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Telangana: Chevella BRS MLA Kale Yadaiah joins Congress
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Chevella MLA Kale Yadaiah quit the party and joined Congress in the presence of Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy in Delhi on Friday, June 28. Kale…
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‘Bomb on board’: Vistara Thiruvananthapuram-Mumbai flight crew finds threat note
Mumbai: A Thiruvananthapuram-Mumbai flight of Vistara received a bomb threat on Friday following which a search was being carried out, police said here. A note saying ‘bomb on board’ was found by…
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Falsely implicated, I was forced to spend 5 months in jail: Hemant Soren
Ranchi: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday, June 28, claimed that he was falsely implicated in a money laundering case and was forced to spend about five months in jail.…
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Sri Lanka withholds exam results of 70 Muslim students over hijab
The Examinations Department in Sri Lanka has withheld the exam results of 70 Muslim girls for wearing head scarf having their ears covered during the exam. The Muslim students from Zahira College,…
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Iranian nationals in Syria cast vote in Presidential election
Damascus: Iranian nationals residing in Syria started casting their votes on Friday for Iran’s 14th presidential election just weeks after their former president died in a helicopter crash. According to Iranian Ambassador…
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World Tennis League season 3 returns to Abu Dhabi in Dec
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Sports Council (ADSC) are set to host the third season of the World Tennis League, scheduled to be held at the iconic Etihad Arena from December 19 to…
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Renowned MMA fighter Jeff Monson embraces Islam
A renowned American-born Russian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, boxer, and submission grappler, Jeffrey William Monson, recently announced his conversion to Islam. A video clip of Monson pronouncing Shahadah, a testament of…
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Maharashtra BJP MLA offers reward for ‘cutting off Owaisi’s tongue’
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of the Maharashtra Assembly Nitesh Rane has announced a reward for “cutting off” the tongue of All India Majlis E Ittehad Ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin…
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No loud noise, chaos when iron rods fell on cars: Spectators at Delhi airport
New Delhi: There was no loud noise of anything breaking when the rods of a portion of a roof collapsed at the Delhi airport’s Terminal-1, a cab driver, who was at the…
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Watch: Thousands of dead fish found floating in Hyderabad lake
Hyderabad: Thousands of dead fish were found floating at the Pedda Cheruvu lake in Ramanthaput, Hyderabad on Wednesday, June 26. Locals and fishermen, who fend their livelihood off the lake, found a…
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Heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua named Riyadh Season ambassador
Riyadh: British two-time unified world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua has been named the new ambassador of ‘Riyadh Season,’ an entertainment and tourist festival in Saudi Arabia. The announcement was made recently…
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Shafali Verma becomes fastest woman double-centurion in Test cricket
Chennai: Dashing India opener Shafali Verma smashed the fastest double-century in the history of women’s Test cricket, eclipsing Annabel Sutherland of Australia during the one-off Test against South Africa here on Friday.…
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Saudi Arabia suspends B2C Umrah visas for Egyptian pilgrims
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has suspended B2C e-visas for Egyptian citizens wishing to perform the Umrah pilgrimage. The announcement comes following the deaths of more than 650 Egyptian Haj pilgrims, with…
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First batch of 4603 Amarnath pilgrims arrive in Kashmir
Srinagar: The first batch of pilgrims for the annual Amarnath Yatra reached the Kashmir valley on Friday amid stringent security arrangements, officials said. After their arrival in Srinagar, senior officials in police…
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Nearly 5 billion people endured extreme heat in June; 619 million in India: Report
New Delhi: Nearly five billion people globally, including 619 million from India, experienced climate-change-driven extreme heat over nine days in June, according to a new analysis by an independent group of scientists…
