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Indian national sentenced to 35 years in US prison
New York: A 31-year-old Indian national has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for sexually exploiting several children through a social media app where he often posed as a teenage boy…
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Lok Sabha passes Waqf Amendment Bill after marathon debate
New Delhi: The Waqf (Amendment) Bill remained one of the major subjects of discussion on Wednesday as the Lower House of the Parliament witnessed its tabling. After a marathon debate on the…
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Trump rolls out ‘kind’ reciprocal tariffs, hits India with 26 pc
Washington: US President Donald Trump announced a baseline rate of 10 per cent on all imports and higher individualised rates for dozens of countries, including 26 per cent for India, 34 per…
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Karnataka BJP launches overnight protest against price hikes, Muslim quota
Bengaluru: The Karnataka BJP launched an overnight protest at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on Wednesday against the series of price hikes and the Congress government’s decision to provide 4 per cent reservation…
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Siraj, Buttler power Gujarat Titans to eight-wicket win over RCB
Bengaluru: Jos Buttler made a fifty marked by creativity and sustained aggression to support the impeccable spell of Mohammed Siraj as Gujarat Titans carved a smooth eight-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru…
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Parliament approves Immigration and Foreigners Bill-2025
New Delhi: The Parliament on Wednesday approved Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025 seeking to regulate immigration, entry and stay of foreigners in the country. The Rajya Sabha gave nod to the Bill…
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Maha CM asks Shiv Sena to choose between Bal Thackeray, Rahul Gandhi
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday tried to corner Shiv Sena (UBT) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, stating that people will soon know whether Uddhav Thackeray’s party upholds Bal Thackeray’s…
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Five new MLCs take oath of office in Andhra Pradesh
Amaravati: Five newly elected MLCs in Andhra Pradesh — S Veerraju, BT Naidu, K Nagendra Rao, P Rajasekhar and A Rajendra Prasad — took the oath of office on Wednesday. Andhra Pradesh…
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Shah defends Waqf bill, says members of other faiths in council for transparency
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted that vote bank is being created by intimidating minorities and confusion being spread in the country in the name of the Waqf…
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Telangana: The ‘Warangal Chapata Chilly’ gets GI tagged
Hyderabad: The ‘Chapata Chilly’ of Warangal has become the 18th in Telangana to receive the geographical indication (GI) tag, and the first horticultural product to achieve the feat. The application for its…
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MUDA Commissioner lodges police complaint over death threats, defamation
Mangaluru: Mangaluru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Commissioner Noor Zahara Khanam has lodged a police complaint against two individuals for allegedly issuing death threats and defaming her on social media. According to the…
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Israeli PM Netanyahu will visit Hungary, defying international arrest warrant
Budapest: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to arrive in Hungary on Wednesday to meet with its nationalist prime minister despite an international arrest warrant for the Israeli leader over the…
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Karnataka HC orders bike taxi aggregators to halt operations in state within 6 weeks
Bengaluru: In a major development, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday ordered bike aggregators, including Rapido bike taxis, to halt their operations in the state within six weeks. Passing the order, a…
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As summer intensifies, Hyderabad’s power demand exeeds 5000MW
Hyderabad: In a meeting with staff at Banjara Hill on Wednesday, the principal secretary (energy) Sandeep Kumar Sultania said that the power consumption in Greater Hyderabad has exceeded 5,000 megawatts this summer.…
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UP Dalit man found hanging in police station washroom
A 21-year-old Dalit man was found hanging in a washroom of a police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow city. The deceased, Sunny Kumar, was detained on the night of March 31 at…
