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Pakistan flood losses may cross $40 billion
Islamabad: Pakistan fears that floods might have caused over $40 billion in economic losses and damages as the National Flood Response Coordination Centre (NFRCC) dismissed the initial assessment of $18 billion, local…
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Karnataka CM assures time-bound completion of stormwater drain work
Bengaluru: In the backdrop of recent rains and deluge in Bengaluru, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday assured the government will ensure time-bound completion of the stormwater drain work that is…
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Andhra Pradesh tops India in attracting industrial investment: Report
Hyderabad: According to the Department for Promotion of Industries and Internal Trade (DPIIT) – July 2022 report, Andhra Pradesh has topped in attracting investments in the state. In total, India’s industrial investment…
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Cancer, anaemia focus areas for Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Reddy
Amaravati: With Andhra Pradesh registering a significant increase in expenditure on cancer treatments over the last seven years, Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has instructed the health department to set up…
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Hyderabad: Private bus runs over 13-yr-old, 5-yr-old critical
Hyderabad: In an unfortunate incident, a 13-year-old was killed when a private school bus ran over her in the Ibrahimpatnam suburbs. She was walking alongside a five-year-old child who is said to…
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Telangana HC reserves orders on petitions contesting detention of Rohingyas
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court reserved its orders on a batch of petitions that challenged the detention and confinement of Rohingyas on Monday. The government’s ruling, which has been contested, called for…
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‘Madrasas targeted by sectarian forces’, Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind objects to UP govt’s survey
New Delhi: A Muslim organisation has objected to Uttar Pradesh government’s move to surveying madarsas. Maulana Arshad Madani, president Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, clarified that his objection is to the sectarian mentality in the…
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Hyderabad: 1000s of VRAs protest for pay hike; allege govt negligence
Hyderabad: Thousands of village revenue assistants (VRAs) protested in front of the Legislative Assembly here, demanding the implementation of a new pay scale as listed in the New Revenue Act introduced by…
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Kolkata: Pitched battles between BJP workers, police; PCR van torched
Howrah: Roads around the 19th century iconic Howrah Station resembled a battleground on Tuesday with brickbats aimed at police personnel flying thick and fast, and drenched protesters hit by water cannons limping…
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Gyanvapi mosque committee consults senior lawyers to challenge lower court’s order
Varanasi: The Anjuman Intezamia Committee here is consulting senior lawyers to challenge in the Allahabad HC the local court’s decision of rejecting its plea questioning the maintainability of the Gyanvapi mosque-Shringar Gauri…
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Dynastic rule seems better than present `autocracy’ in country, says Sena
Mumbai: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena on Tuesday said dynastic rule would seem preferable to the present “autocracy” in the country, as it praised Rahul Gandhi’s `Bharat Jodo Yatra’. The BJP should…
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Qutub Minar row: Delhi court reserves order on plea by ‘Agra royal family member’
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday reserved its order on the intervention application moved by a man claiming to be heir of a royal family in Agra and seeking ownership of…
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PDP’s self-rule formula can resolve J&K issue: Mehbooba
Jammu: Accusing the BJP of turning Jammu and Kashmir into a prison, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said her party’s self-rule formula has the potential to resolve the…
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Mehbooba dejected by Varanasi Court’s decision in Gyanvapi case
Jammu: The Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday called the Varanasi Court’s decision in the Gyanvapi mosque case a clear violation of the Places of Worship Act and fulfils the…
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Chidambaram takes jibe at FM Sitharaman on rise in retail inflation
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday attacked Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over retail inflation rising to 7 per cent, saying if she doesn’t see “red” even now, it can…
