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- India
Pakistan doesn’t affect India-US relations: EAM Jaishankar
Washington: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar has dismissed the notion that Pakistan impinges on the relations between the US and India, which are based on their complementarity and not on third…
- Telangana
Telangana pharma company denies reactor blast, announces Rs 1 cr ex-gratia
Hyderabad: In its first-ever statement on Wednesday, July 2, after the deadly blast at its Pashamylaram plant, Telangana pharma company, Sigachi Industries Ltd, stated that the explosion did not occur due to…
- Telangana
Telangana pharma blast: Death toll 45; CM vows Rs 1 cr ex gratia from company
Sangareddy: The death toll reached 45, a day after the deadly chemical explosion at Sangareddy’s Sigachi Industries’ pharma plant in Pashamylaram. On Tuesday, July 1, chief minister A Revanth Reddy, accompanied by…
- Telangana
Families of workers rush to Sigachi Pharma plant after deadly blast
Sangareddy: Soon after the deadly factory blast in this district on Monday claimed 13 lives and injured many, anxious family members of workers employed in Sigachi Pharma plant arrived here in search…
- Hyderabad
Telangana chemical plant blast kills 12; PM Modi announces Rs 2L ex-gratia
Hyderabad: A reactor blast at Sigachi Chemicals in Hyderabad’s Pasamailaram industrial zone, Patancheru, triggered a massive fire on Monday, June 30, claiming at least 12 lives and injuring over 20 workers. About…
- Middle East
Iran slams Trump’s ‘offensive comments’ on senior officials
Tehran: The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday rejected the “offensive and insolent remarks” by US President Donald Trump against senior Iranian Officials. “Such insolent statements and undiplomatic behaviour not only…
- India
Facing backlash, Maharashtra withdraws Hindi language policy orders
Mumbai: Amid a growing chorus against the introduction of the Hindi language in Maharashtra schools from classes 1 to 5, the state cabinet on Sunday, June 29, decided to withdraw two GRs…
- Telangana
Amit Shah inaugurates Turmeric Board headquarters in Telangana
Hyderabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday inaugurated the National Headquarters of the Turmeric Board in Nizamabad in Telangana on Sunday. Union Coal and Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy, Union MoDS…
- India
3 killed, 50 injured in Puri Jagannath Rath Yatra in Odisha; CM tenders apology
Puri: At least three persons, including two women, were killed and around 50 others injured in a stampede near Shree Gundicha Temple during Odisha’s Puri Jagannath Rath Yatra on Sunday morning, June…
- News
Facial recognition, CCTV feed to be integrated for security checks at airports
New Delhi: Airport security and administration authorities are mulling integration of facial recognition technology and CCTV for staffers apart from deploying other technology tools for faster security checks and reducing queues at…
- Hyderabad
‘No question of backing down’: Telangana CM on Kancha Gachibowli land row
Hyderabad: The Telangana chief minister, A Revanth Reddy, made it clear that his government will fight tooth and nail to secure the 400 acres of Kancha Gachibowli land, adjacent to the University…
- India
Global Torture Index tags India ‘high risk’ over police brutality, human rights crisis
A recent report by a global alliance of anti-torture organisations has classified India as a “high risk” country in the Global Torture Index, citing frequent incidents of severe beatings, forced confessions, and…
- World
Ending trade talks with Canada, says Trump
Washington: President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, which he called “a direct and blatant attack…
- Middle East
Israeli troops say they were ordered to shoot unarmed Gaza aid seekers: Report
A report by Israeli newspaper Haaretz has shaken the world and evoked international outrage after a number of Israeli soldiers claimed that their commanders told them to shoot Palestinian civilians who were…
- India
Law student gang-raped in Kolkata, 3 held; NCW seeks police report
A law student aspiring to join South Calcutta Law College was allegedly gang-raped inside the institution by a former student, with two senior students assisting in the crime, Kolkata police said on…
