- Bangalore
Forest department tightens safari safety norms after Dubare elephant camp tragedy
Bengaluru: In a major move aimed at improving tourist safety in Karnataka’s wildlife destinations, Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre has ordered officials to phase out open safari campers and introduce safer enclosed buses…
- Telangana
Civil society body seeks statutory heat relief fund for Telangana workers
Hyderabad: A national civil society alliance has written to Telangana Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy demanding immediate and legally enforceable measures to protect informal workers from extreme heat, warning that inaction would amount…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad court convicts two vendors for blocking public paths near Charminar
Hyderabad: A local court here has convicted two street vendors for encroaching on public pathways near Charminar and sentenced them to short jail terms, in what police said was part of a sustained…
- Telangana
Telangana gears up for 12-day Saraswati Antya Pushkaralu from May 21
Hyderabad: The 12-day Saraswati Antya Pushkaralu at Kaleshwaram will begin on Thursday, May 21, with Kanchi Peethadhipati Jagadguru Sri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswati and Telangana Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla taking the ceremonial first holy…
- Telangana
Fire near police station in Telangana’s Nalgonda guts over 30 seized vehicles
Hyderabad: Over 30 vehicles seized by the police were gutted in a fire near the Kethepally Police Station in Nalgonda on Wednesday, May 20. The fire was started in the agricultural fields…
- India
Hindu landlord pushes back after Bajrang Dal targets Muslim tenant in Dehradun
Bajrang Dal leader Aman Swedia, notorious for targeting Muslims in Dehradun, barged into a residential property earlier this week, claiming that a Muslim man was living there on rent under a Hindu…
- Telangana
Unbearable heat: Telangana boils as temperatures reach nearly 47 degrees
Hyderabad: Temperature in Telangana is on an upward climb, reaching nearly 47 degrees Celsius in several areas for the first time this summer season. Dilawarpur in Nirmal recorded the highest temperature in…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad Water Board General Manager sent to 14-day custody in DA case
Hyderabad: A special court for Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) cases on Wednesday, May 20, remanded Saggam Anantha Laxmi Kumar, General Manager (Engineering) of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB), to 14…
- Hyderabad
66 held, 544 SIM cards seized as Hyderabad Police crack down on ghost SIM gangs
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Police on Wednesday, May 20, said they arrested 66 people, including 20 telecom point-of-sale agents, across 13 states in a sweeping crackdown on a “ghost SIM” network that was allegedly the…
- India
Bombay HC slams ‘wrongful’ home demolitions linked to Nida Khan TCS case
The Bombay High Court has strongly criticised the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation over a demolition drive carried out in connection with the arrest of Nashik TCS case accused Nida Khan, warning authorities…
- India
DKS says 80 pc farmers support Bidadi township project, compensation from June
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar (DKS) on Wednesday, May 20, said the state government is set to begin compensation distribution from the first week of June for farmers affected by…
- Hyderabad
Southwest Airlines launches first overseas innovation hub in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Southwest Airlines, one of the largest airlines in the United States, launched a global innovation centre in Hyderabad on Wednesday, May 20. This marks the airline’s first-ever innovation centre outside the…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man posed as CM Revanth Reddy’s PA to extort money, arrested
Hyderabad: A man who allegedly posed as the personal assistant of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and used photographs with ministers to extort money from people was arrested by Medchal Police on Tuesday,…
- India
Fishermen release rare 600-kg catshark back into sea near Mangaluru
Mangaluru : In a remarkable display of environmental responsibility, fishermen near Mangaluru caught a massive 600-kg catshark in their fishing nets but chose to release the rare marine creature back into the…
- Telangana
Telangana allocates Rs 90 cr for TOMCOM to boost India-Europe skill partnership
Hyderabad: Telangana Labour, Employment, Mines and Geology Minister Dr G Vivek Venkatswamy on Wednesday, May 20, said the state government is committed to creating international employment opportunities for its youth and announced…
