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- Telangana
SC empowers UPSC to flag delay in DGP selection, gives 4 weeks for Telangana
New Delhi: Taking serious note of the inordinate delay by several states in sending proposals for appointment of Director General of Police, the Supreme Court on Thursday, February 5, authorised the Union…
- Hyderabad
SIR in Hyderabad: Official clarifies who qualifies as ‘family’
Hyderabad: A supervisor of booth-level officers (BLO) on Thursday clarified who can be treated as a “relative” for family mapping during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana, saying…
- India
HC takes suo motu note of over 1.08 lakh missing persons cases in UP
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of the alarming number of missing persons in Uttar Pradesh and registered a PIL, noting that over…
- India
PM’s speech deferred after women MPs gherao Chair, Lok Sabha adjourned
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reply to the discussion of Motion of Thanks on the President’s address has been cancelled amid sloganeering by Opposition women MPs, who marched towards the Treasury…
- Hyderabad
SIR family mapping starts in Hyderabad: Keep these details ready
Hyderabad: With the Election Commission preparing for a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters’ list in Telangana, booth-level officers (BLOs) in Hyderabad have begun the process of linking names with the…
- Hyderabad
Telangana HC asks state to draft policy on meat outlets near temples, schools
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday, February 3, directed the state government to formulate a uniform policy regulating the sale of meat and non-vegetarian food within 100 metres of temples, educational…
- India
SC to hear Mamata Banerjee’s plea against Bengal SIR process today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Wednesday a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls being carried out in West…
- Hyderabad
AIMIM general secretary Ahmed Pasha Quadri passes away
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) general secretary, Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri, passed away at Owaisi Hospital on Tuesday, February 3. He was 72 years. The former MLA was admitted to Owaisi Hospital…
- India
‘Unruly’: 8 MPs suspended as Opposition, govt clash over US, EU trade deals
New Delhi: Eight MPs were suspended from the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, February 3, for “unruly behaviour” amid escalating confrontations between the government and the Opposition over multiple issues, including Rahul Gandhi being…
- 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…
