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Hyderabad: Man arrested for threatening paan shop owner with gun
Hyderabad: Police arrested a man for creating commotion in the Bibi Bazaar area in the Old City on Saturday after he threatened a pan shop owner with a gun for refusing to…
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Over 1500 obsolete and archaic acts to be repealed in coming Par session: Rijiju
Shillong: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants lesser government role in people’s lives and the Centre will repeal more than 1500 obsolete and archaic laws during…
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Thackeray to tour flood-hit areas of Aurangabad on Oct 23
Mumbai: Amid the Opposition clamour to declare a ‘wet drought’ in Maharashtra, former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will go on a tour of the flood-hit regions of Aurangabad on Sunday for a…
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Telangana: ‘Rollback 5% GST on handloom products’, KTR writes to Modi
Hyderabad: Telangana Handlooms and Textiles Minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) urged the weavers of the state to write postcards to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to roll back the 5 percent GST (Goods…
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Gujarati family’s death in Canada: Police seek public help
Toronto: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), which is investigating the deaths of four members of a Gujarati family who froze to death while trying to enter the US illegally in January,…
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Saudi Crown Prince announces MGI, SGI summits in Egypt
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Prime Minister and Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Green Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has announced the launch of the…
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Watch: BJP youth wing leader finds video of child abusing Mughals ‘cute’
The National Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga shared a video on October 21 that shows a minor boy hurling abuses at Mughals indirectly, targetting Muslims. Bagga…
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Zelensky meets EBRD chief on Ukraine’s post-war recovery
Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met visiting President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Odile Renaud-Basso to discuss the country’s post-war recovery. Noting the significance of Renaud-Basso’s visit to…
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Extortion case: Jacqueline deleted evidence from phone, says ED
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has claimed that Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez had deleted evidence from her cell phone, and also tried to leave the country. The ED made this submission…
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26-year-old techie gang-raped in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa; SIT formed
Chaibasa: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) was formed on Saturday to probe into the alleged gang-rape of a 26-year-old software engineer in Chaibasa, 180 km from state capital Ranchi. The engineer was…
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T20 World Cup: England beat Afghanistan by 5 wickets after Curran’s 5/10
Perth: England were wobbly with the bat, but hostile with the ball and outstanding on the field in a five-wicket victory over Afghanistan in their T20 World Cup opener here on Saturday.…
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Russian attacks in Ukraine are “genocide of Ukrainians”, says FM Dmytro Kuleba
Kyiv: Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Saturday accused Moscow of “genocide of Ukrainians”, hours after Russian strikes reportedly targeted the country’s critical civilian infrastructure. Russia on Saturday had launched a missile…
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UN appeals $13M to support Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on Friday appealed to donors for USD 13 million in funding to continue its support for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. UNRWA…
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Former Chinese president Hu Jintao mysteriously escorted out in front of Xi Jinping
Beijing: Former Chinese president Hu Jintao was unexpectedly escorted out of the ‘Great Hall of the People’ in Beijing on Saturday during the closing ceremony of a congress of the ruling Communist…
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Mumbai: Protest held against NCB official for ‘insulting’ Babasaheb Ambedkar
Mumbai: A large group of people comprising mostly of members of the Scheduled Caste communities on Saturday protested in Andheri in Mumbai against Narcotics Control Bureau Deputy Director General Gyaneshwar Singh accusing…
