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- Telangana
Use water in projects for summer judiciously: Telangana CM to officials
Hyderabad: Keeping the incoming summer months in mind, Telangana chief minister on Monday, February 17, instructed officials to release water for crops in Telangana as per the plan from various projects in…
- Kashmir
Local Sikhs raise Rs 60K to aid robbed Kashmiri shawl seller in Punjab
A group of local Sikh community members in the Madewaal area of Punjab’s Ferozepur took swift action to support a Kashmiri shawl seller after he suffered serious violence and robbery on February…
- India
SC defers hearing on batch of pleas relating to Places of Worship Act
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday deferred to April first week the hearing on a batch of pleas relating to the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. A bench comprising…
- India
Three-member panel to meet today to select new CEC
New Delhi: With Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar set to retire on February 18, a three-member selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet on Monday to pick his…
- Middle East
Israel blocks entry of mobile homes, heavy equipment into Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to allow the entry of mobile homes (caravans) and heavy earthmoving equipment into the Gaza Strip despite a ceasefire agreement with Hamas, according to the…
- Telangana
Telangana caste census: Politics heats up over reservation for Backward Classes
Hyderabad: Politics in Telangana is heating up over the issue of reservation as the Congress government plans to pass a bill in the state legislature next month to enhance reservation for Backward…
- News
New Delhi railway station stampede: Congress demands resignation of minister
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday demanded that Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw must resign, taking moral responsibility for the stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station in which 18 people died. Addressing…
- Delhi
18 dead, over dozen injured, in stampede at New Delhi Railway Station
New Delhi: The death toll in a stampede overnight at the New Delhi Railway Station rose to 18, officials said on Sunday, as the city police launched an investigation into the incident,…
- India
Another batch of deported illegal Indian immigrants lands in Amritsar
A US military transport aircraft, the C-17 Globemaster III landed at Amritsar International Airport on Saturday, February 15, carrying around 119 Indian nationals. The maximum deportees 67, are from Punjab. Subsequently, 33…
- Hyderabad
No threat to Telangana poultry industry amid bird flu concerns: Scientists
Hyderabad: As rumours spread across Telangana over bird flu, veterinary scientists assured the public there is no need to panic. Bird flu or Avian Influenza A- H5N1 is a viral disease prominently…
- India
To tackle ‘love-jihad’, Maharashtra to set-up DIG-led panel
To curb ‘love jihad’ cases in Maharashtra, the state chief minister Devendra Fednavis has ordered a seven-member committee headed by the director general of police to look into its technical and legal…
- World
US Army implements ban on transgender recruits
The military of the United States has banned the intake of transgender persons into the army and has stopped all procedures for gender transition, effective immediately. The US Army made the announcement…
- India
PM Modi dismisses question on Adani bribery case, cites ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was asked a question by a reporter during a joint press conference on Thursday, February 13 with United States President Donald Trump if he had discussed Indian industrialist…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Secunderabad station’s heritage building razed down
Hyderabad: The Secunderabad railway station’s old heritage building has been razed down to pave the way for a new modern or swanky station. Photos of the demolition by the South Central Railway…
- India
Trump approves extradition of 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana to India
Washington: In a big announcement after his bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Donald Trump said his administration has approved the extradition of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack accused,…
