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- India
COVID-19: New Omicron sub-variant found in India, says WHO
Geneva: A new sub-variant BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in various countries including India, World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. Ghebreyesus said that the world…
- India
Gap between 2nd, precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine reduced to 6 months
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has reduced the gap between the second and precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine for all beneficiaries from nine to six months following a recommendation by NTAGI.…
- India
India says Big Tech must obey law of the land as Twitter goes to court
New Delhi: The Indian government on Tuesday said that all Internet intermediaries and social media platforms have to comply with the law of the land, after Twitter moved the Karnataka High Court…
- Hyderabad
Kanhaiya Lal murder: NIA questions Bihar man in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday questioned a native of Bihar living at Khalandar Nagar in the Santoshnagar area with regard to the murder of Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor who…
- Telangana
Telangana: Widows of manual scavengers await help; govt radio silent
Hyderabad: From June 3 to 9, a group of widows whose husbands died while manual scavenging carried out protests in the city, demanding an end to the social ill which took their…
- Kashmir
National Conference, PDP to contest J&K Assembly polls jointly
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday announced that they will contest the next Assembly elections in the UT jointly. Addressing media here, NC President…
- India
Beyond Nupur Sharma: List of atrocities against Muslims in June
With Agnipath protests and political instablility in Maharashtra grabbing the headlines in the month of June, focus on atrocities against Muslims went amiss. Aside from the Nupur Sharma row and select anger…
- India
Maharashtra: Speaker reinstates Shinde as Shiv Sena legislature party leader
Mumbai: In a jolt to Uddhav Thackeray ahead of the Eknath Shinde-led government’s floor test, Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar has reinstated Shinde as Shiv Sena legislature party leader, removing Ajay Chaudhary.…
- Hyderabad
PM Modi addresses BJP public rally, avoids mention of TRS, KCR
Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public meeting at Parade Grounds in Secunderabad today. The PM arrived in Hyderabad on Saturday to attend the Bharatiya Janata Party’s two-day national executive committee…
- Hyderabad
BJP NEC meet in Hyderabad: Bandi compares KCR to ‘fox’ for avoiding PM Modi
Hyderabad: The BJP has painted Hyderabad saffron as the city is all set to host the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting beginning Saturday. The saffron party has put up flags, banners,…
- Telangana
Telangana: Aao-Dhekho-Seekho, says KTR in his letter to PM Modi
Hyderabad: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the city, Telangana IT minister KT Rama Rao wrote an open letter to the former on Friday in which he took a dig…
- India
Could have considered supporting Droupadi Murmu had BJP informed before: Mamata
Kolkata: In a 180-degree change of stance, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that she could have considered supporting NDA’s Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu had the BJP informed her…
- India
‘So disturbing, the outcome is Udaipur’, SC on Nupur Sharma’s plea on clubbing FIRs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday slammed former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her remarks on Prophet Muhammad during a TV debate. The top court said her loose tongue has set…
- Hyderabad
Eye on southern states, BJP to hold national executive in Hyderabad
New Delhi: With Maharashtra in its kitty, the BJP has consolidated its position in the north-western region and now has set its eyes on southern states, especially Telangana where it is holding…
- India
Eknath Shinde takes oath as Maharashtra CM, Fadnavis as Dy CM
Mumbai: Eknath Shinde, who led a revolt against Shiv Sena leading to the collapse of the 31-month-old Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, took oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on Thursday…
