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Banjara Hills temple row: Min Ponnam slams ‘politicisation’
Hyderabad: Telangana BC Welfare minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Tuesday, July 29, expressed strong disapproval regarding the alleged politicisation surrounding a temple being constructed on a vacant plot in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. Speaking…
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Waterfall 5 hours from Hyderabad reopens as Monsoon pauses
Hyderabad: Following a five-day shutdown induced by incessant rains, the Bogatha waterfall, about five hours from Hyderabad in Telangana’s Mulugu district, has temporarily re-opened to visitors. The forest department gave conditional permission…
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ISRO-NASA joint satellite ‘NISAR’ to launch today from Sriharikota
New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and NASA are set to launch their collaborative Earth observation satellite, NISAR, on Wednesday, at 5:40 p.m. IST from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre…
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Amid pressure over Gaza starvation, US proposes new scanty plan for aid
Washington: President Donald Trump said Tuesday, July 29, that the US will partner with Israel to run new food centres in Gaza to address the worsening humanitarian crisis there, but he and…
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Video: Maulana Sajid Rashidi slapped in TV studio over remarks on Dimple Yadav
Hyderabad: Maulana Sajid Rashidi, who is a regular participant in Indian news debates and is famous for his frank opinions, was attacked on Tuesday within a Noida-based television studio by two men…
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Telangana CM asks officials to protect heritage structures in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy said that there was an urgent need to make amendments to the guidelines of the Quli Qutub Shahi Urban Development Authority, to protect the heritage…
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‘Tell the House Donald Trump is a liar’: Rahul lashes out at Modi in Lok Sabha
In a no-holds-barred attack, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday, July 29, accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using the armed forces to protect his image after the…
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Leopard sighting in Hyderabad: Officials suspect return to Vikarabad forests
Hyderabad: Forest officials believe that the leopard, which strayed into human habitations in the city, may have moved away to a forest area, as it has not been sighted since early hours…
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Video: Protest, attempts to barge in on disputed temple land in Banjara Hills
Hyderabad: Tension broke out at MLA colony at Banjara Hills Road No 12 when a group of people tried to offer ‘bonam’ at the Ammavaru temple located there, on Tuesday, July 29.…
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HYDRAA conducts anti-encroachment drive at Musi River, Moosapet
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Disaster Management and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) carried out an anti-encroachment drive on Tuesday, July 29, at the Musi River bed and in Moosapet. Officials found that the encroached land…
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Dharmasthala row: Temple town, secret burials and a decades-old silence
A peaceful temple town in Karnataka, Dharmasthala, which is sacred in its religious and spiritual importance, has been plunged into scandal following shocking reports of clandestine mass burial of victims of brutality…
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Banjara Hills temple row: BJP leader Madhavi Latha under house arrest
Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kompella Madhavi Latha on Tuesday, July 29, was placed under house arrest in Hyderabad ahead of her visit to the Pedamma Thalli Temple in Banjara Hills.…
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Nimisha Priya’s death sentence stands, MEA denies reprieve reports
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), on Tuesday, July 29, denied reports that Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who is facing a death sentence in Yemen, has been reprieved. The previous day, the…
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SC vows to immediately step in if Bihar SIR causes mass voter exclusion
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday orally remarked that it would “immediately step in” if there is mass exclusion of voters following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in…
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Video: Fourteen crest gates of Nagarjuna Sagar dam lifted
Hyderabad: Fourteen crest gates of Nagarjuna Sagar dam across the Krishna River were lifted on Tuesday to release water downstream. This is the first time in 18 years that the gates of…
