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After 12-year hiatus, 1st Saudi passenger flight lands in Damascus
Damascus: After a hiatus of more than 12 years, the first direct Saudi passenger flight, operated by Flynas, landed at Damascus International Airport on Thursday, June 5, arriving from Riyadh. The aircraft…
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Phone tapping case: Prabhakar Rao likely to return to India on June 9
Hyderabad: Former Special Investigation Bureau (SIB) chief T Prabhakar Rao, who is the prime accused in the Phone Tapping case is likely to return to India on June 9. Rao, who is…
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Four Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli strike on Gaza hospital
At least four Palestinian journalists were killed in the latest Israeli strike on the grounds of Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City on Thursday, June 5. The journalists who lost their lives…
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‘Gau rakshaks’ carrying dagger taken into custody in Kaiser Nagar
Hyderabad: Tension prevailed at Kaiser Nagar under Suraram police station in Cyberabad on Thursday night, June 5, after two men claiming to be gau rakshaks found carrying a dagger were caught by…
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Judge puts temporary hold on Trump’s latest ban on Harvard’s foreign students
Washington: A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a proclamation by President Donald Trump that banned incoming foreign students from entering the US to attend Harvard University. The proclamation, issued Wednesday, marked…
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Eid Al Adha 2025: Pilgrims ‘stone the devil’ in final Haj ritual
Makkah: Haj pilgrims from across the world began performing the Jamarat—‘stoning of the devil’ ritual —on the 10th of Dhul-Hijjah, corresponding to Friday, June 6, marking the first day of Eid Al Adha. At…
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Bengaluru stampede: Police take RCB officials, event mgmt firm into custody
Bengaluru: Officials of RCB and event management firm DNA entertainment private limited were taken into custody on Friday in connection with the stampede outside Chinnaswamy stadium that claimed lives of 11 people…
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Hyderabad: HYDRAA demolishes encroachments in Patny
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset protection Agency (HYDRAA) on Friday, June 6 demolished encroachments in Patny. The agency removed commercial structures constructed over a storm water nala. The nala, originally meant…
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Two held for drug peddling in Telangana, 500 grams Alprazolam seized
Hyderabad: The Telangana Anti-Narcotics Bureau (TGANB), along with the Wanaparthy, Nizamabad and Mahabubnagar police, on Thursday, June 5, nabbed two persons involved in the illegal trade of Alprazolam. The officials also seized 500 grams of the banned…
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Telangana govt proposes to expand metro rail in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has decided to expand the Metro Rail network here by over 86 kms. Briefing reporters on Thursday night after the state cabinet meeting, Information and Public Relations Minister…
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Video: MP minister disapproves of women wearing ‘skimpy clothes’
Indore: Senior BJP leader and Madhya Pradesh cabinet minister Kailash Vijayvargiya has said he disapproves the trend of women wearing “skimpy clothes”, which, he insisted, was a foreign concept of beauty and…
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UN nuclear agency members draft resolution accusing Iran of failing to meet obligations
Vienna: Western nations are planning to table a resolution at a meeting of the UN’s nuclear agency that will find Iran in non-compliance with its so-called safeguards obligations for the first time…
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Anti-Ethanol plant protests: 12 arrested in Telangana’s Jogulamba Gadwal
Hyderabad: Twelve people, including several farmers, have been arrested following violent protests at the site of a proposed ethanol plant in Pedda Dhanwada village, Jogulamba Gadwal district, Telangana. The arrests were made…
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Telangana govt lowers disability threshold for assistive devices
Hyderabad: The Telangana state government has recently revised its policy to expand support for persons with disabilities. Previously, only those with 75 percent or more disability were eligible for government-provided assistive devices.…
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Israel strikes Beirut’s suburbs to target what it says is Hezbollah drone production
Beirut: The Israeli military struck several sites in Beirut’s southern suburbs that it said held underground facilities used by Hezbollah for drone production Thursday, on the eve of the Eid al-Adha holiday.…
