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Top Kerala minister resigns after row over remark on Constitution
Thiruvananthapuram: A day after top Kerala CPI-M leader and State Minister for Culture and Fisheries, Saji Cherian slammed Indian Constitution leading to widespread criticism from various quarters, on Wednesday he tendered his…
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PT Usha, Ilaiyaraaja nominated to Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: Legendary athlete P T Usha and music maestro Ilaiyaraaja were among prominent personalties nominated to Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Philanthropist and administrator of the Dharmasthala temple Veerendra Heggade and noted…
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Hyderabad: Four arrested in fake education certificate racket bust
Hyderabad: Chaitanyapuri police arrested four people after discovering a bogus educational credential ring. Fake diploma certificates bearing the names of JNTU, Kakatiya, Acharya Nagarjuna University, as well as those from other states’…
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Ahead of Eid, Hyderabad cops warn activists against taking law into hands
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Police Commissioner C.V. Anand on Wednesday asked animal activists and Hindu organisations not to chase vehicles carrying cattle for sacrifice on Bakrid. During a meeting with them, he appealed to…
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Dalai Lama turns 87, PM wishes him on phone
Dharamshala: The Dalai Lama turned 87 on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi wishing the Tibetan spiritual leader on phone and his supporters celebrating at a grand event here. To mark the…
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Teesta Setalvad files bail plea, court seeks Gujarat govt’s reply
Ahmedabad: A sessions court here on Wednesday issued a notice to the Gujarat government while hearing regular bail plea filed by activist Teesta Setalvad, who is one of the two persons arrested…
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RBI unveils measures to check rupee fall; raises overseas borrowing limits for cos
Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday raised overseas borrowing limits for companies and liberalised norms for foreign investments in government bonds as it announced a slew of measures to boost…
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Telangana: BJP files 88 RTIs seeking info over claims made by TRS
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Telanagana president Sanjay Bandi on Wednesday launched a scathing criticism against the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government and claimed to have filed as many as…
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New Omicron sub-variants better at evading vax, antibody treatments
New York: The latest Omicron sub-variants — including the BA.4 and BA.5 forms causing new global surges in infections — are even better at eluding vaccines and most antibody treatments than previous…
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Amravati murder: NIA searches multiple locations in Maharashtra
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted searches at 13 locations in Maharashtra in connection with the killing of chemist Umesh Pralhadrao Kolhe in Amravati. Kolhe was killed on…
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Only 10% students at JNU are ‘troublemakers’: JNU VC on campus politics, violence
New Delhi: Ninety per cent of students at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) are apolitical and only 10 per cent are “troublemakers” who think they can build their political careers at the…
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Mewat man offers Rs 2 cr for slitting Nupur’s tongue, police launch probe
Gurugram: Police in Mewat are looking into a video clip in which a man declares a “reward” of Rs 2 crore for slitting the tongue of now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for…
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US cancer patient suffers Covid infection for 471 days
New Delhi: A cancer patient in US’ Connecticut has become the second longest-known in the world to be infected with Covid as he suffered the infection 471 days, according to a pre-print…
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Christian man in Pakistan sentenced to death for ‘blasphemy’
Lahore: A Pakistan court has sentenced a Christian man to death after finding him guilty of blasphemy. The Lahore court gave its verdict in the case after keeping Ashfaq Masih in jail…
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Gujarat varsity to start Hindu studies course with new semester
Baroda: Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara has started Hindu Studies centre at its campus offering course in basic knowledge of Hindu culture and the status of Hindu values in the current context. The…
