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- India
Kerala: Female NEET aspirants forced to remove innerwear at exam centre
In a shocking and bizarre incident, nearly 90% of women medical aspirants appearing for the NEET UG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) examination were allegedly forced to remove their innerwear before…
- India
Voting begins to elect India’s 15th President
New Delhi: Voting for the presidential election in which NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu is pitted against joint opposition pick Yashwant Sinha began on Monday. Polling began at 10 am and Prime Minister…
- India
Voting for Presidential election today; Droupadi Murmu, Yashwant Sinha in fray
New Delhi: Voting to elect the 15th President of India will be held on Monday as the tenure of Ram Nath Kovind will end on July 24. National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) presidential…
- Featured News
Hyderabad’s table tennis queen ruled over India and Pakistan
At around the time of India’s independence, there was a teenage wonder from Hyderabad who had extraordinary talent in table tennis and she astonished the experts in India and Europe. Her name was…
- World
Hindu temple, homes vandalised in Bangladesh over Facebook post: Reports
Dhaka: A temple, shops and several houses of the Hindu community have been vandalised in southwestern Bangladesh by some unidentified persons over a Facebook post allegedly belittling Islam, in the latest spate…
- Featured News
Emblem row: Historians say ‘aggressive lions’ lack basic essence of Ashokan originals
New Delhi: Animated or aggressive? Debate over the emblem atop the new Parliament building rages with several historians dismayed that the essence of the original “protective” Ashokan lions has been effaced while…
- Telangana
Is the Telangana police department’s intelligence unit slacking?
Hyderabad: While the Telangana police department’s intolerance towards errant officers is generally appreciated, questions have arised over the functioning of its local intelligence units after the arrest of rape-accused Marredpally inspector Nageshwar…
- Middle East
Biden says US ‘will not walk away’ from Middle East
Jeddah: President Joe Biden, speaking at a summit of Arab leaders, said Saturday that the United States will not walk away from the Middle East as he tries to ensure stability in…
- India
Charges against Patel part of Modi’s strategy ‘to absolve himself of 2002 carnage’: Cong
Ahmedabad: The Congress on Saturday alleged that the charges levelled by the Gujarat police against late party leader Ahmed Patel were part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “systematic strategy to absolve himself…
- World
Sri Lanka: Wickremesinghe, Premadasa among 4 leaders to contest presidential election
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe and main Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa are among the four leaders who have joined the race to become the country’s next President as the lawmakers…
- India
LS secretariat issues advisory on placards, press notes ahead of Monsoon session
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha secretariat has issued an advisory to MPs asking them to refrain from distributing pamphlets, press notes, leaflets without the Speakers’s permission in the House during the Monsoon…
- Telangana
Telangana: Scores of IIIT Basara students suffer food poisoning
Hyderabad: At around 2:30 in the afternoon, several students of IIIT Basara felt their stomachs churn with discomfort. What followed was a cluster of students dealing with nausea, agonizing over headaches while…
- India
Rupee at life-time low to hit imports, overseas education, travel
New Delhi: The Indian rupee nearing 80 to a US dollar will make imports of items from crude oil to electronic goods, overseas education and foreign travel costlier while raising fears that…
- India
Delhi HC grants time for reply on plea against stopping namaz near Qutub Minar
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted time to the Centre and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to reply to a plea challenging the latter’s order to stop the…
- World
Biden says US won’t wait ‘forever’ for Iran on nuclear deal
Jerusalem: President Joe Biden said Thursday that the United States is not going to wait forever for Iran to rejoin a dormant nuclear deal, a day after saying he’d be willing to…
