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New app to ease online payment of bills: Hyderabad water board MD

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) will soon launch an updated version of its Citizens App, which, according to the water board, will be easier to use because…
Three held with illicit liquor in Delhi on MCD polling day

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Sunday arrested three persons for allegedly smuggling illicit liquor as the voting for MCD election was underway. The police recovered 90 cartons of liquor. The accused…

Israel strikes Gaza in response to rocket firing

Gaza: Israeli fighter jets on Sunday carried out a series of airstrikes on facilities belonging to militant groups in the Gaza Strip in response to rockets fired from the coastal enclave, Palestinian…
TN Congress chief Alagiri used ‘unparliamentary’ words: CLP leader

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) President K S Alagiri used ‘unparliamentary’ words in a meeting following a scuffle at party headquarters over postings, Congress legislature party (CLP) leader K Selvaperunthagai alleged…
Hyderabad surpasses Bengaluru to top list in office space absorption

Hyderabad: Between April and September, Hyderabad used 8.2 million square feet (sf) of office space, overtaking Bengaluru to take the top rank in the nation. The office real estate market in the…
Daesh planning to carry out suicide attack in Pakistan

Quetta: The Balochistan police have issued a threat alert for a suicide attack on security forces in Pakistan’s Quetta, local media reported. In a statement, Quetta’s central police office said it had…
Sharmila’s padayatra yet to resume as police serve show cause notice

Hyderabad: YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) leader Y.S. Sharmila’s padayatra could not resume in Warangal district on Sunday as the police have not yet given the permission for the same. The Warangal district…

Centre extending support to disabled: Kishan Reddy

Hyderabad: Union minister for tourism & culture G. Kishan Reddy on Saturday said the Centre was making efforts to provide equal opportunities to the disabled in the country. He said they had…
TN professor loses Rs 23L in online scam promising job in Singapore

Chennai: A Tiruchy-based professor, who was unemployed after returning from Saudi Arabia during Covid-19, lost Rs 23.5 lakh to an online scam. Tiruchy police told IANS that Prem Navas of Tirumurugan Nagar,…
UP BJP MPs get restive, keep embarrassing party, govt

Lucknow: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs in Uttar Pradesh are getting increasingly vocal about their resentment against the ‘system’ and are leaving no stone unturned to embarrass the party and the government.…
Nepotism exists: SC Bar Assocation prez on judicial appointments

New Delhi: Senior advocate and Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Vikas Singh, in an interview with IANS on the appointment of judges, said he is not saying nepotism is institutionally there,…
What is Collegium system of appointing judges SC, Center lock horns over?

New Delhi: The Judiciary and the Executive in India’s celebrated democracy appear to be locking horns once again. The distance between these two pillars of democracy may be intended for the smooth…
Telangana: Vijaya Dairy to procure milk via Agros’ Seva Kendras

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Dairy Development Cooperative Federation (TS-DDCF) with the help of Agros’ Agri Rythu Seva Kendra (ARSK) will has launched training programme for 31 ARSK agents of three pilot districts…
Kodandaram slams KCR for abandoning jobless youth

Hyderabad: Founder-president of Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) Professor Kodandaram on Saturday asked Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao as to what he did for the unemployed youth of the State. He mocked that…
AP govt, HC embroiled in battle of wills over capital Amaravati

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh recently witnessed an unprecedented situation when the legislature attacked a High Court order which questioned legislative competence and asked the judiciary to respect other constitutional institutions, namely, the legislature…