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Advocate attacked with sticks in Hyderabad’s Gachibowli
Hyderabad: An advocate named T Srikanth, was viciously assaulted with sticks by a group while executing a court warrant, resulting in multiple fractures. Srikanth is also the EC Member of the Bar…
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Telangana HC seeks clarity from govt on sports quota in MBBS admissions
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Monday, August 25, directed the state government to clarify whether the sports reservation quota under GO 114 is currently in force or has been withdrawn. The…
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BJP MLA flags expansion of mazar, UP govt orders probe
Deoria: Authorities in this Uttar Pradesh district have launched an inquiry into the alleged illegal expansion of a mazar adjacent to an overbridge on the Deoria-Gorakhpur road following a complaint from local…
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Kondapur rave party busted, six arrested with cocaine, MDMA
Hyderabad: The Telangana government’s anti-narcotics wing, Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE) and Cyberabad police busted a rave party at a Kondapur apartment in Hyderabad and arrested six people, including…
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Indian expat dies in Saudi Arabia a day after returning from vacation
Dammam: In a heart-wrenching incident, a 43-year-old Indian expatriate died of a heart attack less than 24 hours after returning to Saudi Arabia from his first vacation in two years, according to…
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Hyderabad Metro extends weekday services till 11:45 pm for festival rush
Hyderabad: In view of the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations and the increase in passenger rush in the city, the Hyderabad Metro has extended its timings. The last metro train will leave at 11:45…
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Traffic diversions near Khairatabad for Bada Ganesh from Aug 27 to Sept 6
Hyderabad: The city police announced traffic diversions near Khairatabad from August 27 to September 6 for the installation and darshan of the Khairatabad Bada Ganesh. These traffic diversions will apply from 11…
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Asaduddin Owaisi slams 130 Amendment Bill, questions President’s power
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday, August 25, slammed the proposed 130th Amendment Bill, raising questions over powers vested in the President of India. “According to the Constitution,…
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‘It was Hanuman ji’: Anurag Thakur’s remark on first space traveller sparks row
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Anurag Thakur has sparked outrage yet again after a clip of his comments on “Hanuman ji” being the first man to go into space went viral. During…
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FIRs after Islamophobic posts target Banu Mushtaq’s Dasara invite
Two FIRs have been registered in response to the Islamophobic and offensive social media posts triggered after the Congress-led Karnataka government’s inaugural invite to Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq for the upcoming…
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Hyderabad philanthropist and real estate pioneer Ghiasuddin Babukhan passes away
Hyderabad: Ghiasuddin Babukhan, one of Hyderabad’s most prominent real estate developers and philanthropist, passed away after a prolonged illness in the city on Monday, August 25. Babukhan, the driving force behind Babukhan…
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‘Bangladeshis not welcome in Assam’: CM hits out at Syeda Hameed, Jamiat chief
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday, August 25, lashed out at activist and former Planning Commission member Syeda Saiyidain Hameed for her remark that “Bangladeshis can live here”, asserting that…
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Rs 100 crore land in Jubilee Hills freed from 20-year encroachment
Hyderabad: In a significant anti-encroachment drive, HYDRAA authorities on Monday, August 25, retrieved prime land valued at Rs 100 crore in Jubilee Hills that had been illegally occupied for more than two…
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Hyderabad pregnant woman murder: Family wants husband to cremate body part
The family members of pregnant woman, Swathi, who was mercilessly murdered by her husband, Mahender Reddy, in Hyderabad, refused to take her torso for cremation. Her body part is currently in the…
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Five journalists among 20 killed in Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Gaza
Gaza Strip: At least 20 Palestinians, among them five journalists, were killed on Monday, August 25, when Israeli strikes hit the Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, according to Gaza’s…
