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Gujarat polls: Workers, leaders unhappy with selection of BJP candidates
Gandhinagar: A section of BJP workers and leaders are unhappy with the leadership’s selection of candidates for the two-phase elections to the 182-member Gujarat Assembly polls with some of them announcing to…
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Hyderabad: Traffic advisory for PM Modi’s visit to city
Hyderabad: The city police on Friday issued a traffic advisory ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s arrival in Hyderabad on Saturday. Traffic restrictions will be in place from 12 pm to 7…
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‘Tipu Sultan was a barbarian’: BJP slams Owaisi over anniversary celebrations
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Malaviya on Friday said that Tipu Sultan was a barbarian and not a freedom fighter, his statement comes a day after the All India Majlis-e-Ittihad-ul-Muslimeen observed…
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Congress slams TRS govt for not celebrating Moulana Azad’s birth anniversary
Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader Mohammed Ali Shabbir on Friday strongly condemned the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government for not celebrating the birth anniversary of Moulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter and the…
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SC extends protection of area inside Gyanvapi mosque where ‘Shivling’ was found
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday extended the protection of the area inside the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi where a ‘Shivling’ was found till further orders. A bench headed by Chief…
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Iran develops hypersonic ballistic missile
Tehran: A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has said that the country has built a hypersonic ballistic missile that is capable of penetrating “all missile defence systems”. “The…
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WestBridge Capital invests $57M in Hyderabad-based HR IT firm
Hyderabad: In what it claimed to be the largest Series A SaaS (software as a service) fundraising round in India to date, HR IT firm Keka announced on Wednesday that it had…
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Uttarakhand: Baba Ramdev’s Divya Pharmacy asked to stop production of 5 medicines
Following reports that Uttarakhand authorities had asked Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Divya Pharmacy to halt the production of five of its products, the company denied receiving any notice of such and…
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Maha: BJP calls Sharad Pawar ‘bhondu baba’ who practices ‘black magic’
Satara: Political discourse plummeted to a new depth with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) calling Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar an alleged “bhondu baba” who indulges in “black magic”, here…
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US: 82 Muslims win in midterm elections
As many as 82 Muslims won the midterm elections that took place a few days back. While 21 Muslims including Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Andre Carson…
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Rajiv Gandhi ‘misused’ Governor’s office to dismiss elected governments: BJP
New Delhi: Amid allegation by the opposition parties that the BJP is misuing Raj Bhavan, the BJP accused former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi of misusing the Union Cabinet and Governor’s office to…
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Afzal Khan tomb row: SC seeks reports from Satara DC, DCF on demolition
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought reports from the district collector and the deputy conservator of forests of Satara in Maharashtra on the demolition drive conducted to remove alleged unauthorised…
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Withholding names for appointment in higher judiciary unacceptable: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday expressed displeasure over the Centre keeping pending the names recommended for appointment as judges in the higher judiciary, including those reiterated by the apex court…
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Delhi Excise Policy Scam: Accused changed 140 phones to destroy evidence
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is probing the Delhi Excise Policy Scam, on Friday alleged that the accused changed 140 phones worth Rs 1.20 crore to destroy evidence and evade…
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Arab states in difficult dance toward decarbonisation
Canberra: Of all the nations discussing the energy transition at the upcoming G20 summit in Bali, the oil and gas-rich countries in the Arabian Peninsula are among the most exposed to decarbonisation.…
