HYDERABAD: TPCC chief B Mahesh Kumar Goud on Wednesday directed his party cadre to intensify the "Vote Chor, Gaddi Chod" campaign launched by AICC leader Rahul Gandhi. He urged the cadre to take out statewide rallies to expose irregularities in electoral rolls ahead of Independence Day. The TPCC chief, along with AICC Telangana in-charge Meenakshi Natarajan, held a video conference with the DCC presidents. The conference was also attended by ministers Ponnam Prabhakar and Adluri Laxman Kumar. ...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): As India observes the Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and External Affairs Minister on Thursday paid tribute to the people who sacrificed their lives during the Partition of India. Sharing an X post, Goyal said that on August 14, 1947, during the Partition of India, people endured the pain of violence, displacement and loss of loved ones. On this day in the year 1947, people had to endure the pain of vi...Read More
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 14 (ANI): Vision Document 2047 of the Uttar Pradesh government will play a very significant role in taking the state to new heights, said the state Minister JPS Rathore on Thursday. His statement came as a 24-hour discussion on the document was underway in the state Assembly, with senior ministers outlining plans for economic growth, social justice, environmental protection, and infrastructure development. The opposition job is to oppose, but even now, m...Read More
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], August 14 (ANI): The Uttarakhand Cabinet has approved the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2025, with provisions for stringent penalties on illegal conversion, ban on propaganda through digital media and protection of victims of religious conversion, a statement by the Uttarakhand CMO said. The Bill was approved in the state cabinet meeting held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. According to the CMO, the ...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): Following the Supreme Court order to remove all the stray dogs from Delhi-NCR streets within eight weeks, animal lovers and animal rights activists took out a candlelight march in the Rohini area on Wednesday night. The Supreme Court decision is facing widespread criticism from celebrities, animal lovers, animal rights activists, and political leaders. Seeing the criticism and protests, the Supreme Court on Wednesday clarified that its directive to the autho...Read More
Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) [India], August 14 (ANI): A government-appointed team of experts on Wednesday visited Dharali in Uttarkashi to inspect areas affected by a recent disaster. This team of experts included Shantanu Sarkar, Director of Uttarakhand Landslide Mitigation and Management Center (ULMMC), Dr DP Kanungo, Chief Scientist of Central Building Research Institute Roorkee (CBRI), Ravi Negi, Director of Geological Survey of India (GSI), Dr Amit Kumar, scientist of Wadia Institute of Himal...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): The Delhi Youth Congress workers staged a protest outside the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday, following the allegations against the Commission by the Opposition. Stepping forward with the senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi vote theft campaign, Congress workers put up banners reading vote chori commission outside the ECI office in Delhi, intensifying protests against the ECI and Bharatiya Janata Party over alleged vote theft in the 2024 elect...Read More
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 14 (ANI): The much-awaited Rajinikanth starrer Coolie hit theatres on Thursday, and fans across India are celebrating the release like a festival. In Chennai Egmore, huge crowds gathered outside theatres for the first-day, first-show. The area was filled with posters, banners, and giant cutouts of the superstar. Fans in Madurai danced to drumbeats, showered flower petals, and celebrated with joy outside cinemas to watch the film. In Tiruchirappalli, women ...Read More
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has flagged its concerns over the authenticity of data being fed into the Jal Jeevan Mission's (JJM's) Integrated Management Information System (IMIS), noting that the quality of uploaded information is essential to fill the visible gaps in the ambitious scheme of providing functional tap water connection to every rural household in the country.The panel -- standing committee on water resources headed by BJP Lok Sabha MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy -- in its report tabled ...Read More
Bengaluru (PTI): Senior BJP leader B Sriramulu has invited K N Rajanna, who was recently sacked as minister from the Congress government, to join the party along with his son and MLC Rajendra Rajanna, even as a state minister and some ruling party legislators met the MLA. This group of Congress MLAs along with Minister Satish Jarkiholi met Rajanna at his residence on Wednesday and held discussions. "The whole community (ST/Valmiki) and its leaders are with you, come to BJP. You and your son co...Read More
New Delhi: Amid the outrage over the Delhi stray dog issue, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's (MCD) capacity to manage nearly one million stray dogs in the national capital is under scrutiny. Several media reports claim it would cost around Rs 11 crore per day to confine all stray dogs across Delhi-NCR to shelters, as directed by the Supreme Court on Monday. This works out to approximately Rs 110 per dog per day, covering expenses such as food, transport, cleaning, medical care, staff, and ut...Read More
Patna (Bihar) [India], August 14 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, on Thursday accused MLC Dinesh Singh of possessing two voter ID cards amid the ongoing allegations on the Election Commission of "voter fraud." In a post on X, Tejashwi Yadav, claimed to be exposing the "voter fraud" in Bihar, alleged that JDU MLC is a close confederate of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and possesses two Elector Photo Identity Card (EPIC) numbers - REM 0933367 and UT01134527 Also...Read More
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 14 (ANI): 'Vision Document 2047' of the Uttar Pradesh government will play a very significant role in taking the state to new heights, said the state Minister JPS Rathore on Thursday. His statement came as a 24-hour discussion on the document was underway in the state Assembly, with senior ministers outlining plans for economic growth, social justice, environmental protection, and infrastructure development. Also Read | Independence Day 2025: President D...Read More
HYDERABAD: BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Wednesday described the Supreme Court order on nomination of two MLCs as "a slap in the face of both the Congress and the BJP". The apex court issued an order modifying its earlier interim directive on the nomination of Prof M Kodandaram Reddy and Amer Ali Khan to the state Legislative Council under the Governor's quota. In a press statement, Rama Rao said that the Supreme Court declaring invalid the appointments of Kodandaram and Amer Ali as MLC...Read More
MUMBAI: The rupee traded in a narrow range and edged higher by 8 paise to 87.39 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday, amid a positive trend in domestic equities. Forex traders said the rupee is trading in a tight range and the overall bias is expected to be negative amid uncertainty over the trade tariffs issue between India and the US. Moreover, investors are in a wait-and-watch mode ahead of the US-Russia talks on August 15. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee ope...Read More
The IMD said a 'red alert' has been issued for various parts of Telangana Hyderabad: Several flights to and from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport were cancelled or diverted on Wednesday due to unfavourable weather conditions, airport sources said. IndiGo flights to Kochi, Chennai, Patna and Ahmedabad -- and return services from these destinations -- were cancelled, they added. As many as 11 flights were diverted to other airports. Seven of them later returned and landed in Hyderabad by eve...Read More
Kolkata/Malda: Pushed into Bangladesh illegally on June 28 by Rajasthan Police and BSF, 22-year-old Malda migrant labourer Amir Sheikh has been brought back to an undisclosed location in India.Bengal govt said it has not been "officially" informed of the development. The news came a day ahead of Calcutta High Court's hearing of a habeas corpus plea moved by Amir's father, Jiyem Sk. Jiyem had alleged that his youngest son was "secretly deported to Bangladesh".On Tuesday, Jiyem told TOI: "We recei...Read More
NEW DELHI: India and Singapore on Wednesday reviewed bilateral cooperation in key areas such as connectivity, digitalisation, healthcare and skilling and identified new initiatives for collaboration. These matters were discussed at the third meeting of the India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR), a special mechanism created in 2022 to advance cooperation in crucial sectors such as technology, investments and advanced manufacturing. The two sides reviewed the progress on cooperation under...Read More
Chennai Corporation in a press release on Tuesday urged the workers to resume work, pointing to the benefits and job security under the new private company Chennai Corporation has roped in additional workers for launching a mass cleaning drive in Royapuram and Thiru Vi Ka Nagar zones owing to the protest by workers. Many farm hands from areas such as Vandavasi have started cleaning the streets. "We have deployed 1000 additional workers to strengthen the mass cleaning drive. More workers will s...Read More
Koppal: The Koppal bandh, called by the District Valmiki Mahasabha on Monday, condemning the murder of Gavisiddappa, a youth from the Valmiki community, evoked a strong response from the public. Most traders voluntarily shut their shops, and a large protest march was taken from the Clock Tower to Ashoka Circle. During the protest, Raghavendra Hitnal, the ruling Congress MLA from Koppal, took part in the march, wearing a saffron shawl. He demanded punishment for those responsible for Gavisiddappa...Read More
New Delhi: A day after facing criticism from the Delhi High Court, Delhi govt on Wednesday informed the court that it has suspended nine Tihar Jail officials for allegedly running an extortion racket in collusion with inmates.The govt assured a bench of chief justice D K Upadhyaya and justice Tushar Rao Gedela that strict disciplinary action was initiated against the officials, who were placed under suspension and transferred as per rules.It also sought an additional two months to file its actio...Read More
: As the row over the ongoing SIR escalates, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he had a unique experience of having tea with some "dead" voters from Bihar and thanked the Election Commission for it. A group of seven voters from Bihar met the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha at his residence and shared their experience of how they were declared "dead" by the EC and their names removed from the electoral rolls. "There have been many interesting experiences in life, but I never got ...Read More
About 12 billion disposable pads and 7 billion tampons go into US landfills every year It was six months ago that Selin Celikoyar bought her last tampon and switched to a reusable menstrual disc. "I had already been wary of tampons from an environmental perspective and also from a biological perspective. I felt that they were very wasteful and expensive to consistently keep buying," she said. The flexible discs and other reusable menstrual products are gaining traction as alternatives to the ...Read More
Hyderabad is set to become the epicentre of pop culture as Comic Con India returns with its 13th edition from October 31 to November 2, 2025, marking the grand start of its 2025-2026 season. Hosted at the HITEX Exhibition Centre, the event promises an unforgettable weekend of comics, cosplay, gaming, anime, music, and immersive fan experiences. The city, known for its rapidly growing pop culture appetite, will be the first stop in a season that will span multiple cities across India, uniting fa...Read More
The decision follows a prolonged legal battle and demands for a fair and impartial investigation. The Supreme Court has ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation to take over the probe into the 2021 murder of a lawyer couple, Gattu Vaman Rao and PV Nagamani, in the Peddapalli district of Telangana. The decision, delivered by a bench of Justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh, comes after a prolonged legal battle and widespread demands for a fair and impartial investigation. Gattu Vaman Ra...Read More
Karnataka's cooperation minister, KN Rajanna, was dismissed after publicly contradicting Rahul Gandhi's claims of voter list manipulation. Rajanna, a Siddaramaiah loyalist, criticized the party's inaction during the electoral roll preparation. The Congress high command, displeased with Rajanna's remarks, instructed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to remove him immediately, despite the CM's plea for leniency. Karnataka's cooperation minister KN Rajanna was sacked on Monday after an upset Congress hi...Read More
Actor Shilpa Shirodkar recently shared her frustrations over a tragic experience. She revealed that her car was hit by a bus in Mumbai and slammed the bus company for not taking responsibility for the accident. Shilpa took to her Instagram Story and shared her frustration while posting the photos of the bus. She also thanked the Mumbai Police for their help in filing a complaint. While sharing the photos, she wrote in the caption, "A Cityflo bus ran into my car today. And the people representi...Read More
Hyderabad: Former finance minister and BRS MLA T Harish Rao on Wednesday urged the Congress govt to activate the Kaleshwaram motors to fill reservoirs as farmers were becoming anxious due to delays in timely water supply.In a letter to irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy highlighting several pressing issues, Harish Rao requested that the reservoirs within the project's framework be filled without further delay, specifically requesting the activation of motors at the Kaleshwaram project packa...Read More
Bengaluru property owners can now avail automatic eKhata mutation through an Aadhaar-enabled online system, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) announced on Wednesday. The initiative aims to streamline property mutation processes and eliminate delays for citizens with pending eKhata updates. The service, officially launched under the leadership of Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru In-Charge Minister DK Shivakumar, allows property buyers and sellers to complete eKhata mutations enti...Read More
Adani Digital Labs (ADL), the technology arm of Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL), on Wednesday announced a series of transformative initiatives aimed at redefining the travel and airport experience for passengers across Adani-managed airports in India. The strategic moves enhance convenience, comfort, and engagement at Adani Airports, solidifying its position as a leader in digital innovation within the aviation sector. "The new ADL aims to infuse energy, diverse ideas, and unparalleled e...Read More