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Iran: Billboard depicting well-known hijab-clad women disappears
Tehran: A huge image of dozens of well-known Iranian women wearing headscarf disappeared from a billboard in Tehran on Friday, after it drew criticism amid protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa…
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In a first, woman from Saudi Arabia obtains jockey license
Riyadh: In another first for Saudi women, Amal bint Faisal has become the first women to obtain a jockey license after passing the test and standards required to gain a license to…
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Jeremy Hunt says Liz Truss is still in charge
London: Jeremy Hunt has insisted that Liz Truss is still in charge despite her premiership looking increasingly in peril, as he warned of further public spending cuts and failed to rule out…
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Gujarat: Kejriwal promises to withdraw cases against agitators if AAP comes to power
Bhavnagar: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addressing a public gathering in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar has promised to withdraw cases against various movement leaders, within fifteen days of formation of the AAP government in…
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Iran bans filmmaker from attending BFI London Film Festival
Tehran: Iranian filmmaker Mani Haghighi has been prevented from leaving Iran to attend the BFI London Film Festival, because of his support for the protests sparked by the death of the 22-year-old…
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Bharat Jodo Yatra ‘morning/evening walk’ for Rahul Gandhi: Arun Singh
Bengaluru: BJP General Secretary and Karnataka in-charge Arun Singh said on Sunday that the Bharat Jodo Yatra is nothing more than Rahul Gandhi’s ‘morning and evening walk’, which is being used to…
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Naveen Patnaik arrives in Hyderabad for Odisha Investors’ meet
Hyderabad: Ahead of the Odisha Investors’ meet in the city, Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik arrived on Sunday. The CM was welcomed at Begumpet airport by Telangana minister for Animal Husbandry, Fisheries…
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Unfortunate that India fails to win enough medals in sports: CM Gehlot
Jaipur: It is unfortunate that a country like India with around 135 crore population lags behind small countries in winning medals in sports, said Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday as…
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Gmail, Twitter accounts of The Wire’s employee hacked after Meta expose
Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editor of online news publication The Wire, tweeted on Sunday that one of his employee’s Gmail and Twitter accounts has been hacked. The employee was involved in the research…
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23 children killed during Iran protests in Sep: Amnesty report
Tehran: Iranian children were not spared the brutality of the security authorities, as 23 children between the ages of 11 and 17 were killed in the last 10 days of September during…
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Medical education in Hindi will bring big positive change: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the beginning of medical education in Hindi will bring a big positive change in the country. Lakhs of students will be able…
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Bihar: Muslim students appearing for exams asked to take off hijab
Muzaffarpur: A college student in this north Bihar town alleged that objectionable remarks were made against her by a male teacher who got annoyed when she refused to take off her head-scarf…
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More than 4,000 kg of illegal crackers seized in Gurugram
Gurugram: More than four quintals of banned firecrackers were seized in a raid at a warehouse in Farrukhnagar area here, police said on Sunday. The warehouse bearing the title ‘Vashishth and Company’,…
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Iran: 4 dead, 61 injured in Evin prison fire
Tehran: At least four inmates died and 61 others were injured in a fire at Tehran’s Evin prison. “Following last night’s fight between some prisoners of the special ward for theft and…
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AAP doing ‘pressure politics’ ahead of Sisodia’s questioning: BJP
New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday accused the AAP of doing “pressure politics” following the CBI’s summons to Manish Sisodia and alleged he was more of a “corrupt collection agent” of Delhi…
