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Prophet remarks: Hyderabad police on its toes to ensure peace

Hyderabad: The controversy that arose over the remarks of now suspended Bhartiya Janata Party leaders Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal is robbing officials of the Hyderabad city police of their peace.…
Italy’s poverty rate climbed in 2021: ISTAT Report

Rome: A total of 11.1 per cent of Italy’s households were classified as being under relative poverty in 2021, up from 10.1 per cent a year earlier, the National Institute of Statistics…

Youth angry with Agnipath scheme; give them full-term jobs: Kejriwal to Centre

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday came out in support of defence job aspirants protesting against the Agnipath scheme and appealed to the central government to give them the…
Hyderabad: Congress’ Renuka Chowdhury grabs cop’s collar during protest

Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury on Thursday was caught on camera as she grabbed a policeman by the collar while being taken away by other police officers during the party’s protests…
UN agency for Palestine refugees faces $100 funding gap

Ramallah: The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) urged countries to increase financial contributions as it suffers from a $100 million funding gap. Commissioner-General of…
AP: Nara Lokesh condemns CM Jagan’s silence on ‘aqua holiday’

Amaravati: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) general secretary Nara Lokesh on Thursday urged chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to take steps so as to prevent aqua farmers from declaring ‘aqua holiday’ this…
Hyderabad police enacts massive transfer of personnel using HMRS portal

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad City Police has effected a massive overhaul of its force by transferring the police constables (PC), head constables (HC), and Assistant of sub-inspectors (ASI) who were working for more than…

Listen to voice of unemployed youths: Rahul to PM Modi on Agnipath scheme

New Delhi: Amid protests against the Centre’s Agnipath scheme, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to listen to the voice of unemployed youths and don’t take ‘agnipareeksha…
Delhi: Train stopped over protest against Agnipath Scheme

New Delhi: A group of people on Thursday protested against delay in Railway recruitment exams and the newly launched Agnipath scheme and subsequently stopped a train in the national capital, an official…
Agnipath scheme: Protestors set trains on fire in Bihar

Patna: Trains were set afire, window panes of buses smashed and passersby, including a ruling BJP MLA, pelted with stones on Thursday in Bihar by Army job aspirants whose protest against the…
Hyderabad: Congress protests against ED grilling Rahul Gandhi

Hyderabad: Mild tension prevailed near Raj Bhavan here on Thursday, after scores of Congress leaders and workers staged a protest against grilling of top party leader Rahul Gandhi by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in…
Appeal: Help kin of Mudassir who died during protest against remarks on Prophet

Ranchi: A 16-year-old boy Mohammad Mudassir Alam on Friday succumbed to gunshot wounds during protests in Ranchi against controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammed by Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal. Father of Mudassir,…
EU allocates $104mn to finance Egypt’s food supply

Cairo: Visiting President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced that the EU has allocated 100 million euros ($104 million) in “an immediate relief” to Egypt’s food crisis. In a…
Hyderabad: First shower of monsoon betrays GHMC’s inaptness

Hyderabad: The first shower of the season has exposed the tall claims made by the Greater Hyderabad municipal corporation (GHMC) about the preparation to deal with the water logging situation in the…
Agnipath scheme: Army aspirants jam Delhi-Jaipur Expressway in protest

Gurugram: Hundreds of Army aspirants on Thursday blocked the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway in Gurugram’s Bilaspur area in protest against Agnipath yojna, the government’s new scheme for short-term recruitment into the armed forces. The…