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- India
PMO Advisor warned TV channels to not give coverage to AAP in Gujarat: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP, accusing them of trying to “crush” the AAP in the name of…
- India
Nitish to ‘contest’ LS polls from UP, BJP says he stands no chance
Lucknow: Reports of the Samajwadi Party having invited Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh in 2024, have drawn a sharp reaction from the ruling…
- World
US: New Jersey Democrats pass resolution seeking FBI, CIA probe into Hindutva groups
The Teaneck Democratic Municipal Committee (TDMC) in New Jersey on September 12 passed a resolution against Hindu nationalist hate groups operating in the US, seeking an FBI, and CIA investigation into their…
- India
In a first, man gets 5 yrs in jail under UP’s anti-conversion law
Amroha: In the first case of conviction under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, a court in Amroha has served a five-year jail term to a 26-year-old…
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‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’: The significance of Operation Polo for India
By Pankaj Sethi Hyderabad: V P Menon, Secretary in the Ministry of States, was the man tasked by then Union Home Minister Sardar Patel (in 1947) to ensure that the Princely States…
- Hyderabad
Will pass G.O. increasing ST quota to 10%, won’t wait for centre: KCR
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao said that the state government will pass the G.O. to increase the Scheduled Tribe quota from five per cent to ten per cent in the…
- Telangana
Divisive forces using Sep 17 for narrow, selfish politics, stay alert: KCR to citizens
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday said that divisive forces are using the occasion of September 17 for their ‘narrow, selfish politics’ and he warned the people of Telangana…
- Hyderabad
Sept 17 1948: Operation Polo; the violent history of Hyderabad’s annexation
Mimansa Sharma Hyderabad: Stories of independent India follow the narrative of partition, loss, plunder and integration of the princely states into the country. A process which was bloody and ruthless. The erstwhile…
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‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’: Like Nizam, others also didn’t join India in 1947
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) loves to attack the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, for his decision to stay independent after August 15, 1947. Calling his reign ‘tyrannical’…
- India
Delhi HC lists for hearing on Jan 31 pleas on PM CARES Fund
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday listed for hearing on January 31 pleas concerning the legal status of the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM…
- India
Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes from Kollam district in Kerala
Kollam: Accompanied by hundreds of party workers and senior party leaders, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday resumed his party’s Bharat Jodo yatra, a 150-day-long foot march, after a day’s rest from…
- Sports
Roger Federer announces retirement from Tennis
Roger Federer, the 41-year-old winner of 20 major titles, who dominated the court for an era announced his retirement from professional tennis on Thursday. “I am 41 years old, I’ve played more…
- Telangana
Telangana’s new secretariat to be named after Ambedkar
Hyderabad: Telangana government on Thursday announced that the new secretariat building to be named after Dr BR Ambedkar. Three days ago, KCR said that a resolution will be passed in the Telangana…
- World
India emerges as Sri Lanka’s top lender in 2022: Verite Research think-tank
Colombo: India has emerged as the top lender to Sri Lanka in 2022, disbursing USD 377 million in loans to the island nation as it grappled with an unprecedented political crisis and…