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AIMIM likely to contest over 50 seats in Bihar state polls
Hyderabad: The All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is likely to contest more than 50 seats in the upcoming Bihar state elections. The Hyderabad headquartered party, which had earlier announced that…
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Politics
‘Is it a sin to discuss politics?’ asks Sanjay Raut
Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday reacted to the meeting held between him and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis and asked whether “is it a sin to discuss politics?” “Is it a sin…
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Featured News
Take in…Takeout… and Take Him Out
Shafeeq R. Mahajir If we take in someone, we indicate that that someone stands accepted. Takeout is when consumables, usually food and drink, are bought, carried away for consumption elsewhere. Take him out however indicates, in…
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Hyderabad News
Ex-TRS MP Kavitha touches 1 million followers on Twitter
Hyderabad: Former Member of Parliament (MP) and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader Kalvakuntla Kavitha became the first woman politician in South India to clock a million followers on the micro-blogging…
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Kashi, Mathura: Will Temple Politics be revived?
Ram Puniyani When Babri Mosque was being demolished in broad day light, the slogan being chanted by the leaders was, Yeh to Kewal jahnki hai, Kashi Mathura Baaki hai (This…
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Andhra Pradesh News
YSRCP MP Balli Durga Prasad Rao passes away at 64
Hyderabad: Balli Durga Prasad Rao, YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) MP from the Tirupati Lok Sabha seat, passed away after suffering from a cardiac arrest on Wednesday. The parliamentarian was reportedly…
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If Hyd’s last Nizam was evil, why did India make him Rajpramukh?
Hyderabad: When India gained independence from the British on August 15, 1947, not all of the 500 plus princely states had acceded to India. Among the handful that wanted to stay…
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Police Action diaries: Liberation from who? Nizam or Jagirdars?
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Telangana has been raising temperatures over marking September 1, the date which marks 72 years since the erstwhile Princely State of Hyderabad was…
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Bollywood News
Anup Soni denies Kangana’s claim that 99% of B’wood consumes drugs
Mumbai: After Kangana Ranaut alleged that 99 per cent of Bollywood consumes narcotic substances, actor Anup Soni has expressed his views, indirectly taking a dig at the actress. According to Anup,…
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Middle East
Diplomat tapped to be PM in crisis-hit Lebanon
Beirut: A Lebanese diplomat was appointed to form a new government in crisis-hit Lebanon on Monday after winning the backing of major political parties. President Michel Aoun asked Lebanon’s ambassador to…
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Bollywood News
Saif Ali Khan: Have experienced politics, nepotism, favouritism
Mumbai, Aug 27 : Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan got upset when people ridiculed him for saying that he has been a victim of nepotism, and says he has battled…
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Top Stories
Ganesh festivities begin on a subdued note, BJP protest restrictions
Hyderabad: Every year on Ganesh Chaturthi, the celebrated Khairtabad idol gets a massive welcome by huge crowds. Rich and poor alike visit the huge pandal and offer their first-day prayers. Ganesh Chaturthi, or…
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Facebook free pass to the BJP
In a virtual meeting with employees in June, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke about an Indian leader who threatened to take law into his own hands, setting a “clear precedent”…
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Telangana
Can Guv Tamilisai ‘interfere’ in the functioning of TRS govt?
Yunus Y. Lasania and Daneesh Majid Hyderabad: Ever since coronavirus cases (COVID-19) began increasing in Telangana, Governor Tamilisai Soundarajan has been vocal in censuring the state government for its shortcomings.…
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India
Nagas will co-exist, but never merge with India says NSCN (IM) chief
Hyderabad: The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) chief Thuingaleng Muivah on Friday (August 14) said that “the Nagas will co-exist with India, but not merge with India.” He celebrated…
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Bollywood News
Love my work as an artist, never thought about politics: Kangana
New Delhi: Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, who has been quite vocal about her thoughts and beliefs on social media, on Saturday said that she has “never thought about (joining) politics”. Ranaut’s…
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Mob violence in Bengaluru: Divisive politics cannot be ignored
M. A. Siraj Bengaluru: The two-day rioting has scarred Bengaluru and left the citizens wondering as to what has gone wrong with the city which had not seen violence of this…
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World
US media terms ‘historic’ Biden’s selection of Harris as Democratic VP candidate
Washington: The mainstream US media on Wednesday ran rare banner headlines — similar to the ones when Barack Obama was declared presidential nominee in 2008 — hailing the decision of Democratic…
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Rajapaksa clan— most powerful political dynasty in Sri Lanka
Sruthi Vibhavari Colombo: The Sri Lanka People’s Front (SLPF), led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, registers yet another landslide victory in Sri Lanka’s recently held parliamentary polls. The final results of the general…
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Featured News
Capital aberration: Delhi police, shamed by rioters in February, instead turns the heat on political dissenters
The northeast Delhi riots of February were a traumatic moment for the national capital. Delhi has lived in guilt-ridden unease with the brutality of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and an…
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News
Trump vs. Biden: Where they stand on health, economy, more
Washington: President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, both promise sweeping progress over the next four years – via starkly different paths. Trump, like many fellow Republicans, holds out…
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AP Governor Harichandan reinstates Ramesh Kumar as SEC
Gali Nagaraja Amaravati: The tale of the sacked Andhra Pradesh State Election Commissioner (SEC) Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar, spiced with the trappings of a nail-biting suspense thriller, has at last ended on…
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Politics
Shiv Sena, BJP ideologies don’t sync, says Pawar
Mumbai: In a significant statement, Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar has said that he does not believe that the ideology of Shiv Sena founder-patriarch, the late Balasaheb Thackeray was ‘in…
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Founder of S African Hindu political party succumbs to COVID-19
Johannesburg: Jayraj Bachu, a founding member and national leader of South Africa’s only Hindu political party, has succumbed to COVID-19. He was 75. The Durban resident Bachu was cremated on Saturday.…
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Opinions
‘People’s politician’ Bhandaru Dattatreya
M Somasekhar As he turned 74 on June 12, Bhandaru Dattatreya, the Governor of Himachal,Pradesh, remains one of the very few real ‘People’s Representative Politicians’ in the country. Though, he…
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Top Stories
When Shah thundered on Aksai Chin: ‘Iske liye jaan de denge’
The carnage in Ladakh has renewed focus on a display of “aggression” by Union home minister Amit Shah last year in Parliament with a vow to give his life for…
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Not the right time to settle political scores: Kishan Reddy
Hyderabad: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy today said, “We need to work as ‘Team India’, blurring the difference between Centre and States during these challenging…
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India learnt to live without politics during lockdown
BENGALURU: “The country has learnt to live without politics and religion,” says eminent scientist G Madhavan Nair on the lockdown imposed across the nation to curb the spread of COVID-19.…
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Delhi
Delhi has given birth to new politics: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that a new kind of politics has been born that would help build India in the 21st…
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India
AIMIM to enter Gujarat politics, forms committee in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad: The political party AIMIM extends itself to Gujrat and forms a committee in Ahmedabad. Preparations have begun by the members for the launch of the party in the state.…
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