News
-
I need your help: PM Modi’s Independence Day appeal to youth
New Delhi: India is celebrating its 80th Independence Day on Saturday, August 15, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoisted the national flag at the historic Red Fort in Delhi. In a first…
-
7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia; tsunami warning issued
Maumere: A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, August 15, damaging buildings and homes and triggering a tsunami warning. There are no immediate reports of casualties. The US…
-
Independence Day: For Telangana’s rebels, azadi was a dual fight
Hyderabad: Nearly eight decades ago, when India was formally declared an independent sovereign nation, Hyderabad was cautiously silent. Not that independence did not matter to Hyderabadis. It was that freedom had not arrived…
-
Hyderabad’s Skyroot ties up with Redcliffe for space diagnostics
Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace has partnered with diagnostic services provider Redcliffe Labs to study how diagnostic materials behave in space, in what the companies describe as India’s first collaboration between the diagnostics…
-
Telangana raises age limit for police recruitment by 2 years
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Friday, August 14, raised the upper age limit for uniformed services in the police, fire, prisons, special protection force, excise, transport and forest department recruitment by 2…
-
President address: Students architects of future, reforms underway
New Delhi: In a first, the full version of Vande Mataram, recently accorded the same legal protection as the national anthem, was played ahead of and after President Droupadi Murmu’s address to…
-
Persecution of students: NALSAR alumni slam Bar Council of India
Hyderabad: Over 400 alumni of the NALSAR University of Law here on Friday, August 14, criticised the Bar Council of India over its now-withdrawn order to conduct an inquiry and submit a…
-
Telangana worker dies in Saudi Arabia, NRI offers Rs 40,000 aid
Hyderabad: An Non-Resident Indian (NRI) entrepreneur has provided Rs 40,000 to support the family of a Telangana worker who died in a road accident in Saudi Arabia, helping them meet expenses to…
-
Zoya Hasan’s Independence Day speech cancelled after VHP protest
New Delhi: JNU Professor Emerita Zoya Hasan’s planned Independence Day speech at a private school in Lodhi Estate here was cancelled on Friday, August 14, allegedly after a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)…
-
Father, son electrocuted while watering paddy in Bhupalpally
Hyderabad: A father and son duo from Jayashankar Bhupalpally district’s Kataram mandal were electrocuted to death on Thursday, August 13, in their agricultural field while watering paddy crops. According to a report…
-
Two, including constable, held for couple’s murder in Suryapet
Hyderabad: Two people, including a constable, were arrested in Suryapet District of Telangana for allegedly killing a man and his wife, police said on Friday, August 14. The incident happened on the…
-
Telangana audit flags Rs 1,100-cr PF scam, firms under scanner
Hyderabad: Hundreds of private manpower agencies in Telangana have come under scrutiny after a state government audit and Aadhaar-based verification of outsourced workers revealed suspected provident fund (PF) fraud exceeding Rs 1,100…
-
Egg attacks raise safety concerns for Kerala KSRTC buses
Bengaluru: The discovery of broken eggs on a Kerala KSRTC bus involved in a fatal accident on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway and a subsequent egg-throwing incident targeting another Kerala-bound bus have raised concerns…
-
Traffic restrictions in place for Independence Day in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Traffic restrictions and diversions will be in place from 6 AM to 12 PM on Saturday, August 15, owing to the Independence Day flag-hoisting ceremony at Golconda Fort. The road leading…
-
NEET paper leak: Delhi court allows CBI plea for further probe
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday, August 14, allowed the CBI’s plea seeking further investigation in the NEET paper leak case. The agency’s prosecutor told the court that fresh digital evidence…
