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UP elections: Setback for BJP as minister resigns, 3 MLAs say quitting party
Lucknow: In a jolt to the BJP in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, OBC leader Swami Prasad Maurya resigned from the state cabinet while three other MLAs announced they are quitting the party.…
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Hyderabad: Hospitals witness surge in Covid cases among children
Hyderabad: As the country began inoculating children from the age group of 15 to 18 years from January 3 against COVID-19, there is still a whole younger lot who is left vulnerable…
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India likely to witness sharp spike in COVID cases in coming days: Expert
New Delhi: With the high transmissibility of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, India is likely to witness a sharp spike in the number of cases in the coming days, however, following COVID-19…
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‘Saints have the right to propagate their beliefs’: UP deputy CM on Haridwar ‘Dharam Sansad’
Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya in an interview with the BBC was triggered over questions on the controversial Dharma Sansad hate speeches and walked out, mid-interview, claiming to be…
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Apple shuts all Dubai stores to shoppers as COVID-19 cases rise
Abu Dhabi: Apple Inc said on Monday it has closed its two Dubai stores to indoor shopping until Thursday, January 13, as cases of the COVID-19 surged across the country. The iPhone…
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Battle for UP: Cabinet Minister Swami Prasad Maurya quits BJP
Lucknow: In a major jolt to the BJP in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the Assembly elections, Cabinet Minister Swami Prasad Maurya resigned from office on Tuesday. His daughter Sanghmitra Maurya is a…
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PM Modi likely to hold meeting with CMs on Covid situation on Thursday
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to hold a meeting with chief ministers over the COVID-19 situation on Thursday as the number of virus infections sees a surge due to its…
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Congress’ Margaret Alva writes open letter to PM on hate speech
New Delhi: Congress veteran Margaret Alva on Monday wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing concern over the hate speech against minorities. In the letter Alva who was the…
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Active COVID-19 cases in country highest in 208 days
New Delhi: India logged 1,68,063 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,58,75,790 which includes 4,461 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data…
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Sulli Deals: 30 Twitter handles misused to target Muslim women, says Police
New Delhi: The ongoing probe into the “Sulli Deals” case has revealed that around 30 Twitter handles were misused for uploading the morphed pictures of Muslim women for their purported “auction”, the…
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UP: MLA Radha Krishna quits BJP, joins SP ahead of polls
Luckow: Ahead of upcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, an MLA from Bilsi assembly constituency Radha Krishna quit Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to join Samajwadi Party (SP). In the last assembly polls…
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Pollution levels that dipped during 2020 lockdown threaten to bounce back: CSE
New Delhi: With the levels of pollution rising this year, the downward dip, induced by the hard lockdown phases of the pandemic in 2020, will not persist, a new analysis of regional…
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‘Bulli Bai’ case accused Vishal Kumar Jha tests COVID-positive
Mumbai: A Bandra court on Monday sent to judicial custody till January 24, Vishal Kumar Jha an accused in the ‘Bulli Bai’ case. Jha who tested positive for COVID-19 has been admitted…
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Live-streaming of suicide on Facebook triggers row in Bengal
Kolkata: A controversy has been triggered in West Bengal after a man, his wife and their son committed suicide at Bakkhali area in South 24 Parganas district with the act streaming live…
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Checkpoints installed at Telangana-Maharashtra border amid Covid surge
Hyderabad: With the number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra on the rise, the Telangana Health Department has installed checkpoints at the inter-state border in collaboration with revenue and police officers. The Nizamabad’s…
