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Saudi Arabia seeks to buy stake in Starbucks
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which is chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is seeking to acquire a stake in the franchise of the Starbucks chain…
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Andhra Pradesh: Rivers Krishna, Penna continue to overflow
Amaravati: Rivers Krishna and Penna continued their full flow in Andhra Pradesh as rains have not stopped, keeping the official machinery on its toes. The flood touched 4.43-lakh cusecs mark at Prakasam…
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Hyderabad students top among metro cities in Confidence Index
Hyderabad: In the newly released Student Confidence Index by Edtech India’s largest school LEAD, Hyderabad has topped the chart among metro cities. The index was created on the basis of five parameters…
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Ganesh Immersion: Hyderabad metro receives 4L users on Friday
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad metro rail witnessed a heavy inflow of passengers on Friday on the occasion of Ganesh Visarjan (Immersion). According to the metro officials, a total of 4 lakh passengers used…
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Karnataka: 52-year-old man held for marrying minor
Bengaluru: The police in Karnataka have arrested a 52-year-old man for marrying a 16-year-old minor girl, officials said on Saturday. The Women and Child Welfare Department on Saturday served notice to 60…
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UAE-based Indians take home over Rs 21L each in latest Mahzooz draw
Abu Dhabi: Two United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian expatriates won the grand prize of 100,000 Dirham (Rs 21,68,617) in the 92nd Mahzooz weekly draw in Dubai. The winner of the draw Binu…
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20 dead in parts of Maharashtra during immersion of Ganesh idols
Mumbai: At least 20 persons died, 14 of them due to drowning, in different incidents that occurred during the immersion of Ganesh idols in parts of Maharashtra, police said on Saturday. The…
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Archaeologist BB Lal passes away, PM pays tribute
New Delhi: Archaeologist and Padma Vibhushan awardee B B Lal has died at the age of 101. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid rich tributes, saying he will be remembered as…
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US imposes sanctions on Iran over Albania cyberattack
Washington: The U.S. government on Friday imposed sanctions on Iran’s intelligence agency and its leadership in response to malicious cyberattacks on Albanian government computer systems in July. The Treasury Department’s Office of…
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Andhra Pradesh: Woman wades through river to take exam
Visakhapatnam: A 21-year-old student in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district had to cross a river without any conveyance to appear in an examination. She, with the help of her brother and another family…
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Moosewala murder case: Sixth shooter Deepak Mundi arrested
Chandigarh: The Punjab Police on Saturday said it has arrested the sixth and last shooter allegedly involved in singer Sidhu Moosewala’s murder. While the Delhi Police had earlier arrested three shooters, the…
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Telangana: After eloping to marry, 23-yr-old kills lover
Hyderabad: In a gruesome incident, a 19-year-old girl who eloped with her friend was eventually murdered by him in the Wanaparthy district of Telangana. The body of the girl was later recovered…
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Facilitator-in-chief: Stalin emerging as glue to join Cong, regional satraps
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin after inaugurating the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ of the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at Kanniyakumari on September 8 said that the star Congress campaigner was on…
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BJP accuses Cong of ‘Hindu hatred’, Oppn party says ‘hate factory’ at work
New Delhi: The BJP on Saturday cited a video of a Christian priest’s purported comments mentioning Hindu goddess Shakti during a conversation with Rahul Gandhi to allege it shows the “anti-Hindu” face…
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‘UP+Bihar = gayi Modi sarkar’ poster at SP office days after Nitish-Mulayam meet
Lucknow: Days after JD(U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister met SP patriarch Akhilesh Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav as part of his efforts to unite Opposition parties, a poster has emerged at…
