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Protest held in Stockholm against Quran burning

Stockholm: Thousands of protestors gathered in central Stockholm to protest against the burning of the Quran in Sweden. The gathering took place on a square near a mosque where an individual set…
21-year-old, MBBS student dies by ‘suicide’ in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: A MBBS second-year student allegedly died by suicide at his house here on Sunday, police said. The 21-year-old, studying at a state-run medical college here was reportedly under depression. He was…

Delhi govt issues flood alert amid heavy rainfall, rising Yamuna levels

New Delhi: Amid heavy rainfall, the Delhi government on Sunday issued the first flood alert in the capital. The warning was issued by the Central Flood Control Room, of Irrigation & Flood…
15 dead as heavy rains lash north India, rivers in spate

At least ten people were reported dead on Sunday in landslides that have ravaged the northern states of India. Flash floods and waterlogging wreaked havoc in New Delhi and Gurugram, causing great…
Rahul’s LS disqualification: Cong to hold ‘maun satyagraha’ in state capitals

New Delhi: Alleging that the BJP deployed “dirty tricks” to disqualify Rahul Gandhi from Parliament, the Congress on Sunday announced that as a mark of protest, its workers and leaders will hold…
‘Keep Hussain Sagar clean…’: Telangana Guv asks BRS govt

Hyderabad: After the row with the BRS-led Telangana government over the conditions in the century old Osmania hospital, the Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Sunday appealed to the administration to maintain the…
Vendor hires bouncers to prevent tomato loot in UP

A vegetable vendor in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh has hired bouncers to keep customers at bay when they come to buy tomatoes, whose price has increased massively over the past few days. “I…

Secular Hindus frustrated in ‘Modi’s India’: GK Pillai

GK Pillai, former Union home secretary who served under the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government, has said Secular Hindus are uncomfortable, frustrated and don’t know what to do in Modi’s India. He made…
‘Where are Central agencies’, asks KTR on BJP MLA’s Rs 100 cr claim

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao on Sunday questioned why the Central agencies were not probing the claim by Telangana BJP MLA that his party spent Rs…
Pakistan’s condition for World Cup games vs India ahead of Asia Cup

New Delhi: The minister in-charge of sports in Pakistan, Ehsaan Mazari, has expressed his disappointment over BCCI’s stance on playing the Asia Cup at a neutral venue, saying that they would also…
Telangana BSP chief R S Praveen Kumar to contest from Sirpur

Hyderabad: Telangana Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) RS Praveen Kumar announced on Saturday that he will run in the next Assembly elections from the Sirpur constituency in the Kumurambheem-Asifabad region. The retired IPS…
Nadda presiding over key BJP meet in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: A key national-level meeting of the BJP was underway in Hyderabad on Sunday to discuss the organisational matters in the run up to coming Assembly elections in some states. Presided over…
Muslim League rejects CPI(M) invitation to seminar against UCC

Thiruvananthapuram: The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has rejected invitation of the CPI(M) for a seminar against implementation of Uniform Civil Code (UCC) at Kozhikode on July 15 . Muslim League general…
GoM headed by Rijiju to lead BJP’s UCC outreach to secure consensus

New Delhi: Abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, construction of a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya and implementation of Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the country have been the core…
Appeal to help bereaved family of truck driver lynched in Bihar

It has been over a month since truck driver, Mohammed Jahiruddin, was lynched by a mob in Bihar’s Saran district. On June 28, Jahiruddin, 55, hailing from Majhwali village, Bihar, was on…