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Akal Takht, SGPC condemn hateful comments against cricketer Arshdeep Singh
Amritsar: Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Harjinder Singh Dhami on Tuesday condemned hateful comments against cricketer Arshdeep Singh on social media after he dropped…
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Warangal added to UNESCO’s Global Network of Learning Cities list
Hyderabad: The city of Warangal has added another feather to its cap by being named a member of UNESCO’s Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC). Kerala’s Thrissur and Nilambur were also added…
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Nitish, Tejashwi to attend INLD’s Sept 25 rally; Pawar, Akhilesh among invited
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, his deputy Tejashwi Yadav and several opposition leaders will attend the Indian National Lok Dal’s public rally on September 25 in Haryana, party leader Abhay…
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Intranasal vaccine will be global game changer: Krishna Ella
Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech’s iNCOVACC, the world’s first intranasal vaccine for Covid-19 which received approval for emergency use in India on Tuesday, will be a global game changer in intranasal vaccines technology and…
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Indian Railways to provide training, IT solutions to Bangladesh Railway
New Delhi: The Indian Railways will provide training to the employees of the Bangladesh Railway as well as offer IT solutions for the computerisation of its passenger ticketing and freight operations, according…
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Congress cites audit to allege ration scam under MP CM’s watch
Bhopal: The opposition Congress on Tuesday cited the report of the Madhya Pradesh Accountant General (AG) to allege corruption in the poshan-aahar or supplementary nutrition scheme under the women and child development…
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Bihar political upheaval unlikely to have nationwide impact: Kishor
Sitamarhi: Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor on Monday asserted that the recent upheaval in Bihar, which stripped the BJP of power in a trice, was a “state-specific” phenomenon and unlikely to have nationwide…
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More than 4,000 drug smugglers nabbed in last two months: Punjab Police
Chandigarh: The Punjab Police on Tuesday said it has arrested more than 4,223 drug smugglers in the last two months under its ongoing anti-drug drive in the state. The police also recovered…
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Telangana: Govt teachers protest demanding transfer process completion
Hyderabad: Telangana Government teachers protested along with their children on Teachers day; that is on the 5th of September at the Directorate of School Education at Saifabad. The teachers along with their…
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Kerala parish does away with wooden coffins, starts using cotton shroud for burial
Alappuzha: A church in Kerala has stopped the time-honoured practice of using wooden coffins for burial in favour of eco-friendly cotton cloth. St George Church in Arthunkal near here under the Latin…
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Centre likely to sign peace accord with Assam Adivasi militants in September: CM
Kokrajhar: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa on Tuesday said that the Centre is likely to sign a peace accord with militant organisations from the state’s Adivasi communities within September. Addressing a press…
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Gadkari to inaugurate conference Manthan in Bengaluru on Thursday
New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday will inaugurate a three-day conference cum public Expo Manthan in Bengaluru to anchor discussions across multiple issues and opportunities in the infrastructure sector, according…
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More than 59,000 killed in accidents on Maha roads in less than five years
Mumbai: More than 59,000 people have died and 80,000 seriously injured in road accidents in Maharashtra in less than five years, the data released by the highway police revealed on Tuesday. The…
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Putin attends joint military drills with China, others
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday attended sweeping war games in his country’s far east involving troops from China and other nations, in a show of military muscle amid the tensions…