Politics

NDA and INDIA bloc gear up for poll battle in Jharkhand

Ranchi: The Election Commission of India will announce the dates for the Jharkhand Assembly elections on Tuesday, officially kickstarting the electoral contest between the NDA and the INDIA bloc. However, both coalitions…
Telangana Skills University: Special acting course suggested by Gaddar committee

Hyderabad: The Gaddar Awards Committee members suggested the state government to include a separate course to teach acting and skills to the students in the Young India Skills University being established in…

Telangana: CM Revanth visits Foxconn unit in Kongara Kalan, oversees progress

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy along with industries minister D Sridhar Babu visited Foxconn Interconnect Technology’s (FIT) manufacturing unit at Kongara Kalan on Monday, and oversaw the progress of the…
Backlog posts of persons with disabilities in Telangana will be filled soon: Seethakka

Hyderabad: Telangana women and child welfare minister Danasari Anasuya (Seethakka) has announced that soon backlog posts under the persons with disabilities (PWD) section will be filled and that the state government is…
‘Co-conspirator’ held from Pune in Baba Siddique murder case; 3rd held so far

Mumbai: The Mumbai police have arrested a 28-year-old man from Pune who along with his brother “enlisted” two of the three alleged shooters in the Baba Siddique murder case, an official said…
Big brother protecting Telangana Congress leaders from ED: KTR

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and Siricilla MLA KT Rama Rao (KTR), on Sunday, October 13, accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress of being in a nexus, alleging…
Police disperses Yati Narsinghanand’s supporters trying to hold ‘mahapanchayat’

Ghaziabad: Police on Sunday, October 13 dispersed controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand’s supporters, who wanted to hold a ‘mahapanchayat’ outside the Dasna temple in his favor. The administration did not permit the ‘mahapanchayat’…

Rahul raises questions on Agnipath scheme, asks why life of one soldier is not same as another

New Delhi: After the death of two Agniveers in Nashik during training, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Sunday demanded answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and defence minister Rajnath Singh on…
Priyanka Gandhi should lead Cong to save party: BKU chief

Kurukshetra: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Gurnam Singh Charuni on Sunday said the leadership of the Congress party should be handed over to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to salvage its prospects. Speaking exclusively…
Uddhav Thackeray’s plea to CJI: ‘Act in time and save democracy’

Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) President and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has made a fervent appeal to the Chief Justice of India, D.Y. Chandrachud to act and help save democracy in…
More BRS & BJP leaders to join after Dasara: Telangana Congress chief

Hyderabad: The Telangana Pradesh Pradesh Committee (TPCC) chief Mahesh Kumar Goud remarked that more Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders are set to join the party after the…
UP: Upper-caste family blocks daughter’s baraat over loudspeaker songs

Bareilly: A marriage procession was stopped from entering a village here by members of an upper-caste community who objected to certain songs being blasted out from loudspeakers, prompting police to intervene and…
SC to hear Shashi Tharoor’s Plea in defamation case over remarks against PM Modi

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor against a Delhi High Court verdict that refused to quash defamation proceedings against him…
Trump reiterates he wants legal immigrants, promises action against illegals

New York: Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump has reiterated that he wants immigrants as long as they come legally, but will take strong action against illegal migrants. “We want to have people…
Haryana Polls: Congress files fresh complaints on EVM ‘Discrepancies’

New Delhi: The Congress on Friday, October 10 submitted more complaints to the Election Commission alleging discrepancies in the electronic voting machines during the counting of votes for the Haryana assembly elections.…