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Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns amid ongoing economic crisis
Colombo: Amid a nation-wide stir demanding his removal, Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday quit from his post, media reports said. The development came in the wake of island-wide curfew…
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Pawan Kalyan faces uphill task in forging grand alliance against Jagan
Amaravati: Keen to bring all opposition parties together to avoid a split in anti-incumbency votes in the next Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections, actor-politician Pawan Kalyan appears to be in a dilemma on how…
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Uttar Pradesh: 6 injured in clash between RSS members, students
A fight broke out between workers of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and students in Kanpur on Saturday leaving six of them injured. The incident occurred in the Naubasta district. According to police…
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Gas ship allowed into Yemen’s Hodeidah port as part of truce
Sanaa: The Houthi militia have announced that a ship carrying gas was allowed to enter Yemen’s blockaded Red Sea port of Hodeidah as part of the ongoing truce between the country’s warring…
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Hyderabad: Three killed in separate road accidents
Hyderabad: Three persons including two pedestrians died on the evening of May 7 in separate road accidents in the city. In the accident which occurred at Netajinagar, a 42-year-old woman identified as…
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Sri Lanka stops supplying gas for domestic use
Colombo: Amid the ongoing economic crisis, Sri Lanka’s leading liquefied petroleum gas supplier Litro Gas Lanka Limited on Monday said that they are unable to supply gas to domestic consumers until new…
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Karnataka: Those campaigning against Azaan are terrorists, says Cong leader
Bengaluru: The Opposition leader in the Legislative Council B.K. Hariprasad on Monday courted controversy when he said that those who are campaigning against Azaan are terrorists. “Those who are indulged in sowing…
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Man arrested for assaulting supermarket staff over halal beef
Kozhikode: A former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist was arrested on Monday for allegedly assaulting the staff of a supermarket here after an argument over selling halal beef. Police arrested Prasoon for…
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Telangana: Mechanical sweepers to be deployed in 21 urban local bodies
Hyderabad: Following the success of mechanical sweepers in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits, Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA & UD) Department has taken the decision to carry the initiative…
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Telangana has highest number of working women in India: NFHS report
Hyderabad: According to The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) report, Telangana state has the highest population of working women in India. NFHS shows that about 38.6 percent of women work in Telangana.…
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Will re-examine Sedition law: Centre tells SC
The central government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to re-examine and reconsider the provisions of section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, the sedition law, and requested…
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SC refuses to entertain plea filed by CPI (M) against Shaheen Bagh demolition drive
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain a plea filed by CPI(M) against the demolition drive in Shaheen Bagh here, saying it cannot interfere with the anti-encroachment drive at the…
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Severe cyclone storm ‘Asani’ to trigger heavy rains in Andhra
Visakhapatnam: Parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh are likely to receive heavy rains accompanied by squally winds under the impact of cyclonic storm ‘Asani’ which has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm over…
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Two Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces in West Bank
Ramallah: Two Palestinians were shot dead in separate incidents in the northern and central West Bank amid flaring tensions in the region, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources. On Sunday night, Mo’tasem…
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DMK protests against ‘Hindi imposition’ in JIPMER, Tamilisai asserts Tamil given priority
Puducherry: The Opposition DMK in Puducherry on Monday staged a protest against the alleged imposition of Hindi in the centrally-administered JIPMER, prompting Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to hold discussions with officials, before…
