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- India
Six dead, several injured in stampede at Bihar temple
Lakhisarai: At least six people were killed, and several others were injured in a stampede at the Ashok Dham temple in Bihar’s Lakhisarai district on Monday, officials said. The incident occurred due…
- Middle East
Trump terms Saudi-Turkey-Pak defence agreement ‘big, bold’ step
Washington: US President Donald Trump has termed the Saudi Arabia-Turkey-Pakistan defence agreement a “big, bold and important first step” towards defending themselves in a “more meaningful way”. Trump’s remarks on Sunday came…
- Middle East
Hormuz defenders will break your legs, says Iran army to Trump
Iranian army commander Major General Amir Hatami on Sunday, August 16, denounced United States President Donald Trump for his comments regarding the Strait of Hormuz, according to state-run Islamic Republic of Iran…
- Hyderabad
Telangana SIR: Draft rolls on Aug 17 after confusion, extensions
Hyderabad: Following the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana, the draft publication is scheduled for Monday, August 17. According to the latest Election Commission of…
- Hyderabad
Devji, other surrendered Maoists urge Centre to lift CPI(M) ban
Hyderabad: Senior surrendered CPI (Maoist) leader Tippiri Tirupati alias Devji has said he plans to urge Union Home Minister Amit Shah to lift the ban on the outfit to enable it to…
- India
Jharkhand protesting students to gherao CM’s residence on Aug 20
Ranchi: Students protesting alleged irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment examinations announced they would burn effigies of Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in all 24 districts of the state on…
- Middle East
Iran warns France against interference in internal affairs
Tehran: The Iranian Intelligence Ministry warned the French government against “illegal interference” in Iran’s internal affairs. In a statement on its website, the ministry said on Saturday, August 15, that two French…
- Middle East
Qatar denies detaining Iranian pilots, tanker attacked in Hormuz
Doha: Qatar denied claims that it had detained Iranian pilots, describing them as misleading amid ongoing diplomatic efforts aimed at de-escalating regional tensions. “We categorically deny the claims circulating regarding the detention…
- Lifestyle
Crafting Independence: The Hyderabadi connection behind India’s flag
When the Indian flag was hoisted at midnight on August 15, 1947, it marked the birth of a free nation. But in the weeks leading up to it becoming a national symbol,…
- Hyderabad
On Independence Day, Telangana CM pitches welfare as dignity
Hyderabad: Telangana is moving towards its goal of becoming a USD 3 trillion economy, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said on Saturday, August 15, while delivering his Independence Day address from the ramparts…
- India
Dimagi Naxals, AI, free coaching: Highlights of Modi I-Day speech
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day address from the Red Fort on Saturday, August 15, ran 75 minutes, his shortest speech in four years and the fourth shortest of his…
- India
I need your help: PM Modi’s Independence Day appeal to youth
New Delhi: India is celebrating its 80th Independence Day on Saturday, August 15, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoisted the national flag at the historic Red Fort in Delhi. In a first…
- Hyderabad
Independence Day: For Telangana’s rebels, azadi was a dual fight
Hyderabad: Nearly eight decades ago, when India was formally declared an independent sovereign nation, Hyderabad was cautiously silent. Not that independence did not matter to Hyderabadis. It was that freedom had not arrived…
- India
President address: Students architects of future, reforms underway
New Delhi: In a first, the full version of Vande Mataram, recently accorded the same legal protection as the national anthem, was played ahead of and after President Droupadi Murmu’s address to…
- India
Congress’ Meloni jibe: MEA harps India-Italy ties, BJP hits out
New Delhi: A day after an exchange between two senior Congress leaders during a party event sparked a controversy involving Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, India on Friday, August 14, stressed that…
