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- India
India logs 2,51,209 COVID-19 cases, 627 deaths reported
New Delhi: India reported 2,51,209 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry reported on Friday. With this, the daily positivity rate in the country dropped to 15.88 per…
- India
Probe ordered as kids made to hail Modi, Yogi at Republic Day event
Siddhartha Nagar: A probe has been ordered into an incident in which school children were allegedly made to raise slogans, hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath,…
- India
MEA Jaishankar tests positive for COVID-19
New Delhi: Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday tested positive for COVID-19 and urged all those who have been in recent contact with him to take suitable precautions. “Have tested Covid positive.…
- Andhra Pradesh
TDP breaks silence on Jagan govt’s move to create NTR district
Vijayawada: Breaking its silence on the decision of Andhra Pradesh’s YSRCP government to name one of the proposed new districts after TDP founder and former chief minister N. T. Rama Rao, Telugu…
- Telangana
Telangana: High risk of Thalassemia in four districts
Hyderabad: A study of Genome Foundation and the Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Society (TSCS) has found that in the state specifically four districts have high risk of the genetic disease Bet-Thalassemia (BTM).…
- Hyderabad
Day of inspiring talks at ‘TEDxOakridgeIntlSchoolBachupally’
Hyderabad: Students from Oakridge International School Bachupally organized TEDxOakridgeIntlSchoolBachupally, an independently organised TED event recently. This student-led event observed empowering talks on this year’s theme, “Perfect Imperfections”.A sold-out event with 100 attendees…
- India
Former VP Ansari, US lawmakers raise concerns over India’s growing intolerance
Washington: Former vice-president Hamid Ansari and four US lawmakers have expressed concern over the current human rights situation in India. They were speaking at a virtual panel discussion organised by the Indian…
- Bangalore
K’taka HC orders compensation of Rs 17.66 lakh to man who lost genitals in road accident
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has ordered granting of Rs 17.66 lakh compensation to a man who lost his genitals in a road accident that rendered him permanently incapable of leading a…
- India
Yogi did nothing for Uttar Pradesh’s development: Hindu priest
A video of priest hailing from Uttar Pradesh went viral on social media for his criticism of the Yogi government. Discussing the situation in UP, the priest said that the BJP won’t…
- India
Man arrested for raping 5-year-old girl in Odisha’s Puri
Puri: Police on Thursday arrested a 35-year-old man for allegedly raping a minor girl on the rooftop of her house in Puri, a senior official said. Four police teams were on the…
- India
Chinese PLA hands over missing Arunachal youth to India: Rijiju
Itanagar: Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has handed over the Arunachal Pradesh teenager Miram Taron to the Indian Army nine days…
- Andhra Pradesh
BJP demand to rename Jinnah Tower in Guntur is communalist: YSRCP
Guntur: A fresh political controversy erupted on Wednesday when a group of people stormed into Jinnah Tower at Andhra’s Guntur district on the occasion of 73rd Republic Day to unfurl the tricolour…
- Bangalore
K’taka Hijab row: Muslim students defy govt order to shun’hijab’
Bengaluru: Despite the Karnataka government forming a high-level committee to decide on the “hijab” row and uniform code, the stalemate continued in the state with Muslim students refusing to attend classes without…
- Elections
Amit Shah meets Jat leaders ahead of UP polls
New Delhi: In a bid to woo voters from the Jat community ahead of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday met Jat leaders and said that…
- India
Days after being pulled off train, Muslim man held for ‘conversion’ attempt
Bhopal: A Muslim man who was recently dragged out of a train at Ujjain railway station in Madhya Pradesh by a group of Bajrang Dal members has now been arrested for allegedly forcing…
