- World
US jobless claims data allays fears over economic slowdown
Washington, Aug 23 (IANS) The number of Americans filing fresh applications for unemployment benefits edged up only marginally for the week ended August 17, easing fears over a sharp slowdown in the…
- Andhra Pradesh
NHRC issues notices to Andhra authorities over food poisoning incidents
New Delhi: The NHRC has taken suo motu cognisance of two reported incidents of food poisoning in Andhra Pradesh that caused serious health complications among students and orphans. The alleged incidents, which…
- Middle East
Iran closes ‘illegal centres’ affiliated with German govt
Tehran: Iran shut down two branches of “illegal centres affiliated with the German government” in Tehran due to “various illegal activities and widespread financial violations.” The closures followed a judicial order for…
- India
BSP extends support to Bharat Bandh against top court order on sub-classification of SCs
Lucknow: The Bahujan Samaj Party on Wednesday extended support to the day-long Bharat Bandh called by some Dalit and Adivasi groups to protest against the Supreme Court’s recent verdict on the sub-classification…
- India
Teacher accused of showing obscene videos to girl students; case registered
Akola: A case was registered on Tuesday against a 47-year-old government school teacher in Maharashtra’s Akola district after a few girl students alleged that he had been harassing them by showing them…
- Telangana
Nothing new, concrete: KCR on Telangana govt’s Budget for 2024-25
Hyderabad: The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) remarked that the Telangana Budget for 2024-25 “neither has something new nor concrete,” and has…
- Telangana
Telangana: Rs 1L for UPSC civils aspirants who qualify prelims stage
Hyderabad: The ‘Rajiv Gandhi Civils Abhayahastham’ scheme was launched by Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday, July 20, which aims to provide financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh to candidates…
- World
China’s Chang’e-6 probe brings back first-ever samples from Moon’s far side
Beijing: China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe module returned to Earth on Tuesday, completing its historic mission to collect the first-ever samples from the Moon’s unexplored far side, in a major step forward for…
- Telangana
KCR calls power purchase probe commission illegal, biased
Hyderabad: Former Telangana chief minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR), in a letter directed to Justice L Narasimha Reddy, raised doubts on the ‘impartiality’ of the probe…
- Kerala
Earthquake of magnitude 3.0 felt in Kerala’s Thrissur
Thrissur: A mild earthquake of 3.0 magnitude on Richter Scale struck parts of Thrissur and Palakkad districts on Saturday, official sources said. The National Center for Seismology (NCS) reported that an earthquake…
- Telangana
After Owaisi, Revanth says BRS supported BJP in Lok Sabha polls
Hyderabad: Hours after AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi alleged that leaders of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) openly supported the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Lok Sabha poll candidates, Telangana chief minister A Revanth…
- Telangana
Lok Sabha polls: BJP’s D Arvind registers 2nd consecutive win in Nizamabad
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Dharmapuri Arvind registered his second consecutive win in the Nizamabad Lok Sabha election by over 1.09 lakh votes, defeating Congress candidate T Jeevan Reddy and BRS’…
- Telangana
Lok Sabha polls: BJP’s Raghunandan Rao wins Medak by over 39K votes
Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate M Raghunandan Rao won in Lok Sabha polls in Medak by over 39000 votes, defeating Congress candidate Neelam Madhu Mudhiraj and BRS candidate P Venkatrami Reddy.…