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Telangana CM pushes aviation minister for faster approval of new airports
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday, February 12, met Union Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu and sought the speedy clearance for proposed airports in the state. Reddy…
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Tamannaah becomes face of Mysore sandal soap amid ‘non-Kannadiga’ row
Bengaluru: Actress Tamannaah Bhatia formally took on her role as the brand ambassador of KSDL, amid objections from some persons, including a BJP MP, who questioned the rationale behind picking a non-Kannada…
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T20 WC: Sri Lanka thrash Oman by 105 runs for second consecutive win
Pallekele: Sri Lanka outclassed Oman by 105 runs to register their second successive victory in the T20 World Cup here on Thursday, February 12. In a Group B match, Oman were limited…
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Bangladesh elections: BNP leader killed due to violence at polling booth
Dhaka: Violence erupted at several polling booths across Bangladesh on Thursday, leading to the death of a political leader as the voting was underway across the nation, local media reported. These incidents…
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Hyderabad airport bomb threat email turns out to be a hoax
Hyderabad: Authorities at the Rajiv Gandhi International (RGI) Airport in Hyderabad have declared the bomb threat they received late Wednesday, February 11, was a hoax after conducting thorough terminal inspections. They received…
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US: Family of Andhra student killed by officer to get Rs 262 cr settlement
Seattle: The city of Seattle has reached a USD 29 million (Rs 262 crore) settlement with the family of a 23-year-old graduate student from India who was struck by a speeding police…
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Tension in Hyderabad’s Kalapathar after rowdy sheeter attacks kirana store
Hyderabad: Tension gripped the Kalapathar area on Wednesday, February 11, after a rowdy sheeter, identified as Mohammed Asad, along with his associates, allegedly attacked a person and vandalised a kirana store near…
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Telangana among states worst hit by food poisoning: Report
Hyderabad: Telangana is among the states that are worst affected by food poisoning, as one in every six deaths due to food poisoning in India is from the state. As per the…
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Telangana HC directs HYDRAA to restore Jubilee Hills rock garden
Hyderabad: Telangana High Court has directed the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) to restore the rock garden in Jubilee Hills within eight weeks. The court has also instructed the…
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Telangana municipal polls held peacefully, says DGP
Hyderabad: Director General of Police (DGP) B Shivdhar Reddy said that the polling for the municipal elections in Telangana was conducted peacefully on Wednesday, February 11. Of the 8,203 polling stations across…
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Auto strike disrupts commute in Hyderabad, school students worst hit
Hyderabad: A one-day strike by auto-rickshaw drivers in Hyderabad on Thursday, February 12, demanding restrictions on autos entering from outside the city, is causing significant inconvenience, particularly for school students and daily…
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Summer to begin in Hyderabad; IMD forecasts hazy morning conditions
Hyderabad: Hyderabad is going to start witnessing summer in the next two days; however, hazy conditions will prevail in the morning as forecast by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The temperatures are…
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5 foiled assassination attempts made on Syria Prez, 2 top ministers: UN
Syria’s president, interior minister and foreign minister were the targets of five foiled assassination attempts last year, the UN chief has said in a report on threats posed by Islamic State militants.…
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Kishan Reddy terms division of municipal corporations in Telangana illegal
Hyderabad: Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy on Wednesday termed the division of the Hyderabad, Gajwel and Nalgonda municipal corporations by the Telangana government as illegal, alleging that the…
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Deaths in Iran’s crackdown on protests reach at least 7,000, activists say
Dubai: The death toll from a crackdown over Iran’s nationwide protests last month has reached at least 7,002 people killed with many more still feared dead, activists said Thursday. The US-based Human…
