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- Hyderabad
Telangana bandh: Deepawali travel hit in Hyderabad, gold shops shut
Hyderabad: Deepawali enthusiasm has turned sour for many in Hyderabad intending to travel to their native towns on Saturday, October 18, as public transport has virtually come to a stop and cabs…
- Hyderabad
Telangana bandh underway over BC quota demand, parties join protest
Hyderabad: A statewide bandh protesting against the High Court’s stay order on 42 per cent quota to BCs in local body polls began in Telangana on Saturday, with all political parties, including…
- India
Charges based solely on statements, no proof: Umar Khalid’s counsel
New Delhi: The counsel for former JNU student Umar Khalid told a court here on Friday that the case against his client in the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 Delhi riots…
- Telangana
Telangana Congress backs BC bandh on Oct 18 against HC stay
Hyderabad: The ruling Congress in Telangana on Friday extended its support to the bandh called by the Telangana Backwards Class Joint Action Committee (BC JAC) on October 18 to protest the High…
- World
H-1B visas: US Chamber of Commerce sues Trump administration
Washington: The US Chamber of Commerce, the country’s biggest business organisation, has sued the Trump administration over the $100,000 H-1B visa application fee, calling it “unlawful”. In a lawsuit filed in a…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man forced to join Russian army after being duped with job offer
Hyderabad: A Hyderabad man identified as Mohammed Ahmed alleged he was forcibly recruited into the Russian army after being promised a construction job by a Mumbai-based consultancy. A resident of Khairatabad, Ahmed…
- India
140 Maoists to surrender before Chhattisgarh CM on Friday
Hyderabad: Around 140 Maoists, including senior Communist Party of India (Maoist) leader Rupesh and Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee’s (DKZC) Maad division in-charge Ranita, will formally surrender before Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo…
- Bangalore
Kharge vs RSS: Karnataka reissues circular barring private use of govt school premises
Bengaluru: In a major development, the Karnataka government on Thursday, October 15, reissued an old circular forbidding the usage of government school premises for private purposes. The circular, dated February 7, 2013,…
- India
SC to hear pleas challenging SIR in Bihar on Thursday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is set to hear on Thursday a clutch of petitions challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the…
- India
Alarming rise of AI-generated Islamophobic images on Indian social media: Report
A recent report published by the Centre for the Study of Organised Hate (CSOH) documented the alarming rise of AI-generated images to create an Islamophobic rhetoric in India. Authored by Nabiya Khan,…
- India
I will not contest Bihar elections: Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor
Patna: In a significant development, Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Wednesday announced that he will not contest the Bihar assembly polls, a decision, he claimed, was taken by the party…
- Telangana
Maoist leader Venugopal Rao’s surrender a welcome step, says nephew
Hyderabad: Senior Maoist Mallojula Venugopal Rao alias Bhupathi surrendering before the Maharashtra Police was a welcome move, his nephew said on Tuesday. Mallojula Dilip Sharma alias Santosh, said he had never seen…
- India
Bihar elections: BJP names 71 candidates in first list
Patna/ New Delhi: The ruling BJP on Tuesday, October 14, sprang surprises with its first list of 71 candidates for the Bihar assembly polls, denying a ticket to Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav,…
- Hyderabad
‘BRS wasted Jubilee Hills in last 10 years,’ says Asaduddin Owaisi
Hyderabad: In the run-up of the Jubilee Hills Assembly by election, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen president and Hyderabad MP, Asaduddin Owaisi, on Tuesday, October 14, launched a scathing attack on the Bharat Rashtra…
- Hyderabad
Jubilee Hills bypoll: EC dismisses BRS’ ‘bogus votes’ allegation
Hyderabad: Hyderabad District Election Officer (DEO) RV Karnan, on Monday, October 13, stated that an inquiry was conducted into allegations by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders regarding the mass issuance of voter…
