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Pakistan epicentre of global terrorism: Lekhi at CICA
Astana: Minister of State for External Affairs, Meenakshi Lekhi on Thursday said that Pakistan was the global epicentre of terrorism and was the source of terrorist activities against India. While addressing the…
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Islamic bodies condemn burning copies of Quran by Israeli settlers
Tehran: Renowned Islamic bodies expressed strong condemnation and denunciation of the settlers’ actions in Hebron Palestine after they tore up copies of the Quran and burned them. Nidal Al-Jabari, director of the…
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Asking girls to take off hijab, attack on dignity: Justice Dhulia
Delhi: Supreme Court judge, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, in the split verdict on Karnataka hijab ban, on Thursday said by asking girls to take off their hijab before they enter school gates is…
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Tamil Nadu sanctions 9.8 crores for adult literacy programme
Chennai: Tamil Nadu School education department has allotted an amount of Rs 9.8 crore under the New India Literacy Programme (NILP) and the project is aimed to benefit 4.8 lakh people in…
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Telangana: 25 Muslim men acquitted after 14 years in Bhainsa riots case
Hyderabad: 25 Muslims belonging to Bhainsa Mandal of the Nirmal District were acquitted on Thursday by the First Additional Judge. The case was prosecuted by Mohammad Ghouse, an advocate from Adilabad. Terrible…
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Around 39% MNREGA card-holders didn’t work in 2020-21: Survey
New Delhi: Around 39 per cent of all job card-holding households interested in working under the MNREGA scheme did not get a single day of work in the Covid pandemic year 2020-21,…
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Telangana HC refuses stay on final voter list in Munugode
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday refused to grant a stay on publishing the final voters’ list in Munugode Assembly constituency, where polling for the by-elections is scheduled on November 3.…
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Jharkhand: Woman stripped, tied to tree after being branded a witch
Sahibganj: A 60-year-old woman was allegedly stripped and tied to a tree after being branded a witch by some people in Jharkhand’s Sahibganj district, police said on Thursday. An FIR has been…
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Meta takes on The Wire again, rejects false allegations in its reports
New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) has taken on The Wire publication again, saying that while it is legitimate for them to be held accountable for their content decisions, “the allegations made by…
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Hyderabad: Sudan national deported for illegally staying in city
Hyderabad: A Sudanese national who was found to be illegally staying in the city was deported back to his home country. Mohamed Mahmoud Elawad Fadalla (27), who was residing at Zehra Nagar,…
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Will always support uniforms in schools; no hijab or other dresses: BJP
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday asserted that it will always be opposed to students wearing hijab or any dress other than uniforms in schools, and said religious freedom cannot be used…
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Telangana: Will adopt Munugode if TRS wins bypoll, vows KTR
Hyderabad: TRS (soon to be Bharata Rashtra Samithi) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Thursday promised to adopt Munugode constituency and take “complete responsibility” for its development if the party’s candidate…
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Hyderabad: Man stabbed by juvenile over a lent knife
Hyderabad: An altercation over a knife lent for dancing during ‘walima ceremony’ led to a stabbing incident at Chandrayangutta police station limits in the old city of Hyderabad on Wednesday night. The…
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Karnataka Police raid residences of SDPI, PFI workers; five held
Bengaluuru: The Karnataka Police on Thursday raided the residences of the workers of the Socialist Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in Dakshina Kannada district.…
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Uddhav Sena writes to EC over symbol and name, alleges bias
New Delhi: Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena on Thursday alleged bias by the Election Commission in the allocation of party symbols and name as it battles for control of the organisation…
