News
-
Medaram Jatara: Telangana celebrates largest tribal festival with devotion
Mulugu (Telangana): The four-day ‘Maha Jathara’ of tribal goddesses Sammakka and Saralamma, dubbed as one of the largest Adivasi spiritual congregations in the world, got underway at Medaram. An estimated three crore…
-
India monitoring reports of attacks against minorities in Bangladesh: Govt to RS
New Delhi: India continues to monitor reports of incidents of attacks against minorities in Bangladesh, including on their homes and places of worship, and New Delhi has “consistently raised” the issue with…
-
60-year-old farmer kills leopard with sickle, spear in Gujarat
Veraval: A 60-year-old farmer killed a leopard with a sickle and a spear to save himself and his son after the wild animal attacked them in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district, officials said…
-
Never tapped Governor’s phone calls: Karnataka Home Minister on Oppn claims
Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday, January 29, denied the opposition BJP’s allegation that the state government was tapping Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s phone calls. Speaking to reporters, he insisted that…
-
Decision significant to protect Sanatan values, says Giriraj as SC stays UGC equity rules
New Delhi: Union minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday, January 29, welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to stay the controversial Equity Regulations of the University Grants Commission, claiming that its provisions were dividing…
-
All is good: Shashi Tharoor after meeting Kharge-Rahul
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday, January 29, met party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi for redressal of his grievances, after which he said “all is good” and…
-
KTR claims political vendetta over phone tapping SIT’s notice to KCR
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President KT Rama Rao has condemned SIT notice to party president and former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao in the phone tapping case and termed it…
-
Telangana govt to conduct Hyderabad Heritage Run on Feb 22
Hyderabad: The Telangana government will hold the Hyderabad Heritage Run on February 22, with the last date of registration on February 8, it said on Wednesday, January 28. The event is being…
-
Starmer and Xi call for deeper UK-China ties as Trump shakes up global relations
Beijing: The leaders of Britain and China called Thursday, January 29, for a “comprehensive strategic partnership” to deepen ties between their nations at a time of growing global turbulence and uncertainty. Neither…
-
Rally continues: Silver jumps to Rs 4L per kg, gold at Rs 1.8L per 10g
New Delhi: Silver prices extended their blistering rally on Thursday, January 29, soaring 6 per cent to cross the Rs 4 lakh per kilogram-mark, while gold scaled a lifetime high of Rs…
-
HYDRAA seals Neerus showroom in Jubilee Hills over fire safety violations
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Protection Agency (HYDRAA) intensified fire safety inspections across commercial establishments in the city on Thursday, January 29, sealing Neerus showroom in Jubilee Hills Rd No 36…
-
Musalmaan hai, maaro: Kashmiri teen attacked with iron rod in Uttarakhand
A 17-year-old Kashmiri boy was attacked by a shopkeeper in Uttarakhand‘s Dehradun district, with the teenager suffering serious injuries after being hit on the head with an iron rod. According to reports,…
-
Economic Survey says govt on course to achieve 4.4 pc fiscal deficit target
New Delhi: The government is well on track to meet the fiscal deficit target of 4.4 per cent of GDP estimated for the current financial year based on broad trends, the Economic…
-
RTI not for idle curiosity: Economic Survey urges re-examination
New Delhi: The Economic Survey on Thursday, January 29, made a strong case for re-examining the nearly two-decade-old RTI law to exempt confidential reports and draft comments from disclosures, saying such provisions…
-
Pilot of Ajit Pawar’s ill-fated plane cremated; locals remember him as affable neighbour
New Delhi: A heavy silence hung over a nondescript lane in Delhi’s Rajouri Garden on Thursday. Just a day ago, it lost its affable resident Captain Sumit Kapoor to the air crash…
