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Delhi freezes under severe cold wave; dense fog disrupts flights, train services
New Delhi:Delhi is experiencing a severe cold wave, with temperature dropping to 9 degrees Celsius on Sunday. Adding to the frigid conditions, brisk winds blowing at 16 km/h have intensified the cold,…
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Privatisation doesn’t guarantee quality education: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Quality education cannot be achieved through privatisation and financial incentives, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Saturday, underlining the importance of governments spending more on education and strengthening public institutions. In…
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Schoolgirl dies after tree branch falls on her in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: A 15-year-old girl died after a tree branch fell on her on Saturday, police said. The girl has been identified as Tejaswini, they added. The incident occurred within the V V…
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Kejriwal built ‘sheesh mahal’ in Delhi, not infrastructure: Amit Shah
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday slammed Arvind Kejriwal for building a “sheesh mahal” for himself instead of creating infrastructure in the capital during his nearly 10-year term as…
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TN govt declares Cyclone Fengal as severe natural disaster
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has officially declared Cyclone Fengal a severe natural disaster. This declaration, published in the state’s official gazette under the Department of Disaster Management, facilitates the mobilisation of…
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Voter list row: Election officer says Sanjay Singh’s allegations ‘incorrect, baseless’
New Delhi: The district election officer of New Delhi on Saturday rejected as “baseless” AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh’s allegations related to the deletion of voter names in the assembly constituency…
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BJP questions Rahul Gandhi’s silence on Karnataka contractor suicide case
New Delhi: BJP leader and former MP GVL Narasimha Rao on Saturday questioned the silence of Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in the case of suicide committed by…
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Kerala and Telangana monitor HMPV outbreak in China, urge calm
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala and Telangana governments on Saturday said that they were closely monitoring the news reports about the massive outbreak of viral fever and respiratory infection in China and said there is…
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India, Bangladesh to release detained fishermen on Sunday
Kolkata: India and Bangladesh, on Sunday, will exchange fishermen of both countries who were arrested after their fishing boats crossed the international coastal borders and entered the coastal area of the other…
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Group demands taller metro pillars in Hyderabad for Ganesh procession
Hyderabad: “Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samithi (BGUS)” members met the Hyderabad Metro Rail managing director NVS Reddy on Saturday, demanding the Hyderabad Metro’s Old City corridor be built with taller pillars. The Hindu…
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Hyderabad: HYDRAA commissioner inspects illegal construction in Khanamet
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Disaster Response, Assets Monitoring and Protection Agency (HYDRAA) commissioner AV Ranganath inspected a multi-storeyed building being constructed illegally at Ayyappa Society in Khanamet village of Serilingampally mandal in an area…