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Student ends life in Hyderabad over not getting married to lover

Hyderabad: An undergraduate student died by suicide in Hyderabad on Saturday, November 29, after his girlfriend married another man. The incident occurred in Suraram police limits. The deceased was identified as 18-year-old…
Kuwait’s new drug law to impose death penalty, life terms

Kuwait City: Kuwait has approved a new anti-drug law that introduces significantly tougher penalties for narcotics offences, including life imprisonment, the death sentence and fines reaching two million Kuwaiti dinars. The law…

EC extends SIR schedule by one week

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Sunday extended by one week the entire schedule of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in nine states and three Union Territories. In…
Massive fire ravages 20 shops in Telangana

Hyderabad: A fire accident in Telangana has resulted in gutting more than twenty shops in the Kondagattu area. The blaze broke out late on Saturday night and spread to a cluster of…
FIR filed against Sonia, Rahul Gandhi in National Herald case after ED complaint

New Delhi: Delhi Police has filed an FIR against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and other accused in the National Herald case on a complaint by the ED as part…
India’s population to stabilise by 2080 due to dip in fertility rate: IASP

Kolkata: India’s population is expected to stabilise by 2080 at 1.8 or 1.9 billion due to dipping total fertility rate, which is currently below the replacement level at 1.9, an official said.…
‘Millions of poor losing right to vote’: Sachin Pilot raises alarm over SIR

Jaipur: Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Saturday accused the Election Commission of acting with unprecedented haste and creating widespread fear during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), alleging that voter deletions, especially…

UN chief reiterates call for irreversible progress toward two-state solution

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reiterated his call for irreversible progress toward a two-state solution, in a message on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. This year’s International…
Owaisi urges CM to start of multilevel parking at Old Charminar Bus Stand

Hyderabad: All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi urged Telangana chief minister, A Revanth Reddy, to immediately start the work of multilevel smart parking at Old…
UP: Faizal jumps into pond to rescue Shubham Tiwari from sinking SUV

When one tried to save a child from being hit by his vehicle and plunged into a pond, another attempted to rescue the driver from his humble boat. The dramatic rescue story…
Call centre duping Australian citizens busted in Madhapur, 9 held

Hyderabad: Nine people were arrested by the Balanagar special operations team and cybercrime unit of Cyberabad police on Saturday, November 29, for allegedly operating a fake call centre and duping Australian citizens…
After decades in service, SI takes VRS to run for Telangana local body polls

Hyderabad: Just three years of service left, a sub-inspector working in Suryapet police station, took voluntaery retirement (VRS) on Friday to contest in the upcoming local body elections in Telangana. SI Puli…
Hyderabad’s lone survivor of Madinah bus accident discharged

Hyderabad: Mohammed Abdul Shoeb — the sole survivor of the Madinah bus accident that killed 45 Umrah pilgrims from Hyderabad — was discharged from the Saudi German Hospital on Friday, November 28,…
City doctor loses Rs 14.61 crore in one of Telangana’s biggest cyber frauds

Hyderabad: In one of Telangana’s biggest cyber-investment frauds, a Hyderabad doctor was duped of Rs 14.61 crore after cybercriminals, posing as a woman on social media, trapped him in a fake online…
Aditya Menon performs Umrah, receives hate; issues clarification

Journalist Aditya Menon, on November 25, had taken to X to share that he had completed Umrah, the Muslim pilgrimage, expressing his heartfelt gratitude. I have been dreaming about this moment since…