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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.…
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UN conference to push for two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
United Nations: The United Nations chief on Thursday urged world leaders and officials attending an upcoming UN conference on ending the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict “to keep the two-state solution alive.” Secretary-General Antonio…
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Special train service announced from Cherlapalli to Dehradun
Hyderabad: The South Central Railway has announced the launch of special train services between Cherlapalli in Telangana and Dehradun in Uttarakhand to accommodate increased passenger demand during the summer season. According to…
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Trump–Musk feud erupts: Musk alleges Trump named in Epstein Files
The once-powerful alliance between US President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk has dramatically unraveled, culminating in a fierce public feud and explosive allegations. The rupture follows months of collaboration, including…
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Harvard files legal challenge over Trump’s ban on US entry for incoming foreign students
Massachusetts: Harvard University is challenging President Donald Trump’s move to block foreign students from coming to the United States to attend the Ivy League school, calling it illegal retaliation for Harvard’s rejection…
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Gujarat reports 167 new Covid-19 cases; country’s active case tally nears 5,000
Ahmedabad: Gujarat has reported 167 fresh cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, marking a significant rise as the virus makes a slow comeback across India. The state’s active COVID-19 caseload…
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Over 1.67 million pilgrims perform Haj this year
Makkah: A total of 1,673,230 pilgrims are performing Haj 1446 AH–2025 in Saudi Arabia, according to the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT). Of these, 1,506,576 arrived from abroad, while 166,654 are from…
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UAE: Indian banker wins Rs 11.68 lakh in Big Ticket draw
Abu Dhabi: A 37-year-old United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian banker has won a staggering Dirham 50,000 (Rs 11,68,702) Big Ticket weekly e-draw held in Abu Dhabi. The winner, Mustafa Mohammed, secured the…
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UIDAI’s Aadhaar authentication transactions surged in May: Official
New Delhi: Aadhaar number holders executed over 211 crore authentication transactions in May this year taking the cumulative number of such transactions to more than 15,223 crore since inception, according to a…
