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Hyderabad: Govt to give loans to street vendors
Hyderabad: Under a central and state government program, Rs. 56 crore loans are being disbursed to street vendors within the jurisdiction of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. The Urban Community Department had issued…
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50% of women aged 15-24 still use cloth for menstrual protection: NFHS-5
New Delhi: About 50 percent of women aged 15-24 years still use cloth for menstrual protection, according to the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) report, with experts attributing it to a…
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Demolition drive underway in several parts of Delhi
New Delhi: Demolition drive against illegal encroachment is currently underway at several parts of the national capital on Wednesday. JCB bulldozers have been employed to demolish all illegally constructed temporary structures. The…
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Impact of Cyclone Asani: Hyderabad may experience rainfall on May 11, 12
Hyderabad: The impact of Cyclone Asani is likely to be witnessed in Hyderabad. The city may experience rainfall today and tomorrow, India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted. The maximum temperature in the city…
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Telangana: Is it wrong to own a farmhouse? asks KT Rama Rao
Hyderabad: Hitting back at the opposition parties for calling chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) the “farmhouse CM”, state Municipal administration minister KT Rama Rao asked if it is wrong to own…
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Telangana official injured in ‘petrol attack’
Hyderabad: An official was injured when a man in Telangana’s Jagtiyal district attacked him with petrol when he was surveying the land to resolve a dispute. The incident occurred in Tunguru in…
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Section 144 clamped in Bharatpur after clashes
Jaipur: The Rajasthan government imposed section 144 in the Bharatpur district on Wednesday, two days after a violent clash broke out between two communities. Area around the location where the violence erupted…
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Saudi Aramco surpasses Apple; is now world’s most valued company
Riyadh: The market value of Saudi Arabia’s Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, has surpassed the American company Apple, making the Saudi oil giant the world’s top-valued company. This came after the…
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Hyderabad: Man jumps from ninth floor of hospital, dies
Hyderabad: A 45-year-old man died by suicide by jumping from the ninth floor of Apollo Hospital, Banjara Hills, on Tuesday evening. The deceased – Dappu Narasimha – a native of Yeddumailaram, Sangareddy…
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All flights to and from Vizag cancelled, air services also hit at Vijayawada
Visakhapatnam: For a second consecutive day, all the flights in and out of Visakhapatnam were cancelled, while air services to Vijayawada and Rajahmundry were also affected on Wednesday due to the cyclonic…
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India contributes over 6 cr to UN for promotion of Hindi
New Delhi: India has contributed over Rs 6 crore to the UN aimed at promoting and enhancing the public outreach of Hindi in the world body. India’s Deputy Permanent Representative R. Ravindra…
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Will reverse Donald Trump’s lifetime Twitter ban: Elon Musk
San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that he would reverse the Twitter ban on former US president Donald Trump once he takes over the micro-blogging platform. Speaking at the ‘Financial…
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SC puts sedition law on hold, no new FIRs to be lodged till review is complete
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday urged the Centre and state governments to refrain from registering any FIRs invoking sedition provision, Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, till review of…
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Heavy increase in life tax on Telangana vehicles
Hyderabad: The Telangana government increased the life tax on some categories of motor vehicles on Monday. For the three or four-wheeler motor vehicles coming under the non-transport category, minibusses up to a…
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Railway launches ‘baby berths’ for passengers travelling with kids
New Delhi: To make train journey more comfortable for women passengers travelling with infants, the railways has fitted foldable “baby berths” on the side of lower main berths of the Lucknow Mail…
