Politics

Abhishek Banerjee alleges BJP spent Rs 15-20 cr to ‘buy votes’ in VP poll

Kolkata: Launching a blistering attack on the BJP after the NDA’s emphatic win in the vice-presidential election, Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that the saffron camp spent…
C P Radhakrishnan likely to take oath as vice president on Sep 12

New Delhi: Vice President-elect C P Radhakrishnan is likely to be administered the oath of office by President Droupadi Murmu on Friday, officials said. The president is expected to administer the oath…

Telangana CM urges Gadkari to approve Hyderabad-Bandar Port greenfield hwy

New Delhi: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy urged Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari to approve the 12-lane Greenfield highway between Hyderabad Bharat Future City and Bandar Port via…
Dalit leader from Telangana appointed as Maoist Party’s general secretary

Hyderabad: The Communist Party of India (Maoist) has appointed Thippiri Tirupathi alias Devuji as the general secretary of the banned outfit. The move follows the killing of former chief of the Maoist…
Immersion row: Fishermen’s body seeks action against Lalbaugcha Raja mandal

Mumbai: A fishermen’s organisation on Monday urged Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to initiate criminal proceedings against office-bearers of Lalbaugcha Raja Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal for alleged mismanagement during the idol immersion and…
India’s literacy rate up from 74 pc to 80.9 pc in 13 years: Pradhan

New Delhi: India’s literacy rate has risen from 74 per cent in 2011 to 80.9 per cent in 2023-24, but true progress will come only when literacy becomes a lived reality for…
Musi rejuvenation works given to blacklisted company, claims KTR

Hyderabad: Terming the Telangana government’s Musi Rejuvenation Project as a “loot in instalments,” Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) alleged that the contract of Godavari Phase 2 and…

‘Police failure,’ says BRS on Hyderabad’s Rs 12,000 crore drug bust

Hyderabad: The Maharashtra police on Monday, September 7, said that in connection with the recent drug bust at a pharmaceutical factory in Telangana’s Cherlapalli, which led to the seizure of drugs worth…
YSRCP blames Andhra govt for ‘incompetence’ in key sectors

Visakhapatnam: Senior YSRCP leader Botcha Satyanarayana on Sunday accused the NDA coalition government in the state of “incompetence”, pointing to “failures” in healthcare, agriculture and other sectors. The YSRCP on Saturday released…
Water reaches walls of Taj Mahal due to rising Yamuna levels in Agra

Agra: The water levels in the Yamuna river rose further here on Sunday, exceeding the danger mark and reaching the walls of the Taj Mahal, officials said. The rising Yamuna levels in…
Punjab floods: Death toll rises to 46, crop on 1.75 lakh hectares damaged

Chandigarh: The death toll due to the devastating floods in Punjab has gone up to 46, while crops on 1.75 lakh hectares of land have been damaged in the deluge, officials said…
Telangana CM supervises Ganesh immersion in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy took everyone by surprise when he made a surprise inspection of the arrangements for Ganesh immersion in the Hussain Sagar on Saturday, September 6. He reached…
‘Misleading’: ECI slams Congress video tagged ‘Vote Chor – Gaddi Chhod’

New Delhi: The ECI on Saturday issued a fact-check against a video posted by the Congress party’s official social media handle, dismissing the message tagged ‘Vote Chor – Gaddi Chhod’ as “misleading”…
I am candidate of political parties that represent 63 pc of India’s population: Sudershan Reddy

Patna: INDIA bloc’s vice presidential candidate B Sudershan Reddy on Thursday said he was the nominee of those political parties that represent more than 63 per cent of the country’s population, and…
Telangana CM orders completion of SLBC project by Dec 2027

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy has ordered the irrigation officials to complete the construction of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) by December 9, 2027, when he plans to dedicate…