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India’s forex reserves hit the lowest level in 23 months
Mumbai: India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves slumped by $7.941 billion to $553.105 billion for the week ended September 2, the lowest level in almost two years, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)…
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Assam CM slams TRS over security breach in Hyderabad rally
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has alleged that there was a security breach during his rally in Hyderabad on Friday. Tension prevailed during Ganesh immersion procession at MJ Market in…
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Queen Elizabeth’s funeral to take place on Sept 19: Royal family
London: The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II will take place at Westminster Abbey on September 19, a statement by the UK Royal Family said. “The State Funeral of Her Majesty The…
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Bharat jodo yatra enters Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo yatra entered Kerala on Saturday evening with thousands of Congress workers giving him a rousing welcome at the Tamil Nadu border. The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC)…
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World lost extraordinary leader, I lost Grannie: Prince William
London: Britain’s Prince William said on Saturday that he knew the day would come when his “Grannie” Queen Elizabeth II would be no more but that it would take some time for…
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Gurjar Muslim nominated to Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: Gulam Ali, a Gurjar Muslim from Jammu and Kashmir, was on Saturday nominated to Rajya Sabha by the government. This is perhaps for the first time a Gurjar Muslim from…
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Russian officials summoned by police after calling for Putin’s impeachment
St. Petersburg: Several elected officials in Russia have been summoned by the police after they called for the impeachment of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a media report said. In a rare display…
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President Murmu to inaugurate Mysuru Dasara
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced on Saturday that President Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate the Mysuru Dasara celebrations this year. “Mysuru Dasara, which will be celebrated from September 26, will be…
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MBBS student dies by suicide at AIIMS Raipur
Raipur: A second-year MBBS student of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Raipur allegedly died by suicide at the institute’s hostel here on Saturday, police said. The deceased was identified…
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Tripura to launch good governance campaign on PM Modi’s birthday
Agartala: The BJP government in Tripura would undertake a two-and-a-half months long campaign on good governance in every household from September 17, the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, officials said on…
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Himanta Security breach: Assam DGP speaks with Telangana police chief
Hyderabad: A day after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was confronted by a TRS leader in Hyderabad during the Ganesh immersion, the Director General of Police Assam Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta on…
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Sharad Pawar re-elected as NCP’s chief
Sharad Pawar has been re-elected the president of the Nationalist Congress Party for the next four years, on Saturday. The decision was announced at the party’s national executive meeting in New Delhi.…
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Queen Elizabeth leaves behind assets worth $88bn of the monarchy
Washington: Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Thursday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland at age 96, leaves behind assets worth $88 billion of the British Monarchy as estimated in 2017. Where it…
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Smriti Irani calls killers of Nettare cowards, says he gave blood for country
Doddaballapur: Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smriti Irani, on Saturday termed the killers of BJP Yuva Morcha activist Praveen Kumar Nettare, who was hacked to death by bike-borne miscreants on…
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EC sends opinion on disqualification of CM’s brother as MLA to Jharkhand Guv
Ranchi/New Delhi: The Election Commission has sent its opinion to Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais on the disqualification of JMM’s Dumka legislator Basant Soren, brother of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, from the Assembly in…
