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Monsoon session ends; Lok Sabha clears 12 bills, Rajya Sabha 14

New Delhi: Twelve bills were passed by the Lok Sabha and 14 by the Rajya Sabha during the month-long Monsoon session of Parliament, which has witnessed repeated disruptions, adjournments and walkouts. Barring…
Minor earthquake recorded in Oman, no impact in UAE

Muscat: A minor earthquake measuring 2.2 on the Richter scale was recorded in Oman’s Madha region in the early hours of Thursday, August 21, according to the National Seismic Network of the…

Earthquake of 3.5 magnitude hits Kashmir

Srinagar: An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale hit Kashmir on Thursday, but there was no damage, officials said. They said the epicentre of the quake was in Kupwara district…
Hyderabad: Households hit as tomato prices soar amid crop damage

Hyderabad: The price of tomatoes has shot up sharply in the city, leaving consumers worried. A vegetable that cost Rs 20 to 30 per kilo just days ago is now selling for…
UP magistrate resists Hindutva group pressure over false land grab

A government officer stood his ground and refused to be bullied by a Hindutva organisation in Uttar Pradesh’s Mau district, which alleged that a Muslim man had encroached on government land. Mau…
Rs 850 cr investment fraud busted in Hyderabad, two held

Hyderabad: A large-scale organised financial fraud operated through advanced AI-powered investment platforms and Ponzi scheme tactics through which over 3,000 individuals across multiple states were “cheated”, was dismantled here with the arrest…
‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ resumes in Bihar

Sheikhpura: The ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in Bihar resumed on Thursday after a day-long break, with RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav accusing the Nitish Kumar government of “lacking vision” and “merely copying his ideas”…

UAE-based Indian tycoon Yusuff Ali donates Rs 10 cr for Wayanad rehabilitation

Thiruvananthapuram: United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian businessman and LuLu Group Chairman, M A Yusuff Ali, has donated Rs 10 crore to the Chief Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund (CMDRF) to aid families affected…
Court sets August 28 to hear Shahi Jama Masjid-Harihar temple dispute case

Sambhal: A court in Chandausi on Thursday fixed August 28 to hear the ongoing Shahi Jama Masjid-Harihar temple dispute. The matter was listed for hearing before civil judge (senior division) Aditya Singh.…
UN envoy, Yemen leader discuss revival of stalled peace process

Aden: Chief of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council Rashad al-Alimi met with UN Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg in the Saudi capital of Riyadh to discuss efforts to revive the stalled peace…
Video: 3 plunge off flyover in Hyderabad after bike crashes into wall; 2 dead

Hyderabad: Three persons fell on the road from Hyderabad’s Panjagutta flyover after the bike they were traveling on hit the side wall. Following the incident, which took place in the early hours…
Hyderabad: Five members of family found dead in house

Hyderabad: In a shocking incident, five members of a family were found dead under suspicious circumstances at their house in Hyderabad on Thursday. A man, his wife, daughter, son-in-law and two-year-old child…
‘Marwadi Go Back’ campaign: Telangana Governor urged to direct DGP against it

Hyderabad: The Akhil Bharatiya Agarwal Mahasabha urged the Telangana Governor, Jishnu Dev Varma, to publicly condemn the ‘Marwadi Go Back’ campaign and issue a strong, unequivocal public statement condemning this hate campaign…
HYDRAA reclaims public land worth Rs 400 cr in Hyderabad’s Hitech City

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Protection Agency (HYDRAA) officials have demolished illegal structures in Madhapur on Wednesday, August 20, saving 16,000 square yard public valued at around Rs 400 crore…
Prime open plots in Hyderabad to go for auction in September

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) is gearing up to conduct an auction of prime open plots in Hyderabad, Rangareddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri districts. According to a report published in TOI, the…