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Bihar polls: Election Commission to meet political parties on Saturday
New Delhi: In a key step towards ensuring smooth conduct of the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) will hold a crucial meeting with representatives of various political…
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Israel forces Gaza aid Flotilla activists to kneel, zip-tied for hours after attack: Legal center
Tel Aviv: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Adalah, has accused Israeli authorities of unlawfully detaining participants of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), who were intercepted in international waters…
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H-1B visas: Lawsuit seeks to stop Trump’s USD 100,000 fee
Seattle: In what appears to be the first major challenge to the new USD 100,000 fee required for H-1B visa applications, a coalition of health care providers, religious groups, university professors and…
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Trump tells Israel to halt Gaza strikes as Hamas backs peace plan
Gaza Strip: US President Donald Trump on Friday, October 3, ordered Israel to stop bombing the Gaza Strip after Hamas said it had accepted some elements of his plan to end the…
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Over 2 million rally across Italy in strike backing Gaza aid mission
Rome: More than 2 million people across Italy rallied in over 100 cities Friday for a one-day general strike to support the residents of Gaza and a humanitarian aid mission, Italy’s largest…
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Hamas agrees to parts of Trump’s Gaza peace plan
Gaza Strip: Hamas said Friday that it has accepted some elements of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan, including the release of all remaining hostages, but that others require further negotiations. US…
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CEC arrives in Bihar with his team to review poll preparations
Patna: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar arrived in the Bihar capital late on Friday for reviewing, over the next couple of days, preparations for the high-octane assembly polls, which are expected to…
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KC Venugopal rejects speculation over CM change in Karnataka
Bengaluru: Amid ongoing speculation about a possible change in chief minister later this year in Karnataka, AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal on Friday dismissed the rumours, asserting that the Congress is…
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Andhra cabinet approves Rs 15,000 financial aid for auto, cab drivers
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh cabinet, headed by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, on Friday approved a government order to extend Rs 15,000 per year in financial aid to eligible autorickshaw and cab…
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India, Canada decide to enhance security cooperation: MEA
New Delhi: India and Canada have agreed to boost security cooperation including in combating terrorism and transnational crimes, the external affairs ministry said on Friday against the backdrop of Ottawa’s decision to…
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India rejects ‘false and baseless’ claim of fueling Bangladesh unrest
New Delhi: India on Friday trashed as “false and baseless” a senior Bangladeshi official’s claim of its involvement in violent clashes in Bangladesh. Following the clashes at Khagrachhari district in Chittagong Hill…
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Ponnam Prabhakar urges Ministry of Defence to clear SCB’s Rs 1000 Cr dues
,Hyderabad: Telangana’s Minister for Transport and BC Welfare, Ponnam Prabhakar, on Friday, October 3 wrote a letter to Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asking him to clear Rs 1,000 crores pending in…
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Gaza peace plan released by Trump was ‘not ours’, says Pakistan’s minister
Islamabad: Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday tried to evade responsibility for the Gaza peace plan, saying the draft released by President Donald Trump was different from the one proposed by…
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India probing alleged dumping of steel from China, Indonesia, Vietnam
New Delhi: India has initiated a probe into an alleged dumping of certain steel items from China, Indonesia and Vietnam following a complaint by domestic players. The Commerce Ministry’s arm, Directorate General…
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TN stampede: HC forms SIT, denies pre-arrest bail to TVK leaders
Madurai: The Madras High Court on Friday formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the September 27 stampede at the political rally of actor and TVK founder Vijay, on a day…
