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Hyderabad: 17-year-old cycles to Leh from Patancheru
Hyderabad: Macharla Venkatesh, a seventeen-year-old cycling enthusiast from Patancheru in Hyderabad, fulfilled his dream of cycling to Leh in a 26-day expedition. He left the city on May 23 and arrived on…
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IMD warns of very heavy rains over central India, west coast
New Delhi: Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places is very likely over east Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Konkan area of Maharashtra, Goa, coastal Karnataka, and Kerala, the India Meteorological Department…
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Unprecedented: Retired judges, bureaucrats on SC observations in Nupur Sharma case
New Delhi: A group consisting of 15 retired judges of various high courts, 77 retired bureaucrats and 25 retired armed forces officers have issued an open statement saying that ‘unfortunate and unprecedented…
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Eid-ul-Adha in Hyderabad: Why are people opting for Qurbani services?
Hyderabad: Ahead of Eid-ul-Adha, many people in Hyderabad are opting for Qurbani services instead of the traditional way of buying animals for the Qurbani. The main reason for such preference is convenience.…
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Society should be sensitive about people with different sexual orientation: Calcutta HC
Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court without making a direct reference has observed that the society at large should be sensitive about people with different sexual orientation. “Certain things…
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Google India adds 5 new languages to its training network for scribes
New Delhi: Tech giant Google on Tuesday expanded its News Initiative Training Network to include five new languages: Punjabi, Assamese, Gujarati, Odia and Malayalam. Google has also launched the Fact-Check Academy in…
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UP: Akhilesh launches membership drive for Samajwdi party
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, on Tuesday, launched his party’s membership drive. Talking to reporters, the SP president said that the party workers would reach out to the rural interiors to enrol…
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Yemen deploys forces in southern regions to confront terror groups
Sanaa: Yemen’s internationally-recognized government has authorised the deployment of troops to confront terror groups and secure state institutions in the country’s southern regions, a military official said. The official told Xinhua news…
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Gauri Lankesh murder trial: Defence derails attention from Hindutva links
Almost five years after journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead in Bangalore, her murder trial began on Monday in a lower court of the city. The defence lawyers intensively cross-examined the victim’s…
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CBSE class 10, 12 results to be declared as per schedule in last week of July: Official
New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday informed that the Class 10 and 12 results will be declared in the last week of July as per the schedule.…
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India has to limit loan assistance due to global crises: SL PM
Colombo: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that India had to limit the loan assistance given to the crisis-hit island nation in the wake of the recent global crises, including the…
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Earthquake of 3.7 magnitude hits Assam
Assam: An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 on the Richter scale occurred in Assam, informed the National Center for Seismology (NCS) on Tuesday. The depth of the earthquake was 35 km which occurred…
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Karnataka: Bajrang Dal members booked for assaulting Muslim shop workers
Amid the ongoing protests against the murder of a tailor in Udaipur, the Bhadravati police in Karnataka on Tuesday registered an FIR against Bajrang Dal members for allegedly ransacking a Muslim-owned shop…
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ACB raids various locations of Karnataka Cong MLA Zameer Ahmed
Bengaluru: The Anti-Corruption Bureau in Karnataka on Tuesday raided five locations of Congress MLA B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan following a report of the Enforcement Directorate. According to ACB officials, the raids…
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Houthi drone strike kills three soldiers in Yemen
Sanaa: Three Yemeni soldiers were killedin a drone strike launched by the Houthi militia in the country’s southern province of Dhalea, a government official said. “An explosive-laden drone of the Houthi group…
