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SBI allows Bhim-based real-time payment with Singapore
Mumbai: A day after a real-time payments system linkage was established between India and Singapore using the UPI platform, State Bank of India on Wednesday announced a partnership with PayNow, the online…
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Eastern Ladakh row: India, China discuss proposal for disengagement in remaining friction points
New Delhi: India and China on Wednesday held diplomatic talks in Beijing and discussed proposals for disengagement in the remaining friction points along the LAC in eastern Ladakh in an “open and…
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Teen dies of asphyxiation while collecting gold dust from drainage in TN
Coimbatore: A 13-year-old boy was asphyxiated while collecting gold dust particles from a drainage on Variety Hall Road in the city on Wednesday, police said. Vignesh, a class VII student, hailing from…
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BJP like a ‘class bully’, it thinks it knows everything: Rahul
Shillong: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that the BJP was like a “class bully” that respects no one as it thinks that it knows everything. Addressing his first election rally…
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You can criticise everybody, judges have to follow discipline, CJI to Dushyant Dave
New Delhi: The listing of the cases connected with the cash-for-jobs scam in Tamil Nadu became a matter of controversy in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, while Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud defended…
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Will investigate ‘threat’ to Sanjay Raut, also probe if this is ‘stunt’: Eknath Shinde
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that the government would investigate the threat to Uddhav faction leader Sanjay Raut while also adding that a probe will also be done if this…
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Yediyurappa bids adieu to Karnataka Assembly with ‘farewell’ speech
Bengaluru: In what probably is his “farewell speech” in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of which he was a member for decades, state BJP strongman and former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on…
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Gurugram: Woman locks self, son for 3 years in house to escape Covid, rescued
Gurugram: A 33-year-old woman, who had locked herself and her minor son for three years in their rented house in Chakkarpur area here to avoid COVID-19, was brought out of confinement on…
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‘UP Mein Jhuthe Case Ki Bahar Ba’: Akhilesh on Yogi govt’s notice to singer
Lucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday improvised on the viral song ‘UP Mein Ka Ba’ to target the Yogi Adityanath government over a notice sent by the state…
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UAE willing to contribute to India’s 500-GW clean energy goal: COP28 president-designate Al Jaber
New Delhi: The UAE will explore all opportunities of partnership with India to contribute to New Delhi’s high-growth-low-carbon pathway, Sultan Al Jaber, the COP28 president-designate, said on Wednesday. He also said the…
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AAP’s Aaley Mohammad Iqbal is Delhi’s new deputy mayor
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party’s Aaley Mohammad Iqbal defeated the BJP’s Kaml Bagri by a margin of 31 votes to become the deputy mayor of Delhi, officials said on Wednesday. Iqbal bagged…
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RTC bus stolen from Karnataka tracked in Telangana
Kalaburagi: The police here have tracked the stolen bus attached to Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (KKSRTC) from a bus stand in Telangana state on Wednesday. The thief had abandoned the bus…
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‘False cases against rivals sign of a coward’: Sisodia after MHA prosecution order
New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday described the sanction of his prosecution in the alleged ‘Feedback Unit’ snooping case by the Union Home Ministry as “a sign of…
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Political parties creating ‘cradle-to-grave’ welfare state by offering freebies: Varun Gandhi
New Delhi: BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Wednesday said political parties have encouraged an entitlement mentality and created a “cradle-to-grave” welfare state by offering freebies. Gandhi, who has been voicing concern about…
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Karnataka: Minor wife gives birth, 26-year-old husband arrested
Hassan: Karnataka police have arrested a 26-year-old man for marrying and impregnating a minor in Begur village of Hassan district in the state, police said on Wednesday. The arrested person is identified…
