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Falaknuma police arrest rowdy sheeter, friend for kidnapping youngsters
Hyderabad: The Falaknuma police arrested two individuals, including a rowdy sheeter, for allegedly kidnapping and threatening two youngsters. According to the Falaknuma station house officer (SHO), A Seethiah, the elder brother of…
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Nizampet couple dupes 52 people of Rs 12 crore in chit fund scam; escape
Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has registered a case against a Nizampet-based couple for allegedly defrauding 52 people of about Rs 12.06 crore through a chit fund scam. Mohammed Ali…
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Amnesty urges inquiry into US strike on Yemen prison killing migrants
Sanaa: An American airstrike in April on a prison run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels that killed over 60 detained African migrants should be investigated as a possible war crime, activists said Wednesday,…
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Actress backs NY City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani; shares 20-yr bond
New York: Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o has lent her support to New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, who, if elected, would make history as the first Muslim immigrant to hold a…
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Two Russians face sentencing in plot to kill Iranian-American journalist
New York: A plot to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her Brooklyn home came “chillingly near success,” prosecutors told a judge who will sentence two purported Russian mobsters. Prosecutors are…
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IRF warns bus-body design lapses amid deadly sleeper-bus fire surge
New Delhi: International Road Federation (IRF) on Wednesday expressed deep concerns at recent incidents of fires involving sleeper buses, that claimed over 40 lives, and called for strict adherence to code of…
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51 Maoists surrender in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur
Bijapur/Kanker: As many as 51 Maoists, 20 of them carrying a collective bounty of Rs 66 lakh, surrendered in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, police said. Hailing the development, Chief Minister…
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Kejriwal slams Delhi govt over cloud seeding; BJP hits back with London-Paris jibe
New Delhi: A war of words erupted between the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP over cloud seeding trials, with AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday claiming that all engines of the…
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Mortal remains of Indian expat repatriated from UAE after 3 months in morgue
Sharjah: The mortal remains of a 42-year-old Indian expatriate from Kerala, who died in Sharjah more than three months ago, were repatriated to India on Tuesday, October 28, after authorities stopped a…
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Telangana ACB nabs electricity official for demanding Rs 6K bribe
Hyderabad: Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials, on Wednesday, October 29, arrested a government officer working in the electricity department for demanding a bribe of Rs 6,000. Prabhu Lal, who works as a…
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Shashi Tharoor slams India’s cricket selectors for ignoring Sarfaraz Khan
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday expressed “outrage” over Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan being ignored for selection in the India A squad recently and said runs in domestic cricket…
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Centre ‘didn’t want’ Sonam Wangchuk in statehood talks, wife claims
New Delhi: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali Angmo, on Wednesday claimed her husband was detained following the violent Ladakh protests because the government did not want him to be involved in…
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Hyderabad to host two-day entrepreneurship summit at HITEX exhibition centre
Hyderabad: The Telangana government, in collaboration with The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), is set to host the Hyderabad Entrepreneurship Summit (HES 2025) on October 31 and November 1 at the HITEX Exhibition Center.…
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Air India to complete refurbishment of legacy Boeing 787s by mid-2027
New Delhi: Continuing with the revamp of its fleet, Air India chief Campbell Wilson on Wednesday said it will complete the refurbishment of all the legacy Boeing 787-8 planes by mid-2027 and…
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Warangal farmer loses it all as Cyclone Montha flattens paddy field
Hyderabad: Gadagoni Sudershan, a farmer from Madannapet village in Narsampet mandal of Warangal district, Telangana, woke up on Wednesday morning, October 29, only to see his hard-sown paddy crops flattened across the…
