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Campaigning for final phase of Lok Sabha polls ends
Varanasi/Chandigarh: The high-pitched campaigning for the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections in 57 seats in seven states and the Union territory of Chandigarh on June 1 ended Thursday evening.…
- Kashmir
21 killed, 47 injured as bus falls into gorge in Jammu
Jammu: Twenty-one people were killed and 47 injured after a bus carrying pilgrims skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge in Jammu district on Thursday, officials said. Jammu and…
- India
RBI’s balance sheet rises 11% to Rs 70.47 lakh cr in FY24
Mumbai: The size of Reserve Bank’s balance sheet increased by 11.08 per cent to Rs 70.47 lakh crore as on March 2024, leading to the highest-ever dividend payout to the government, according…
- Telangana
Telangana govt’s new emblem move kicks up row, BRS to launch protest
Hyderabad: In the run-up to the 10th Formation Day celebrations of Telangana, a row has erupted over the state government’s move to adopt a new state emblem, with the main Opposition Bharat…
- India
INDIA bloc to pick PM within 48 hours: Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi: The INDIA bloc will get a “decisive mandate” in the Lok Sabha polls and may take even less than 48 hours to decide on its prime ministerial pick, Congress leader…
- India
Centre starts granting citizenship under CAA in West Bengal, Haryana, Uttarakhand
New Delhi: The Union government on Wednesday started granting citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in West Bengal, Haryana and Uttarakhand. The CAA was enacted in December 2019 for granting Indian nationality…
- India
Sharjeel Imam granted bail by HC in sedition case
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to student activist Sharjeel Imam in connection with a 2020 communal riots case involving allegations of sedition and unlawful activities. Imam assailed…
- News
2 Hyderabad men booked for passing remarks on Prophet Muhammad
Hyderabad: The cyber crime police (Cyberabad) registered a case against two people for allegedly making blasphemous remarks about Prophet Muhammad. The two men who made the remarks against the Prophet Muhammad have…
- World
Global use of death penalty at highest level since 2015: Amnesty
Berlin: The use of the death penalty has reached its highest level worldwide since 2015, London-based human rights group Amnesty International said on Wednesday. Some 1,153 people were executed in 2023 across…
- India
‘It was our fault’: Nawaz Sharif says Pak violated agreement with India in 1999
Lahore: Former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday admitted that Islamabad had “violated” an agreement with India signed by him and ex-prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999, in an apparent reference…
- Delhi
Modi only remembers ‘Pakistan’ and ‘Musalman’ during elections: Telangana CM
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said that it is only during the elections that Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembers ‘Pakistan’ and ‘Musalman.’ Revanth was in Delhi on Tuesday, May 28, to…
- Telangana
KCR used ‘MLAs poaching’ to get rid of ED case against daughter: Telangana ex-DCP
Hyderabad: Former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao allegedly wanted to use the “BRS MLAs” poaching case to force the BJP into a compromise to get rid of the ED case against…
- India
Rajkot fire tragedy: Nine bodies identified through DNA analysis
Ahmedabad: The identities of nine bodies recovered from the fire-ravaged TRP Game Zone in Rajkot have been established through DNA analysis, said Gujarat Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi on Monday,…