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Yemen’s Houthis claim responsibility for drone attack on Saudi airport
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi militia has claimed responsibility for a bomb-laden drone attack on Abha airport in Saudi Arabia. “The attack hit a military object at the airport accurately,” Yehya Sarea, Houthi military…
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Karnataka hijab row: Students knock SC door against HC’s interim order
New Delhi: After Karnataka High Court’s ruling against the hijab and saffron shawls in school and college premises until its final order, students moved Supreme Court. They seek the stay on the…
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Ukraine-Russia crisis: What to know about the fears of war
The Hague: In a grim backdrop to intense diplomacy aimed at preventing war between Russia and Ukraine, thousands of troops sent by Moscow to Belarus engaged in military drills. Convoys of Russian…
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Hyderabad: Rajnath Singh holds review meeting with officials of BDL
Hyderabad: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a review meeting with senior officials of Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) in Hyderabad on Thursday. BDL Chairman and Managing Director, Commodore Siddharth Mishra (Retd), apprised the…
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ED attaches Rana Ayyub’s funds in money laundering case
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has attached over Rs 1.77 crore worth bank deposits of journalist Rana Ayyub in connection with a money laundering probe against her linked to alleged irregularities in…
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‘Is nation or religion paramount’: Madras HC expresses shock over dress code row
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Thursday expressed shock over the dress code controversy erupting in certain parts of the country. A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari asked:…
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Saudi Arabia: Intercepted Houthi drone shrapnel injures 12 including an Indian
Riyadh: The Arab coalition in Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia, on Thursday announced that at least twelve people have been injured including an Indian resident by shrapnel from a drone intercepted by…
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Americans were never clear on what they were trying to achieve in Afghanistan: Imran Khan
New Delhi: Criticising the US over its 20-year war in Afghanistan, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Washington had no clear aims in the war-torn country, The News reported. In…
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Rowdy sheeter who threatened a patient in ICU arrested
Hyderabad: A notorious rowdy sheeter created a panic at a private hospital in the city after threatening an undergoing treatment patient with a knife. However the police neutralized him and arrested for…
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US inflation jumped 7.5% in the past year, a 40-year high
Washington: Inflation soared over the past year at its highest rate in four decades, hammering America’s consumers, wiping out pay raises and reinforcing the Federal Reserve’s decision to begin raising borrowing rates…
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Emergence of hijab controversy part of plot, says RSS leader Indresh Kumar
Varanasi: Amid the ongoing hijab controversy in the country, RSS leader Indresh Kumar on Thursday condemned the “hidden vote bank politics”, and “misuse” of Muskan Khan, a girl whose video of being…
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US regulatory agency sues Tesla for racial discrimination, harassment
San Francisco: The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DEFH) has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk-run Tesla, alleging systematic racial discrimination and harassment at its Fremont manufacturing plant in the…
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Meta activates Elections Operations Centre in India amid Assembly polls
New Delhi: With India entering the crucial Assembly polls season, Meta (formerly Facebook) on Thursday said it has activated its Elections Operations Centre so that it can watch out for potential abuses…
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Protests held in Pakistan to lift ban on students union
Islamabad: Scores of students in Pakistan participated in a march on Wednesday to mark the 38th anniversary of the ban on student unions imposed by former president General Ziaul Haq, reported local…
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Hyderabad’s popular fair ‘Numaish’ likely to reopen
Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s popular annual trade fair ‘Numaish’, which was abruptly shut down a day after inauguration on January 6 due to surge in Covid-19 cases, is likely to be reopened later this…
