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Savarkar had filed 5 mercy petitions with British, Grandnephew tells court

Pune: The grandnephew of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar admitted before a special MP/MLA court here that the Hindutva ideologue had filed five mercy petitions with the British government and had appealed for recruitment into…
CPI demands immediate rollback of commercial LPG cylinder price hike

Chennai: The CPI on Sunday staged a protest here demanding an immediate rollback of the price hike for commercial LPG cylinders, alleging that the move has severely crippled small businesses and roadside…

Iran warns US of ‘impossible war or bad deal’ amid rising tensions

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Sunday, May 3, warned that the United States faces a choice between an “impossible” military operation or accepting what it called a “bad deal” with Tehran, as tensions…
Court grants divorce to man citing wife’s conduct as mental cruelty

Jaipur: A family court here has granted a divorce to a man on the grounds of mental cruelty from his wife, including her conduct on social media and her behaviour during the…
PBKS star Priansh Arya turns scary moment into heartwarming gesture

Hyderabad: Young cricketers often make headlines for big shots and fearless batting. But sometimes, it is their heart off the field that truly wins fans. Priansh Arya, the young and dynamic player…
Hyderabad traffic police nabs 445 for drunk driving over the weekend

Hyderabad: A total of 445 people were booked by Hyderabad Traffic Police for driving under the influence during a special drive conducted on May 1 and 2. Out of these, 371 were…
Daylight armed robbery at Karimnagar jewellery store, employees injured

Hyderabad: An armed robbery took place at PMJ Jewellers store in Jyotinagar area of Karimangar district on Sunday, May 3, where five unidentified assailants decamped with a substantial amount of jewellery. According…

Kerala: Crude bombs, gunpowder seized in Dharmadam, CM Vijayan’s constituency

Kannur: Police seized explosive materials, such as crude country-made bombs and gunpowder, during a search in the Dharmadam Assembly constituency, represented by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, a day ahead of the counting…
Hyderabad man dragged on car bonnet for 2km after argument, accused absconding

Hyderabad: A 60-year-old man was dragged on a car bonnet for nearly 2 km after him and his son got into an argument with the car driver near Gayatri Nagar, police said…
SC to hear PIL on stricter Aadhaar rules for adolescents, adults on May 4

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday, May 4, a plea seeking a direction to the Unique Identification Authority of India to issue new Aadhaar cards only to…
Nine dead as fire breaks out in residential building in east Delhi

New Delhi: A devastating fire ripped through a residential building in east Delhi’s Vivek Vihar in the early hours of Sunday, May 3, leaving nine people from two families, including a toddler,…
NCB probes Dola’s links with chemists, his Turkiye citizenship plans

New Delhi: Investigators probing the network of Mohammad Salim Dola, the alleged international drug trafficker brought back from Turkiye recently, have found his links with certain chemists and pharma dealers who were…
Local cow vigilante leader calls for economic boycott of Muslim vendors

Palwal: A Hindutva leader in Hodal town of Haryana, Mohit Chaudhary, called for the economic boycott of Muslim-owned businesses, claiming that a vendor contaminated honey products with urine and spit. In a…
Independent journalism punished, compliance rewarded: Kharge attacks BJP-RSS

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday, May 3, attacked the BJP-RSS over press freedom, saying their message is clear that, independent journalism will be punished and compliance rewarded. He alleged…
Nine-year-old shot dead for refusing to fetch water in UP

Etah: A nine-year-old boy was shot dead after he refused to bring water for a relative, who was allegedly in an inebriated state, at a naming ceremony in Uttar Pradesh‘s Kasganj district,…