler’s property worth Rs 1.6 crore seized
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Police Department’s Anti Narcotics Wing of the City Central Crime Branch (CCB) on Saturday attached the properties worth Rs 1.60 crore belonging to a drug peddler in the city.…
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Iranian woman dies after being beaten into coma by cops over ‘improper hijab’
Tehran: A 22-year-old Iranian woman who fell into a coma shortly after being arrested for not complying with the country’s mandatory hijab rules, died on Friday, Iranian media reported. Mahsa Amini who…
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Jobs in MNCs: Siasat to conduct drive on Sunday
Hyderabad: Siasat is going to conduct a job drive to recruit 50 job seekers for International voice process posts in MNCs. A total of 50 female candidates will be recruited based on…
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Video: PM Modi releases 8 cheetahs in MP’s Kuno National Park
Sheopur (Madhya Pradesh): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday released eight cheetahs into Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park. PM Modi released two cheetahs from enclosure number one and after that about 70…
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Dalai Lama extends birthday greetings to PM Modi
Dharamsala: On the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 72nd birthday, Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama has written to him offering his warmest wishes and prayers for his continued good health.…
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Wishes pour in for PM Modi’s 72nd b’day, several events lined up
New Delhi: Wishes kept pouring in for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 72nd birthday on Saturday amidst a packed schedule for the day. In her message on Twitter in Hindi, President Droupadi Murmu…
