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Reddit challenges Aus’s law banning under 16 children from social media
Melbourne: Global online forum Reddit on Friday filed a court challenge to Australia’s world-first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world’s most popular social media…
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Teen ‘dies by suicide’ over inability to learn English in Andhra
Kurnool: A 17-year-old Dalit girl allegedly died by suicide over her “inability to learn the English language” here on Thursday, police said. The incident occurred when a student of the District Institute…
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Fact check: Did Saudi Arabia ban photography at Two Holy Mosques for Haj 2026?
Makkah: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has not introduced any ban on photography inside Grand Mosque in Makkah and Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah for Haj 2026, despite widespread claims circulating on…
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High voter turnout in Telangana local body polls, Congress claims 90 pc sweep
Hyderabad: Over 84 per cent of eligible voters exercised their franchise in the first phase of Gram Panchayat elections in Telangana on Thursday, the State Election Commission (SEC) said. Claiming a decisive…
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Visas will be refused if purpose is childbirth for citizenship: US Embassy in India
The US embassy in India announced on Thursday, December 11, that tourist visas would not be granted if officials believe the primary objective of travel is to give birth for citizenship purposes.…
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Doctors who died on duty during COVID-19 entitled to insurance under PMGKY: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court held on Thursday that the families of the doctors who died while doing their duties during the COVID-19 pandemic are entitled to an insurance coverage of Rs…
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Hyderabad: Konda Surekha faces non-bailable warrant in KTR defamation case
Hyderabad: The Special Court for Public Representatives at Nampally on Thursday, December 11, has issued a Non-Bailable Warrant (NBW) against Telangana Minister Konda Surekha. The warrant was issued as part of an…
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Telangana HC questions partiality to Mayor Gadwal in land regularisation
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Wednesday, December 10, questioned whether GOs issued by the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government allowing regularisation of encroachments on government land in Banjara Hills favoured…
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Tension at Afzalgunj as locals, AIMIM leaders block anti-encroachment drive
Hyderabad: Mild tension prevailed when the local police and GHMC authorities tried to remove encroachments behind the Afzalgunj bus stop on Thursday. Authorities received complaints about encroachments on the roadside abutting the…
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EC extends SIR timeline in six states, Union territories
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday extended the timeline for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in six states and Union territories following requests from the respective chief electoral officers.…
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UAE’s new drug law imposes Dh 50,000 minimum fine, five years jail
In a bid to crack down on the illegal sale of narcotics without prescriptions, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has passed a new law under which pharmacies and physicians found violating will…
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Activist Lubna Sarwath accuses HYDRAA of destroying Bum-Rukn-Ud-Dowla lake
Hyderabad: Activist Lubna Sarwath has written to Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy alleging that Hyderabad Disaster Management and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) is destroying the Bum-Rukn-Ud-Dowla Lake. The accusation comes after HYDRAA’s…
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Kuwait revokes citizenship of prominent Islamic scholar
Kuwait revoked the citizenship of a prominent Islamic scholar named Tareq al-Suwaidan. The reason for stripping him of citizenship is not known. The Kuwait Al-Youm Official Gazette stated that a decree to withdraw the…
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First phase of Telangana local body polls ends peacefully, counting underway
Hyderabad: The first phase of the election to 3,834 Gram Panchayats concluded peacefully in Telangana on Thursday and the counting of votes was underway. Amid elaborate security arrangements made by police, the…
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Bengal: Hindutva mob attack vendors for selling non-veg at Gita recitation
Kolkata: A Hindutva mob brutally attacked a Muslim vendor from Arambagh for selling non-veg patties at Kolkata‘s Brigade Parade Ground while a Gita recitation was taking place on Sunday, December 7. Based on…
