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Top Stories Trump gives his blessing to TikTok deal with Walmart, Oracle
Washington: President Donald Trump said Saturday he had approved a deal allowing Silicon Valley giant Oracle to become the data partner for TikTok to avert a shutdown of the massively popular Chinese-owned video app that Washington has called a security risk. The deal, announced by the companies, also includes Walmart as a commercial partner and would create a new US company named...
- 18 hrs ago
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Top Stories Farm Bill will destroy us, cry ryots even as PM Modi terms it watershed moment
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described the passage of two farm sector bills as a "watershed moment" in the history of Indian agriculture, asserting that they will ensure a complete transformation of the farm sector and empower crores of farmers. In a series of tweets after Rajya Sabha passed the bills by voice vote amid din created by protesting...
- 19 hrs ago
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National ABCD actor Kishore Aman Shetty arrested in Mangaluru for peddling drugs
Dancer Actor Kishore Aman Shetty and his friend whom the police suspect to be an important link in the chain involved in the sale of narcotic drugs in the region, were arrested by Mangaluru City Police on Saturday. The two allegedly possessed and consumed the narcotic drug Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and were arrested at Kadri Padavu. Giving details about the...
- 19 hrs ago
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Top Stories Heated debate on farm bills; Opposition members tear papers, heckle presiding officer
New Delhi: Some opposition members led by the TMC climbed on to the chairman's podium, tore official papers, and heckled the presiding officer as they opposed the government's push to pass two contentious farm bills on Sunday without considering their demand for sending the proposed legislations to a house committee. Ruckus prevailed after Deputy Chairman...
- 20 hrs ago
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Top Stories Presence of Qaeda operatives among workers causes concern
The arrest of three Al Qaeda operatives in Ernakulam district of Kerala has set alarm bells ringing for the state intelligence and police. In a pre-dawn operation the National Investigation Agency (NIA) nabbed Murshid Hassan, Iyakub Biswas and Mosaraf Hossen, all hailing from West Bengal. What has alarmed the state police is their presence among the guest workers in Perambavoor which has...
- 20 hrs ago
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Top Stories DMK calls for all party meet on anti-farmers Bills
Chennai: The DMK has called for an all-party meeting to discuss the three anti-farmer Bills passed in the Lok Sabha recently. The meeting, under the leadership of DMK President M K Stalin, would be held at the party headquarters Anna Arivalayam at 10.30 am on Monday, September 21, a notification from DMK said on Saturday. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami lashed out at Stalin...
- 20 hrs ago
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Top Stories Kamal Nath targets Scindia, says CLP rejected him as leader
Bhopal: Setting the tone for the upcoming by-elections in 28 assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, veteran leader Kamal Nath on Saturday launched a no-holds-barred attack against his nemesis Jyotiraditya Scindia in the latter's stronghold of Gwalior, saying that the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) had rejected him (Scindia) as leader, nipping in bud his ambition to become chief...
- 21 hrs ago
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Top Stories Farm Bills undermine food security systems; PM, BJP distorting our manifesto: Cong
The Congress on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP spokespersons over the farmers' Bills, accusing them of "maliciously" distorting the party's 2019 manifesto which promised creating small markets before repealing the APMC Act. Ahead of elections last year, the Congress suggested changes to farm laws that would see the Agricultural...
- 22 hrs ago
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National COVID19 in India: Recovery outstrips number of infections in single day
India's single-day recovery outstripped the number of new infections as nearly 96,000 people recuperated from the novel coronavirus infection, even as the total caseload went past 53 lakh. According to the Union health ministry data, 95,880 people recovered from Covid-19 in a span of 24 hours, 93,337 new infections were recorded during the period. 'India has overtaken the US...
- 22 hrs ago
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Top Stories COVID fatalities in Telangana cross 1000 mark
Telangana crossed the 1.7 lakh mark in its Covid-19 tally with the latest addition of 2,137 cases of the disease taking the total Coronavirus victims in the state so far to 1,71,306. Eight more people also succumbed to the disease taking the fatalities from Covid-19 in the state to 1,033, according to the Covid-19 bulletin released by the health department on Sunday. The bulletin said 2,192 Covid-19...
- 22 hrs ago
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