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- India
Can’t play with citizens’ right to privacy: Supreme Court slams Meta
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, February 3 came down heavily on Meta Platforms Inc and WhatsApp while hearing their appeals against a Competition Commission of India order imposing a penalty…
- Telangana
SC rejects Telangana govt’s plea against HC guidelines on social media cases
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court of India has dismissed a petition filed by the Telangana government challenging guidelines issued by the Telangana High Court on handling cases related to objectionable social media posts…
- India
Trump cuts tariffs on India to 18 pc, calls PM Modi ‘greatest friend’
President Donald Trump on Monday, February 2, announced to lower reciprocal tariffs on Indian goods from 25 per cent to 18 per cent, following a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.…
- India
No India-Pakistan T20 match may cost USD 250 million to stakeholders
New Delhi: An India-Pakistan fixture in an International Cricket Council (ICC) event generates revenue to the tune of a staggering “USD 250 million (over Rs 2200 crore),” as per some estimates, and…
- World
UAE contacts sent Epstein sacred Kaaba cloth, newly released emails reveal
Newly released emails from the Jeffrey Epstein files show the convicted sex offender arranged to have pieces of the Kiswa, the sacred cloth covering the Kaaba in Makkah, shipped to his Florida…
- Middle East
Iran publishes names of nearly 3,000 dead during protests
Seoul: The office of Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has released a list naming 2,986 people killed during recent unrest in the country. In a statement posted on its website on Sunday, February…
- Hyderabad
Phone tapping case: SIT questions KCR for almost 5 hours in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supremo and former chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) was questioned for nearly five hours on Sunday, February 1, by the Telangana Police Special Investigation Team (SIT)…
- India
How does the Union Budget 2026 affect common people?
The Union Budget 2026, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, offers selective relief across sectors, while raising taxes on certain items, resulting in a limited overall impact on common people. Some current…
- India
Union Budget 2026: Here is what gets cheaper, what gets costlier
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, February 1, in the 2026 Union Budget presentation, proposed changes in duty cuts, making some items cheaper and some costlier. Like previous years, the minister has…
- India
‘Yuva shakti–driven’ Budget 2026: Big push for jobs, education, tourism
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, February 1, presented the Union Budget 2026–27, outlining the government’s plans on growth, taxation, spending and sector-wise reforms amid global uncertainty. Opening her speech in the…
- India
Union Budget 2026: Proposal to extend deadline for revised I-T returns
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, February 1, proposed to increase time limit for filing revised I-T return from December 31 to March 31, on payment of nominal fee. The…
- Telangana
BRS calls for Telangana-wide protests over notices to KCR
Hyderabad: The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has decided to organise statewide protests on Sunday, February 1, against what it termed as the Telangana government’s “vindictive attitude” towards party president and former chief…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Chilkur Balaji priest, 3 others booked for hate speech at rally
Hyderabad: The Ranga Reddy Police on January 28 registered a case against four people, including the head priest of Chilkur Balaji Temple, for alleged hate speech against Muslims during the Dharma Raksha…
- Hyderabad
Man shot, Rs 6 lakh looted: Here’s how the Koti ATM robbery unfolded
Hyderabad: A man who went to deposit Rs 6 lakh cash at the SBI Main Branch ATM at Koti was shot in the leg before the assailants fled with his cash and…
- India
Sunetra Pawar takes oath as Maharashtra’s first woman Dy Chief Minister
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) Rajya Sabha member Sunetra Pawar was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, replacing her deceased husband and party chief Ajit Pawar, at the Lok…
