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Hyderabad: Over Rs 1 crore to be spent on Khairtabad Ganesh idol preparation
Hyderabad: Khairatabad Ganesh idol is known for its height and is the tallest Ganesh idol in India this year. More than Rs 1 crore will be spent on the preparation of Hyderabad’s…
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GMR launches Blockchain Centre of Excellence for airports
Hyderabad: GMR Group on Saturday launched a Blockchain Centre of Excellence (CoE) for airports as part of its expansion of GMR Innovex initiative. GMR Innovex – Blockchain Centre of Excellence will identify…
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BJP will do better in 2024 if Kejriwal becomes Opposition face: Assam CM
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would win by a better margin if his Delhi counterpart and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind…
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E-commerce company Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah lays off 870 people
New York: E-commerce company Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah has fired 870 people, or 5 per cent of the company’s global workforce, as the growth he anticipated has not materialised this year. In…
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Congress to hold discussion to chalk out strategy for Bharat Jodo Yatra
New Delhi: The Congress has called a meeting of senior leaders at the party headquarters on August 23 to deliberate on the Bharat Jodo Yatra, said sources. Congress plans to embark on…
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Major reshuffle in Gujarat cabinet before polls
Gandhinagar: With a few months left for the Assembly elections in Gujarat, the state government made a major rejig in the cabinet on Saturday night. The Revenue Department has been taken away…
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How is Hyderabad businessman involved in Delhi’s excise policy scam?
Hyderabad: As the CBI officials raided 30 places around the country in connection with the Delhi excise policy ‘scam’, a city-based businessman – Arun Ramachandra Pillai – was also raided in Eden…
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Southern Army Commander visits Hyderabad, Secunderabad military stations
Hyderabad: Lieutenant General JS Nain, PVSM, AVSM, SM, ADC, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command visited Hyderabad and Secunderabad Military station on August 19 and 20. A new institute named ‘Matru Chaya’ (Asha…
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Telangana IAS officer’s comments on Bilkis Bano case trigger row
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s secretary and senior IAS officer Smita Sabharwal’s tweets on the release of 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano rape case in Gujarat has triggered a row…
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Mahakal temple priests want Zomato to withdraw `offensive’ ad featuring Hrithik
Ujjain: Two priests of the famous Mahakal temple of Ujjain on Saturday demanded that online food delivery firm Zomato withdraw an advertisement featuring Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan as it offends Hindu sentiments.…
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Drama begins on the appointment of Pak Army chief: Imran
Islamabad: PTI chairperson Imran Khan on Saturday connected the current situation in Pakistan to the appointment of Chief of Army Staff, terming it as “unfortunate” that everything in the country is happening…
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Haryana man commits suicide over ‘delay’ in visa for Canada
Kurukshetra: Apparently upset over the alleged delay in getting visa for Canada, a 23-year-old man here ended his life by jumping into the Narwana branch canal. However, his visa reached his home…
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COVID-19: Karnataka reports 1,713 new cases, four deaths
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Saturday reported 1,713 fresh COVID-19 cases and four virus-related deaths, taking the total infections and fatalities to 40,40,111 and 40,166 respectively, the state health department said. In its daily…
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Cops siding with ‘particular community’: BJP’s Raja Singh on arrest of workers
Hyderabad: Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA T Raja Singh levelled allegations against the Telangana police saying they were “siding a particular community” by protecting standup comedian Munawar Faruqui’s show held at Shilpa…
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CPI (Maoists) condemn release of life convicts in Bilkis Bano’s case
The CPI (Maoist) condemned the release of the 11 convicts who were involved in the Gujarat Riots of 2002 and were convicted for the rape of Bilkis Bano and the gruesome murder…
