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Centre to scrutinise Covid compensation claims
New Delhi: The central government has sent teams to Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh to scrutinise five per cent claims filed for Covid-19 ex-gratia compensation. “This is in pursuance of Hon’ble…
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Election tribunal to pronounce order in BJP Jambagh corporator poll case
Hyderabad: The Election tribunal at city civil courts Hyderabad, had reserved its order in the case pertaining to disqualification of elected corporator Rakesh Jaiswal from Jambagh ward, on grounds of having three…
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Karnataka: Karaga festival, symbol of Hindu-Muslim harmony, being targeted
Bengaluru: Controversy is brewing around the historical Karaga festival celebrated in Bengaluru, seen as a symbol of Hindu-Muslim harmony, as Hindu organisations intensified their campaign to end the 300-year-old ritual of the…
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Telangana government measures to go overdrive over revoke of G0 111
Hyderabad: The Telangana government’s intention to scrap GO 111 pertaining to the protection of two reservoirs near Hyderabad has sparked a big row. Speaking in the Assembly on March 15, Chief Minister…
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Hyderabad: Water interruption expected in many parts of city
Hyderabad: Interruption to water connection will be seen in many parts of the city on Monday, April 11 and Tuesday, April 12, for a total of 24 hours. According to the Hyderabad…
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UP Police file case over ‘rape threat’ speech in Sitapur
Sitapur: Uttar Pradesh Police has filed an FIR against a priest for giving “rape threats” to women of a particular community in a speech in UP’s Sitapur district. Sitapur’s Additional Superintendent of…
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Ukraine records over 100 attacks on healthcare: WHO
Geneva: Ukraine has recorded more than 100 attacks on healthcare, since the start of the war on February 24, the World Health Organisation has said. The attacks so far have claimed 73…
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Bandi Sanjay alleges TRS leaders are associated in drugs racket
Hyderabad: Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday alleged that several Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leaders, besides close associates of chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, have a hand…
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Activist demands action against use of window tints by non-VIPs
Hyderabad: A city-based activist asserted in a petition to city officials that the use of tinted windows by the families of MLAs, MPs, corporators and other self-proclaimed VIPs is against the law.…
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Consider plea to make Chennai airport boarding point for Haj pilgrims: HC
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday directed the authorities concerned to consider Chennai airport as a boarding point for thousands of Haj pilgrims. The First Bench of Chief Justice M N…
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ISI chief calls on Imran Khan as PTI explores options
Islamabad: The chief of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum, called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday, a day after the Supreme Court restored the National Assembly and ordered…
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Congress pans Shah over his comments on Hindi
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday accused Home Minister Amit Shah of trying to impose Hindi, and said in doing so he is doing a disservice to the language. The opposition party…
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Centre writes to five States over rising COVID-19 cases
New Delhi: The Centre has written to five states – Delhi, Haryana, Kerala, Maharashtra and Mizoram – on Friday over the increase in COVID-19 cases last week asking them to maintain a…
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Probe ordered into stripping of detainees at MP police station
Bhopal: A day after photographs of a group of semi-naked men including a YouTube journalist at a police station in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi sparked controversy and raised questions about the police action,…
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Telangana: Bus fares go up as TSRTC imposes diesel cess
Hyderabad: The bus fares of state-owned Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) will again go up from Saturday, as it on Friday announced that it will levy diesel cess of Rs 2…
