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No such details available: ASI on Hyderabad – Bhagyanagar name

Hyderabad: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) here said it has no information on Hyderabad being named Bhagyanagar. It also said that it has no details of historical records of the Bhagyalaxmi…
Bangalore: Ex-Karnataka CM Yediyurappa meets Amit Shah

Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and veteran BJP leader B.S. Yediyurappa met Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Thursday. According to sources, during the meeting, Yediyurappa told the Home Minister that the…

EC receives 130 ‘hate speech’ complaints since 2019 LS polls

New Delhi: The Election Commission has received a total 130 complaints against ‘hate speech’ on various social media platforms during polls in the last few years. The poll panel data showed that…
Telangana: Lightning kills 3 people in Jayashankar Bhupalpally

Hyderabad: In separate incidents three persons were struck to death by lightning on Wednesday, due to heavy rains in the Jayashankar Bhupalpally district. Among the victims were two farmers and a woman,…
Hyderabad: ED attaches Rs 105 crore of NBFCs, fintech firms

Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) Hyderabad office attached assets worth Rs 105 crore of 12 Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and their associated fintech companies. The 12 NBCs which received the notice include…
Gujarat man with monkeypox-like symptoms admitted in hospital

Jamnagar: A 29-year-old man from rural Jamnagar has been admitted to the Guru Govindsingh Hospital (G G hospital). The patient’s blood samples have been sent to the Ahmedabad B J Medical college…
Central agencies working like BJP’s wings: Tejashwi Yadav

Patna: Criticising the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), former Bihar deputy chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday said the ruling party is using central agencies only against…

Japan: 5.6-magnitude quake strikes Fukushima, no tsunami warning

Tokyo: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 struck off the coast of Fukushima prefecture in Japan on Thursday, the weather agency said, although no tsunami warning has been issued. According to…
PFI demands impartial probe into Karnataka serial murders

Bengaluru: The Popular Front of India’s (PFI) state executive committee on Thursday demanded an impartial investigation into the serial murders that took place in the coastal districts of Karnataka recently. A PFI…
MP: Cow vigilantes murder 50-year-old Muslim, two injured

A group of cow vigilantes armed with sticks and rods reportedly murdered a 50-year-old Muslim man who was allegedly transporting cows. The incident took place near Brakhad village of Madhya Pradesh’s Narmadapuram…
No amount of spin will conceal NDA govt’s ‘Jhumlanomics’: KTR

Hyderabad: Telangana minister for IT and Industries KT Rama Rao (KTR) said that it is very disappointing to listen to what the Union Finance Minister Nirmal Sitararam said on the state of…
China fires missiles near Taiwan as PLA encircles island

Taipei: China fired multiple missiles toward water near northeastern and southwestern Taiwan on Thursday, the island’s Defence Ministry said, as Beijing makes good on its promise that Taipei will pay a price for…
Gujarat: 219 packets of suspected drugs found in coastal districts

Ahmedabad: At least 219 packets of suspected charas were recovered along the seacoast in the districts of Gir Somnath, Porbandar and Junagadh in Gujarat since Tuesday night, police said. Each packet weighed one…
Rajya Sabha passes Family Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2022

New Delhi: Amid continuous sloganeering by the opposition members, the Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the ‘Family Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2022’ by a voice vote. Lok Sabha had passed this bill last…
Judiciary should ‘walk the talk’: Mehbooba after journalist denied bail in UP

Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the judiciary should “walk the talk”, as journalist Siddique Kappan was denied bail yet again. Earlier in the day, the Lucknow bench…