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- Hyderabad
Refer to Sep 17 as ‘National Integration Day’ instead of mere ‘Liberation Day’, demands Owaisi
Hyderabad: AIMIM Supremo and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao demanding that the celebrations of Hyderabad Liberation Day…
- Hyderabad
Centre to hold year-long ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day celebrations’ from Sept 17
Hyderabad: In a clear push to politically capitalise on historical events, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-run central government will organise a year-long ‘celebration’ marking ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’ starting from September 17. Union…
- World
UK slips behind India to become world’s 6th biggest economy
London: Britain has dropped behind India to become the world’s sixth largest economy, according to Bloomberg. India toppled the UK from its position in the final three months of 2021 to become…
- India
Canada: NCCM demands entry ban on 13 BJP leaders for anti-Muslim remarks
The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) in a statement on Friday condemned the Islamophobic comments of several prominent leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and demanded that they be…
- India
Supreme Court grants interim bail to activist Teesta Setalvad
The Supreme Court has granted interim bail to human rights activist Teesta Setalvad after Gujarat police arrested her for allegedly fabricating documents to frame officials including then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi…
- India
India’s urban unemployment rate drops to lowest level in 4 years
New Delhi: India’s urban unemployment rate fell to 7.6 per cent in April-June 2022 quarter, the lowest in four years, as per the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by the National…
- India
RSS involved in series of bomb blasts in India, claims ex-member
Ex-Rashtriya Swayamsevak Singh (RSS) volunteer, Yashwant Shinde, reportedly filed an affidavit in a Nanded court alleging that the RSS was involved in a series of bomb blasts across the country. His damning…
- Politics
Sharad Pawar advocates ‘unity of Opposition parties’ for 2024 elections
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday advocated the unity of Opposition parties for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. He also said he will consider contesting elections together under…
- India
Assam govt demolishes 3rd madrasa this month; alleges terror activities
The Assam government on Wednesday morning ordered the demolition of a madrasa in the Bongaigaon district for allegedly being associated with “a terror organization.” The district administration alleged that the premises of…
- India
Minority status for Hindus: Centre gets six weeks for consultations
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted six more weeks’ time to the Central government to hold consultations with various State governments on the issue of granting minority status to Hindus…
- India
Bihar awaits Nitish-KCR meeting in Patna on Wednesday
Patna: Bihar’s choppy political waters were on Tuesday astir over the prospects of a meeting between Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and K Chandrasekhar Rao, his Telangana counterpart, both of whom share a…
- World
Around 30 per cent of Pakistan reeling under ‘monster floods’, over 1000 killed
Flooding in Pakistan was triggered by the greatest rains in more than three decades pushing around thirty per cent of the country’s land area into the water and leading to the death…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: How many laws has MLA Raja Singh broken? Let us count
Hyderabad: T Raja Singh is, morally speaking, a highly limited man. With accusations of offenses ranging from hate-speech to rioting to criminal intimidation, the now suspended BJP MLA’s track record shows that…
- Delhi
AAP vs BJP: Overnight protests continue at Delhi assembly
New Delhi: The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the opposition BJP are both holding protests on the premises of the Delhi assembly building, and they are both accusing one another of…
- India
Karnataka: Heavy rains hit Ramanagara; parts of district submerged
Karnataka: Continuous downpours from late Sunday night in south Karnataka regions like Mysore, Mandya, Channaptana, Ramanagara and Kanakapura have resulted in floods, disrupting the livelihoods of people. Due to incessant rainfall across…