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BJP nominates Maha Guv CP Radhakrishnan as NDA’s VP candidate

New Delhi: The BJP parliamentary board on Sunday nominated Maharashtra Governor C P Radhakrishnan as the NDA candidate for vice-president. Announcing the nomination, BJP president J P Nadda said a meeting chaired…
Licensed surveyors to be made available from Oct 2: Srinivas Reddy

Hyderabad: State revenue minister on Sunday, August 17, announced that citizens can now avail the services of licensed surveyors starting October 2. Under the BhuBharati Act, survey maps have been made mandatory…

J&K cloudburst: Death toll reaches 61 as search for survivors continues on Day 4

Chisoti: The death toll due to a cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district rose to 61, as rescuers continued operations for the fourth day on Sunday, effecting three more blasts to…
Maharashtra tehsildar suspended for singing Amitabh Bachchan song

Latur: A tehsildar from Maharashtra has been suspended after he was filmed singing a Bollywood song while seated in his official chair at his send-off function following transfer, officials said on Sunday.…
EC ‘stealing’ elections in collusion with BJP, will not allow that: Rahul

Bihar: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday claimed the whole country now knows that the Election Commission is “stealing” elections in collusion with the BJP and asserted that the INDIA bloc will…
‘We will cut you with jhatka’: Elderly man attacked in Uttarakhand; 3 held

A group of inebriated men attacked a Muslim man, forced him to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram‘ and threatened to cut off his beard in Uttarakhand’s Pauri Garhwal region. A video of the…
Video: NDRF searches for man caught in Kadem project floodwaters

Hyderabad: The National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) has launched a search operation for a missing man who was caught between the high current flow when the gates of the Kadem project were…

Prevailing situation in country worse than time of Emergency: Lalu

Patna: RJD president Lalu Prasad on Sunday alleged that the situation prevailing in the country under the BJP-led central government was worse than the time of the Emergency. The former Bihar chief…
272 held for drunk driving in Cyberabad, Miyapur tops list

Hyderabad: 272 people were arrested for drunk driving in the Cyberabad police commissionerate on August 15-16. With 55, the Miyapur traffic police recorded the highest number of arrests. Among those arrested were…
Brace for extremely heavy rains on Sunday as IMD Hyderabad issues red alert

Hyderabad: The residents of Telangana need to gear up for rains as extremely heavy rains have been forecast by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Hyderabad on Sunday, August 17. As per the…
Fire accident in Hyderabad damages shops in Rajendranagar

Hyderabad: A fire accident in the Rajendranagar area of Hyderabad destroyed three shops late on Saturday night, August 17. Fortunately, no casualties were reported in the incident. However, it caused significant damage…
‘Marwari Go Back’ campaign gains momentum in Telangana, traders call for bandh

Hyderabad: The ‘Marwari Go Back’ campaign is gaining momentum in Telangana State, with traders announcing a bandh in Amangal mandal on Monday. Traders have alleged that Rajasthanis and Gujaratis have come to…
KTR questions silence of BJP, Congress over Polavaram cofferdam failure

Hyderabad: Referring to the Polavaram project, BRS Working President KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Saturday slammed leaders of the Congress and BJP for what he described as their “double standards” on irrigation…
HC denies Hyderabad man’s plea for electricity connection without occupancy certificate

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has made it clear to a man from Hyderabad’s Nampally that electricity connections cannot be granted merely on a promise to submit an Occupancy Certificate (OC) later.…
Asaduddin Owaisi hits out at RSS-BJP over NCERT textbook revision

New Delhi: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Chief Asaduddin Owaisi has launched a scathing attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing them of systematically distorting…