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Initiative to make Hyderabad autistic children friendly begins at KBR Park
Hyderabad: Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may soon find public spaces in Hyderabad a little more accessible. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), working with several non-governmental organisations (NGO), is planning…
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Rapido driver among 5 held for dangerous bike stunts in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Saifabad Police, on Thursday, April 2, arrested five people, including a Rapido driver, for overloading and allegedly performing dangerous stunts in Hyderabad. The arrests were made based on video evidence…
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Illegal bakery raided in Hyderabad, material worth Rs 2.77 lakh seized
Hyderabad: A bakery allegedly running without a valid license and under unhygienic conditions was raided by Tappachabutra Police on Thursday, April 2, officials said. The bakery had been operating under the name…
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Bengal: Anti-SIR protests rise, Mamata says BJP plotting unrest
Kolkata: Just three weeks ahead of the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly election, protests over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls spread across several districts of the state on…
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Hyderabad: 2 held for selling MDMA worth Rs 3 lakh in Nagole X Road
Hyderabad: The Special Operations Team (SOT) and local police arrested two individuals on Wednesday, April 1, at Nagole X Road, Hyderabad, for alleged drug peddling. Officials seized 25.65 gram of MDMA worth…
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TGCSB nabs 5 for supplying over 600 SIM cards to Cambodia cybercrime ring
Hyderabad: The TGCSB on Wednesday, April 1, said it has arrested five people from here and Uttar Pradesh for supplying over 600 Indian SIM cards to a cyber fraud syndicate operating from…
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How Hindutva campaign built the case for Maharashtra’s anti-conversion law
The Maharashtra Assembly passed a sweeping anti-conversion law on March 16, criminalising religious conversions deemed to involve a “promise of marriage” and handing police the power to act against interfaith couples on…
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Palace to Baradari: 4 heritage spots in Hyderabad for a staycation
Hyderabad’s identity is deeply rooted in its past, of Qutub Shahis, Nizams, grand palaces, and sprawling courtyards that once echoed with music, poetry, and power. Yet, unlike cities such as Jaipur or…
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Odisha man forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram,’ HC orders senior cop probe
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha High Court ordered a senior police official to supervise the investigation of the attack on a Muslim man who was stripped, dragged on the road, and allegedly forced to…
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Court acquits nine people in 2020 Delhi riots, cites weak testimonies
New Delhi: A court has acquitted nine men in a case related to the 2020 Delhi riots, saying that the testimonies cannot be relied upon in the case as they lacked specificity…
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Hyderabad: Two arrested for selling ganja near temple in Dhoolpet
Hyderabad: The State Task Force team of the Prohibition and Excise Department apprehended two persons at Dhoolpet on Wednesday night, April 1. The sleuths seized 1.331 kilogram of ganja from them. The…
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Eight Muslim-majority countries condemn Israel’s death penalty law for Palestinian prisoners
Foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan, Turkey and Indonesia have condemned Israel’s approval of a law authorising the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners in…
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Techie ends life in Hyderabad over dowry harassment
Hyderabad: A 26-year-old woman software professional from Bihar allegedly died by suicide at her residence here due to “harassment” by her husband for additional dowry, police said on Thursday, April 2. The…
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Hyderabad: Cylinder explosion at huts in Shamshabad, no casualties
Hyderabad: Three temporary sheds were gutted in a fire in the Sai Nagar Colony area near Shamshabad on Thursday, April 2. Fortunately, no one was inside the sheds at the time of…
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Hyderabad doctor ends life due to marital dispute, injects self with poison
Hyderabad: A 40-year-old doctor died by suicide on March 31 at Hyderabad’s Outer Ring Road after injecting himself with poison over alleged harassment by his wife, with the case coming to light…
