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Telangana: Asad Owaisi demands judicial recruitment exam in Urdu
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday demanded the Telangana government to hold the judicial recruitment examination in Urdu language. In a letter addressed to the Telangana law…
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Telangana: Govt declares Diwali holiday on October 24
Hyderabad: A general holiday for Diwali has been declared by the state government for Monday, October 24, instead of October 25. (Tuesday). According to a government order published here on Thursday by…
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Delhi HC refuses to entertain plea challenging complete ban on firecrackers in NCT
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to entertain the plea challenging the order for a complete ban on the manufacture and sale and purchase of firecrackers in the National…
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MHA will decide if Indian team will travel to Pakistan: Sports Minister Anurag Thakur
New Delhi: Sports minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said the home ministry will take a call on the Indian cricket team’s travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup next year since the players’…
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Congress making Dalits ‘scapegoats’: Mayawati after Kharge elected party chief
Lucknow: A day after Mallikarjun Kharge was elected the Congress president, BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday accused the 137-year-old party of remembering Dalits only in its bad times and making them “scapegoats”.…
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Telangana: KTR responds positively to ‘sex offenders register’ proposal
Hyderabad: Telangana IT and industries minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Thursday responded positively to a proposal on the suggestion to set up sex offenders register in the state. Responding to a…
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Aware of reports of journalist Mattoo being prevented from travelling to US: State dept
Washington: The United States is aware of reports of Pulitzer-winning Kashmiri journalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo allegedly being prevented from travelling to the country, a State Department official has said. Mattoo had on…
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Delhi Police seize 455 kg of banned firecrackers, arrest 2
New Delhi: Just a few days ahead of Diwali, the Delhi Police have seized 455 kg of banned firecrackers and arrested two persons in connection. According to the police, the accused identified…
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Earthquake of magnitude 3.5 hits Gujarat
Surat: An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter Scale was felt in Gujarat’s Surat on Thursday, informed the National Center for Seismology (NCS). According to the NCS, the movement of tectonic…
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Telangana: Fee hiked in engineering colleges; MGIT to collect Rs 1.6 lakh
Hyderabad: Telangana government on Wednesday issued a GO for finalizing the fee structure in 159 engineering colleges in the state. It was issued based on the recommendation by the Admission and Fee…
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Doctors protest over AIIMS SoPs for treatment of Parliamentarians
New Delhi: The Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) and other doctors’ associations have opposed the move of the AIIMS director’s letter on standard operating procedures (SOPs) for sitting members of Parliament.…
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Hyderabad: MBS Jewellers Director sent to judicial custody in money laundering case
Hyderabad: A city court on Wednesday sent MBS Jewellers director Sukesh Gupta to judicial custody till November 5 in a money laundering case. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had arrested Gupta late on…
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BJP leaders attend online Satsang organised by rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim
Karnal: Rape convict Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Wednesday organized a virtual ‘Satsang’ which was attended by many political leaders including the Karnal Mayor and many Bharatiya Janata…
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Nawab Malik’s judicial custody extended by 14 days in money laundering case
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former minister Nawab Malik’s judicial custody was extended by 14 days on Wednesday by a Mumbai court. He is currently admitted to a hospital in…
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Covid-19 still international health emergency: WHO
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that Covid-19 is still a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), the WHO’s highest alert level. The announcement came although the number…
