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Let people decide what to eat, what language to speak: KTR to Amit Shah
Hyderabad: TRS Working President and Minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Saturday countered Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s call to make Hindi the alternative to English and termed it as ‘language chauvinism’.…
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Hindi should be an alternative language to English: Shah
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said Hindi should be accepted as an alternative language to English but not to local languages. Presiding over the 37th meeting of the Parliamentary…
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Head of Yemen’s new presidential council vows to end war
Sanaa: Rashad Al-Alimi, head of Yemen’s newly formed Presidential Leadership Council, has vowed to work to end the country’s devastating conflict and achieve permanent peace. On Thursday, President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi issued…
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AP: Nara Lokesh writes to UGC to prevent abuse of public universities by YSRCP govt
Amaravati: The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national general secretary Nara Lokesh, on Friday, stressed the need for stringent action to restrain the ruling Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) from misusing the…
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SL tightens monetary policy with significant increase of interest rates
Colombo: As economic crisis continues, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has tightened its monetary policy with a significant increase of interest rates amid inflationary pressure. Issuing a statement on Friday, the bank…
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Traffic restrictions for Ram Navami procession in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Police Commission CV Anand has notified the traffic restrictions for the Ram Navami procession in the city on Sunday. It will cover a 6.5 km distance. It will start from…
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Birbhum violence: CBI plea for polygraph test of accused challenged in court
Kolkata: The CBI’s appeal to allow the polygraph test of the eight individuals arrested in connection with the violence at Bogtui village in West Bengal’s Birbhum district last month has been challenged in…
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Telangana ministers take exception to Governor’s comments
Hyderabad: Two Telangana ministers on Friday took exception to Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan’s comments, expressing concern over alleged protocol violations during her officials visits and other issues, while the opposition BJP asked as to…
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Saudi Arabia to allow one million pilgrims for Haj 2022
Riyadh: Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, this would be the first time Saudi Arabia has decided to allow one million people from all over the world, to perform Hajj this year, the Saudi…
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Court rejects bail plea of United Against Hate founder Khalid Saifi
New Delhi: A court here on Friday turned down the bail plea of United Against Hate founder Khalid Saifi in a UAPA case in connection with an alleged larger conspiracy behind the northeast…
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Saddened by court decision, wish it had probed ‘conspiracy’ angle: Imran
Islamabad Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who will face a no-confidence vote in the resurrected National Assembly on Saturday as per the Supreme Court verdict, said on Friday that he was “saddened” by…
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‘Israel to increase operations in West Bank after Tel Aviv attack’
Jerusalem: Israeli Chief of the General Staff Aviv Kochavi ordered on Friday the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to increase operations in the West Bank, after a deadly attack in Tel Aviv a…
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Congress leader hits out at Centre, Telangana govt over paddy procurement
Hyderabad: Congress Campaign Committee chairperson Madhu Goud Yaskhi on Friday hit out at the Central and Telangana governments over the paddy procurement issue and called it a “big scam”. “In Telangana, we…
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Hyderabad: 27 admitted to hospital after consuming polluted water at Madhapur
Hyderabad: As many as 27 people, including 13 children, have been admitted to Kondapur area hospital after consuming polluted water at the Guttala Begumpet area of Madhapur. Of the total patients admitted…
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New trend of government maligning judges is ‘unfortunate’: CJI Ramana
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Friday said that a new trend of government maligning the judges has started and termed it ‘unfortunate’. The remark came while the bench…
