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Telangana ACB arrest electricity officer for demanding Rs 15K bribe
Hyderabad: A government officer working in the electricity department was arrested on Friday by the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 15000 in Secunderabad. Bhoomireddy Sudhakar…
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14-month-old raped, killed in Tripura, accused arrested
Agartala: A 14-month-old child was allegedly raped and killed in North Tripura’s Panisagar area, police said on Sunday. The accused, a daily wager, has been arrested from Nilambazar in Assam, they said.…
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Sabina Park in Jamaica – only stadium named after a slave
In India almost all sports grounds are named after political leaders. In Hyderabad we have a Lal Bahadur Shastri stadium, GMC Balayogi stadium, Rajiv Gandhi stadium and Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy stadium…
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Commissioner Sajjanar launches ‘Extra Mile Reward’ to honour Hyderabad cops
Hyderabad: The newly appointed Hyderabad police commissioner, on Saturday, launched ‘Extra Mile Reward’ programme that would award police personnel who display a humanitarian approach while conducting their duties. In a video conference…
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Bihar elections: JD(U), BJP to contest 101 constituencies each, Chirag’s party gets 29
Patna: The ruling NDA in Bihar on Sunday finalised its seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming polls to the 243-member assembly, in which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) and the BJP will contest…
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Assamese-Hindus now only about 40 pc of state’s population, claims CM Biswa
Guwahati: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday claimed that Assamese Hindus now make up only around 40 percent of the state’s population, about the same as that of Muslims. Speaking to…
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Bihar polls: Sambhal MP criticises EC decision to check burqa-clad women during voting
Sambhal: Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal, Zia Ur Rehman Barq, on Sunday criticised the Election Commission of India over its recent decision to check women wearing burqas during voting in Bihar assembly…
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COAI defends call for mobile tariff hike, cites rising network costs, OTT traffic
New Delhi: Telecom industry body COAI has defended service providers’ call to increase mobile tariff, citing the continuous widening of the gap between their expenses on network deployment and the revenue earned…
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Nalgonda college dropout held for cheating Rs 50 crore in investment scheme
Hyderabad: A 26-year-old man was arrested in Nalgonda on charges of defrauding hundreds of people to the tune of a whopping Rs 50 crore. The Nalgonda police took Ramavat Balaji Nayak, a…
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Bhatti to visit Telugu Dalit IPS officer’s kin who died by ‘suicide’
Hyderabad: Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka will leave for Chandigarh on Sunday evening to meet and offer condolences to the family of Haryana’s senior IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, who…
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Telangana Gujarati Samaj president booked over remarks against Marwadi community
Hyderabad: The Sultan Bazaar police booked a case against Telangana Gujarati Samaj President Jignesh Doshi for his comments against Telangana’s Marwadi community in a recent television debate. Speaking on the debate, Jignesh…
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Hyderabad engineering student hangs self after struggling with studies
Hyderabad: A 19-year-old Hyderabad engineering student allegedly died by suicide as she was unable to understand the lessons taught in class and was homesick. J Keerthana from Hanmakonda district was a B…
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Chidambaram calls Operation Blue Star ‘a mistake’, Congress unhappy
Shimla: Congress leader P Chidambaram said Operation Blue Star was not the right way to capture militants holed up in the Golden Temple in 1984, due to which the then prime minister,…
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Priyank Kharge urges Karnataka CM to ban RSS activities
Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge has urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to impose a ban on all RSS activities in government institutions and public premises across the state, stating that such actions are…
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Jubilee Hills by election: Nomination schedule released
Hyderabad: The State Election Commission will issue a gazette notification on Monday, October 13, to kickstart the nomination process for the Jubilee Hills by election. Nominations can be filed till 3:00 pm…
