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- India
Fact check: Does producing 1 litre of ethanol take 10,000 litres of water?
Hyderabad: A number has been doing the rounds – 10,790 litres, the amount of water needed to produce just one litre of ethanol from rice. The figure has since led to a sharp…
- India
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…
- Middle East
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…
- Kolkata
Repoll in all 285 booths of Falta constituency in West Bengal on May 21
Kolkata: The Election Commission on Saturday ordered repoll in all 285 polling booths of the Falta assembly constituency in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on May 21, an official said. The…
- India
Bengal: Repolling in 15 booths of 2 assembly seats concludes, nearly 87 pc turnout till 5 pm
Kolkata: Repolling in 15 booths of two assembly constituencies in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district concluded at 6 pm on Saturday, with around 87 per cent turnout recorded an hour before…
- Hyderabad
No personal issues with KCR, only ideological differences: Kavitha
Hyderabad: Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS) founder K Kavitha on Saturday, May 2, said her criticism of former BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao was not personal but political. “In no way have I…
- Middle East
Will resist military expeditions of world-devouring America: Iran official
A high-ranking Iranian Foreign Ministry official stated that “comfort, welfare, and progress of regional nations” can only be achieved once United States forces depart from the Gulf. Hossein Noushabadi, director general for…
- Hyderabad
Restaurant bills are about to get more expensive in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The next time you go to a restaurant in Hyderabad and check the menu to order, brace yourself. The prices are likely to increase. A sudden and steep hike in the price…
- Kolkata
Bengal: EC orders repolling at 15 booths in South 24 Parganas district on May 2
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday, May 1, ordered a repoll at 15 polling stations spread across two Assembly constituencies in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, declaring the…
- Middle East
‘Pentagon is lying’: Iran FM claims USD 100bn cost of Netanyahu ‘gamble’ for US
Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has accused the Pentagon of misleading the public, claiming that Israel’s actions have cost the United States USD 100 billion so far — four times higher…
- India
SC grants anticipatory bail to Pawan Khera in Assam FIR case
The Supreme Court of India has granted anticipatory bail to Pawan Khera in a case registered by Assam Police over allegations related to Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife. The development…
- Telangana
Kavitha’s TRS: ECI approves Telangana Rakshana Sena as name of new party
Hyderabad: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday, April 28, officially approved the name Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS) for a political party recently floated by K Kavitha. The ECI’s letter clarified…
- Hyderabad
Mosque vandalised in Hyderabad, police rush forces as tension grips Kismatpur
Hyderabad: Tension gripped Kismatpur in Rajendranagar late on Wednesday night, April 29, after an unidentified person entered a mosque and vandalised religious material, prompting police to rush additional forces to the area.…
- India
Who will win Bengal, Assam, TN, Kerala, Puducherry? Here’s what exit polls say
With elections coming to a close in West Bengal on Wednesday, April 29, as well as in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Puducherry, all eyes are now on exit poll predictions, with…
- India
A historic 91 pc voter turnout till 7 pm, polling concludes in West Bengal
Kolkata: Voting began on Wednesday, April 29, in 142 constituencies in the second and final phase of the West Bengal assembly elections, amid unprecedented security arrangements and a high-stakes contest that could…
