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Will raise price rise, farmer issues in Maha legislature during monsoon session: NCP
Mumbai: The opposition Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Thursday said it would raise important issues like price rise, snail attack on crops and losses suffered by farmers due to heavy rains in…
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Cattle smuggling case: Anubrata Mandal remanded to CBI custody till Aug 20
Kolkata: A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court at Asansol in West Burdwan district of West Bengal remanded Trinamool Congress strongman and the party’s Birbhum district president, Anubrata Mandal to CBI…
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Consider protection plea of casino owner Chikoti: Telangana HC to cops
Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Thursday directed the Hyderabad police to consider the petition of casino owner Chikoti Praveen Kumar pertaining to apprehending a threat to his life. While disposing of the…
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Ukraine wants Switzerland to represent interests in Russia
Geneva: Ukraine wants Switzerland to represent its interests in Russia after the break-off of diplomatic relations, the Swiss Foreign Ministry in Bern announced on Thursday. Negotiations for such a protecting power mandate…
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I would rather lose than win on a false promise: Rishi Sunak
London: Britain’s prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak has insisted that he would rather lose the Conservative Party leadership race to replace Boris Johnson than win on a false promise on how he…
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PM Modi congratulates Jagdeep Dhankhar on becoming Vice President
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated Jagdeep Dhankhar on becoming Vice President and wished him for a fruitful tenure. Dhankhar was on Thursday sworn in as the 14th Vice…
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Cricketer Rishabh Pant named as Uttarakhand’s brand ambassador
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday named cricketer Rishabh Pant as the brand ambassador of the state. The wicketkeeper-batter was born in Roorkee in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar district. Naming Rishabh…
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Andhra women ministers tie Rakhi to CM Jagan
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday celebrated Raksha Bandhan with women ministers tying ‘rakhi’ to him Home Minister Taneti Anita, Minister for Health and Family Welfare V.…
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Video: Bodybuilder smokes in flight; Scindia orders probe
New Delhi: Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday ordered an investigation after a video showing bodybuilder Bobby Kataria smoking on a SpiceJet flight surfaced on social media. The video shows Kataria —…
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Telangana: System to track modes of birth in pvt hospitals launched
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Thursday launched Birth Monitoring System (BMS) to keep a track of modes of delivery in private hospitals across the state. The latest system will keep a track…
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POCSO victim should not be traumatised by having to relive incident in court: HC
New Delhi: A minor victim of sexual offence suffers grave psychological impact by being present during court proceedings and it is in her interest that she is not traumatised again by having…
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Karnataka: Mangalore college cancels ABVP’s pooja permission
The University College Mangalore, Humpankatte, withdrew permission to the ABVP for organising a ‘Bharath Mata Pooja’ in its campus on Thursday. The move came after student groups and pro-hijab activists demanded it…
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NCW receives sexual harassment complaint against Andhra MP
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women has urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to take action against Andhra Pradesh’s Hindupur MP Gorantla Madhav after receiving a complaint of alleged sexual harassment…
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Partition of India was ‘a horror of unimaginable scale’, says MANUU VC Hasan
The University holds a seminar on Depiction of Partition in Urdu Literature. Participants recount the stories written by Kishan Chandra and Qurratul Ain Hyder Hyderabad: Partition of India was ‘definitely a horror…
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Taliban’s catastrophic year of rule
New York: The Taliban have broken multiple pledges to respect human rights and women’s rights since taking over Afghanistan a year ago, Human Rights Watch said. After capturing Kabul on August 15,…
