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Indian Navy saves 8 of 13 nationals on vessel capsized off Oman coast
New Delhi: Eight Indians and a Sri Lankan national were rescued by an Indian warship while carrying out a rescue operation to trace the crew members of a Comoros-flagged oil tanker that…
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Amid row over Karnataka job reservation Bill, AP invites IT firm to relocate
Amaravati: With NASSCOM expressing disappointment over a Bill passed by the Karnataka Cabinet to reserve jobs for locals in private industries, Andhra Pradesh’s Minister for Information Technology (IT) and Electronics, Nara Lokesh,…
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Crop loan waiver: Rs 7,000 cr to be deposited in Telangana farmers’ accounts on Thursday
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has announced that the crop loan waiver for loans amounting to Rs 2 lakh in three phases by August, and that Rs 7,000 crore will be…
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12 Maoists killed in encounter with police in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli
Hyderabad: Twelve Maoists were killed in a major encounter between police at Gadchiroli on Wednesday. An operations was launched today around 10 a.m from Gadchiroli in which seven C60 parties, led by…
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‘Matter of life and death’: Assam CM concerned over ‘growing Muslim population’
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa, on Wednesday, claimed that the Muslim population in the state has risen to 40% which, according to him, is concerning. “Changing demography is a big issue for…
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‘4 wives, 36 kids no solution’: Rajasthan BJP MLA demands stricter population control
A BJP MLA from Rajasthan’s Hawa Mahal, Balmukund Acharya, said in a recent remark that those with ‘4 wives and 36 children’ will have to adhere to the uniform population policy. In…
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Jamia professor suspended over ‘sexual harassment’ charge by 4 PhD scholars
New Delhi: The Jamia Milla Islamia has suspended a professor and ordered inquiry into complaints of sexual harassment against him by four PhD scholars, one of whom had to cancel her admission.…
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UP: Hotels, restaurants, vendors asked to display names ahead of Kanwar Yatra
Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district sent notices to restaurants, fruit shops, roadside dhabas and hotel owners to display their names in front of the shops in order to identify which religious…
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Assam won’t send non-Muslim illegal immigrants’ cases to Foreigners Tribunal
Guwahati: The Assam government has asked its border police unit not to forward cases of non-Muslim illegal immigrants entering the state before 2015 to the Foreigners Tribunal, and advised them to apply…
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Bibi-ka-Alam procession marks 10th Muharram in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Mourning and solemnity marked Youm-e-Ashoora, the 10th day of Muharram in the city on Wednesday. The highlight of the day was the annual Bibi-ka-Alam procession taken out from Bibi-ka-Alawa to Chaderghat…
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Karnataka: Farmer denied entry to mall for wearing dhoti
Fakeerapan, a farmer by profession, had gone to enjoy a movie with his son Nagaraj at the G T Mall on Magadi Main Road in Bengaluru around 6 p.m. on July 16…
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We will support those who support us, West Bengal BJP president
Kolkata: Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari attributed the party’s poor performance in Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal to lack of support from the minority community, asserting that ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’…
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Karnataka: Bill mandating 100% quota for Kannadigas in pvt firms passed
Bengaluru: The Karnataka cabinet has approved a bill mandating 100 per cent reservation for Kannadigas in private sector for Group C and D posts, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said. The decision was taken…
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‘Where is your sindoor’, Hindutva mob attacks Christian prayer meet in Dehradun
A Christian prayer meeting was attacked by a Hindutva mob in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun district. The prayer meeting was being held in a residence on July 14. The mob forcefully entered the house…
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BRS hails SC order on inquiry commission against KCR
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao has hailed the Supreme Court’s direction to the Telangana government to substitute retired Patna High Court Chief Justice L. Narasimha Reddy as…
