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SIR: 46L Bengaluru voters to be deleted, 27L in BJP-held seats

Bengaluru: As many as 46.88 lakh voters in Bengaluru have been identified under the absent, shifted, dead, duplicate and others (ASDDO) category as part of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR)…
Woman dies at private hospital in Attapur, family stages protest

Hyderabad: A 40-year-old woman who had been admitted to a private hospital in Attapur with a fever passed away on Tuesday, August 18, after which her family and relatives staged a protest…
War, hunger, displacement takes toll on Gaza’s zoo animals too

A lion barely raises its head as children peer through the bars. Nearby, chimpanzees sit listless in their enclosure. At a makeshift zoo near the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, most…

Israeli strikes target Syrian airbase, US envoy fears escalation

Damascus: Northwest Syria was hit by eight Israeli airstrikes early Tuesday, August 18, State-owned Syrian media reported, while the US envoy for the region has called it an “unnecessary escalation”. Citing a…
KNRUHS reopens admissions for MBBS and BDS courses in Telangana

Hyderabad: The Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS) has reopened the online registration process for admission into Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) and Bachelor of Dental Surgery…
Gayatri, Dhanush this year’s Arjuna awardees from Telangana

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Tuesday, August 18, extended his congratulations to the two Telangana athletes, shuttler Gayatri Gopichand and shooter Dhanush Srikanth, selected for the prestigious Arjuna Awards announced…
Blind Egyptian coder’s AI app helps others ‘see’ the world

A free smartphone app built by a blind Egyptian teenager is helping thousands of visually impaired users around the world navigate daily life, from crossing a busy street to describing a herd…

New territory: Trump shares image showing US owning Hormuz

United States President Donald Trump has posted an image of a map on his social media platform, Truth Social, portraying the US as owning the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway that…
Telangana to emerge as clean energy hub: Deputy CM Vikramarka

Hyderabad: Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Tuesday, August 18, said that the government aims to transform the state into a clean energy manufacturing hub. Speaking after inaugurating a two-day…
Rift widens as Saudi Arabia scrutinises UAE bank transfers

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has quietly subjected bank transfers bound for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the kind of enhanced scrutiny normally applied to high-risk countries, pointing to a deepening rift between the…
Harish Rao demands Ponguleti’s resignation over prohibited lands

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) deputy floor leader Harish Rao on Tuesday, August 18, demanded the resignation of Telangana Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy over the 22A prohibited lands issue. He said…
Maharashtra anti-conversion law to come into force on Aug 28

New Delhi: The Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act will be implemented this Rakshabandhan, August 28, this year. The state government has issued a gazette notification to this effect. The Freedom of Religion…
Weak evidence: HC suspends life term of Dabholkar murder convict

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday, August 18, suspended the life sentence of Sachin Andure, a convict in the 2013 murder case of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, and granted him bail, stating…
6 new food spots in Hyderabad worth checking out this August

Hyderabad’s culinary landscape has moved well beyond just biryani and Irani chai. Siasat.com has time and again documented the evolving food scene of the city. Every month, we see a wave of…
CBI nabs Hyderabad DGMS officer taking bribe over mine accident

Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday, August 17, arrested a Deputy Director (Mining) with the Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS) in Hyderabad, along with a consultant-middleman and a representative…