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Video: MP minister disapproves of women wearing ‘skimpy clothes’
Indore: Senior BJP leader and Madhya Pradesh cabinet minister Kailash Vijayvargiya has said he disapproves the trend of women wearing “skimpy clothes”, which, he insisted, was a foreign concept of beauty and…
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UN conference to push for two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
United Nations: The United Nations chief on Thursday urged world leaders and officials attending an upcoming UN conference on ending the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict “to keep the two-state solution alive.” Secretary-General Antonio…
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Harvard files legal challenge over Trump’s ban on US entry for incoming foreign students
Massachusetts: Harvard University is challenging President Donald Trump’s move to block foreign students from coming to the United States to attend the Ivy League school, calling it illegal retaliation for Harvard’s rejection…
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Gujarat reports 167 new Covid-19 cases; country’s active case tally nears 5,000
Ahmedabad: Gujarat has reported 167 fresh cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, marking a significant rise as the virus makes a slow comeback across India. The state’s active COVID-19 caseload…
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Over 1.67 million pilgrims perform Haj this year
Makkah: A total of 1,673,230 pilgrims are performing Haj 1446 AH–2025 in Saudi Arabia, according to the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT). Of these, 1,506,576 arrived from abroad, while 166,654 are from…
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Telangana govt to clear arrears of employees, cabinet approves 2 DAs
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has decided to disburse 2 dearness allowance (DA) arrears out of the 5 pending DAs to its government employees. The first DA will be released immediately, while the…
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NHRC seeks report on Telangana police brutality in auto driver’s death
Hyderabad: The National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) on Thursday, June 5, took suo-moto cognisance of the case involving Telangana police allegedly brutalising an auto driver on May 13. The NHRC…
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Experts urge plastic ban as Hyderabad generates 8K tonnes waste daily
Hyderabad: Environmentalists and civic experts are stressing the urgent need to ban plastic and enforce stricter recycling measures as nearly 8,000 tons of waste are being generated every day in the city,…
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Telangana police crack Bachupally suitcase murder of woman in 24 hrs
Hyderabad: The police teams formed to investigate the murder of an unidentified woman, whose body was stuffed inside a suitcase and dumped near a layout on the outskirts of Bachupally, have cracked…
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Tarnaka Junction below flyover to be shut for traffic from June 6
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad traffic police has decided to shut the Tarnaka Junction below the flyover for vehicular movement between Osmania University and Lalapet, and vice versa, from Friday, June 6. The decision…
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Ethanol plant protest: 12 Telangana farmers held after violence
Hyderabad: Twelve Telangana farmers were arrested in connection with a protest that turned violent at the site of a proposed ethanol plant in Jogulamba Gadwal district, police said on Thursday, June 5.…
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Jubilee Hills MLA Maganti Gopinath critical, hospitalised in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Jubilee Hills MLA Maganti Gopinath has been admitted to AIG Hospital in Gachibowli reportedly after a massive cardiac arrest and is undergoing treatment. According to local reports, he had been hospitalised…
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Bengaluru stampede: RCB announces Rs 10L each for kin of deceased
Bengaluru: Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) announced a financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh each for the families of the 11 supporters who lost their lives in a…
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Calcutta High Court grants interim bail to influencer Sharmista Panoli
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, June 5, granted interim bail to social media influencer Sharmista Panoli, who was earlier arrested for her derogatory remarks on Islam and Prophet Muhammad. The High…
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Top Maoist from AP killed in Chhattisgarh encounter
Amaravati: The Communist Party of India (Maoist) central committee member Tentu Lakshmi Narasimhachalam alias Sudhakar, 65, was killed during an encounter that broke out between the security personnel and Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s…
