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- Middle East
Iran chief threatens neighbours against economic measures
Dubai: The new leader of Iran’s top security body is threatening neighbours against joining new US efforts to squeeze Tehran’s economy. Egypt is trying to revive Iran-US negotiations. And Iraq and Iran…
- India
BCI co-chair seeks Mishra’s exit, alleges Rs 150 cr fund diversion
New Delhi: Bar Council of India (BCI) Co-Chairman, YR Sadasiva Reddy, on Saturday, August 22, demanded the immediate resignation of Manan Kumar Mishra as Chairman, even as he continues to face scrutiny…
- Hyderabad
Two killed as multi-storey building collapses in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: At least two persons were killed and another injured when a seven-storey under-construction building collapsed in Gachibowli’s Anjaiah Nagar on Saturday, August 22, police said. According to reports, the building was…
- Middle East
Trump calls Strait of Hormuz ‘American territory’
On Saturday, August 22, 175 days into the US-Iran war, US President Donald Trump described the Strait of Hormuz as “American territory” and warned Iran against acquiring a nuclear weapon, as tensions…
- Telangana
Telangana SIR notices: Why you may not have got one yet
Hyderabad: The massive exercise of serving notices to nearly 93 lakh electors flagged during Telangana’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is off to a slow start, with barely a fraction…
- Telangana
Two killed, nine injured in reactor blast at Telangana pharma unit
Hyderabad: Two workers were killed and nine others were injured in a reactor blast incident at a pharma company in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district of Telangana, police said on Saturday, August 22. The…
- India
Bigger protest in Rajasthan if ‘goons’ not held in 48 hrs: CJP
Jaipur: A Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) team that had gone to inspect a government school in a Rajasthan village on Friday, August 21, was attacked and forcibly pushed back allegedly by locals,…
- World
China calls for US-Iran dialogue, opposes sanctions on Tehran
China on Friday, August 21, asserted that the United States’ imposition of “sanctions and pressure” would not help resolve conflict in the region. China’s observation comes in the wake of Washington’s open…
- India
Delhi Police to file FIR over pellet injuries after Rahul’s protest
New Delhi: The Delhi Police will register a first information report (FIR) in connection with pellet injuries suffered by a youth during the July 20 protest at Jantar Mantar, an official source…
- India
CJP team ‘attacked’ as Rajasthan school runs from cattle enclosure
Jaipur: Locals allegedly pushed a Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) team out of the village in Jaipur’s Bagru Assembly constituency on Friday, August 21, after the latter went there to inspect a government…
- Middle East
Iran FM dismisses Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ as ‘failed policy’
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday, August 20, dismissed US President Donald Trump’s newly announced economic pressure campaign against Tehran as a continuation of what he described as “failed policies”, warning…
- India
Unique identification number proposed for medical practitioners
New Delhi: The National Medical Commission has proposed a centrally generated unique identification number for every registered medical practitioner, which would allow doctors to practise anywhere in the country without obtaining a…
- India
6 Indian border states can now give citizenship to foreigners
The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday authorised district collectors in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura (except tribal areas), and Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to grant…
- India
USCIRF seeks sanctions against RSS, no meetings with leaders
Officials of a US advisory body on religious freedom have called for sanctions against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and asked the American government not to extend diplomatic courtesies to its leaders…
- India
Incorrect: Pakistan summons US diplomat over Gor’s J-K remark
New Delhi: Not taking kindly to the remarks made by US ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, during his visit to Jammu and Kashmir earlier in the day, Pakistan on Wednesday, August 19,…
