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Hyderabad: In spite of hate speeches, Ram Navami rally passes off peacefully

Hyderabad: Ram Navami Shobha Yatra has passed off peacefully in Hyderabad on Sunday amid tight security. However, Hindutva slogans calling for the establishment of Hindu supremacy along with calls of violence were…
Congress foresees threat to continuance of 4 percent Muslim reservation

Hyderabad: Former Minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir gave a call for a boycott of the Iftar party, to be hosted by Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao, to protest against the threat to the…

Despite lockdown, pollution levels soared during second COVID wave: Study

New Delhi: The second Covid-19 wave not only unleashed unprecedented devastation of human life but also some worst air pollution episodes in Delhi despite the lockdown during March-May 2021, a new study…
Respite from heatwave likely after April 12

New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department has forecast that the people of northwest India will get a respite from severe heatwave conditions from April 12 onwards. According to IMD, a fresh Western…
Clashes erupt in JNU on Ram Navami over non-veg food, students injured

A major scuffle broke out at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus between students belonging to left leaning parties and members of the Akhila Bharatiya Vidya Parishad (ABVP) on Sunday on the occasion…
Is COVID picking pace in India?

New Delhi: Amid a global rise in Covid cases driven by BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron, India is also seeing a slow yet steady rise in the number of infections in several states.…
Israeli forces detains 1,460 Palestinians in 2022: Report

Jerusalem: Israeli forces have detained 1,460 Palestinians, including 182 children, since the beginning of 2022. This came in a report released by the Center for Palestinian Prisoner Studies that the Israeli forces…

Ex-Karnataka ADGP Bhaskar Rao joins AAP

New Delhi: B Bhaskar Rao, a 1990-batch Karnataka cadre IPS officer and a native of Bengaluru, joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) here on Monday after serving the police force for 32…
Every assembly segment to have 100-bed hospital: Yogi Adityanath

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday inaugurated a state-wide health campaign, and said each of the 403 assembly segments in the state will have a 100-bed hospital. Launching the…
MP: Curfew in areas of Khargone after stones hurled at Ram Navami procession

Some police personnel and people were injured during stone-pelting as per the preliminary information. Khargone District Collector Anugrah P said section 144 of CrPC (banning assembly of four or more people) has…
Who ousted Imran Khan? The cast of top political players

Islamabad: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, a cricket turned politician and a popular leader of political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has become the first in Pakistan’s history to be removed from office…
Saudi Arabia: Haj 2022’s largest percentage to be for foreign pilgrims

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Haj and Umrah said that the largest percentage and share of Hajj for this year, 1443 AH-2022 AD, will be for pilgrims coming from outside the Kingdom,…
Sehriwalas: A part of Ramzan’s fading culture in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The beats of a drum on a steel box, or a religious song followed by the jingling of a Daflii (Tamborine) is what a number of Muslims wake up to for…
Mumtaz Khan becomes star of International Hockey Championship

New Delhi: The Indian Women’s Hockey team has made a steamed entry in the semi-final of the Junior World Cup. In South Africa, the Indian team defeated South Korea with 3-0 in…
Post jail release, Kashmiri journalist booked under Public Safety Act

32-year-old Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan was detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) on Sunday. The detention comes immediately after Sultan was released from jail. The journalist spent 1317 days in jail…