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Goa: Gautam Khattar arrested for offensive remarks against St Francis Xavier
Panaji: Right-wing speaker Gautam Khattar was arrested on Friday, April 24, in Himachal Pradesh, for his offensive and derogatory remarks on St Francis Xavier. The police, in a statement, said that Himachal…
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Amnesty India condemns Telangana Police for invoking UAPA against TeluguScribe
Hyderabad: Amnesty India come in support of the social media news handle TeluguScribe, against which the Telangana Police’s Intelligence Wing has written to X Corp seeking information on its account registration, usage…
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Hyderabad man held for using fake number plate to dodge fines, finance agents
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Traffic Police on Friday, April 24, arrested a 43-year-old man for affixing a fake registration number plate on his two-wheeler to evade traffic fines and dodge finance recovery agents, officials…
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RBI cancels banking licence of Paytm Payments Bank
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India on Friday, APril 24, said it has cancelled the banking licence issued to Paytm Payments Bank. The licence was cancelled as the “affairs of the bank…
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SC applauds high voter turnout, lack of violence in West Bengal elections
New Delhi: While hearing cases regarding West Bengal’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls, the Supreme Court on Friday, April 24, lauded the 92 per cent voter turnout and lack of…
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Hyderabad: As GHMC elections approach, Congress yet to fix ‘negative’ image
Hyderabad: The Congress may be in power in Telangana, but the party is still struggling to get a foothold with the public in the city. With the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC)…
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HC rejects Pawan Khera’s anticipatory bail over claims against Himanta’s wife
Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court on Friday, April 24, rejected the anticipatory bail petition of Congress leader Pawan Khera in connection with his allegations that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma‘s wife…
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SC permits abortion of minor’s 28-week pregnancy, invokes reproductive autonomy
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, April 24, permitted a 15-year-old girl to terminate her 28-week pregnancy and held that making a woman continue with her unwanted pregnancy will be a…
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Learning about Telangana rehabilitation plan, woman Maoist surrenders
Hyderabad: An 18 -year-old woman member of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) from from Madhya Pradesh on Friday, April 24, surrendered before the Mulugu Superintendent of Police (SP). The woman…
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Telangana govt announces ex-gratia for TGSRTC worker who died of self-immolation
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has announced an ex gratia of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) driver Shankar Goud, who took his life during the…
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Opposition move fresh notice seeking removal of Gyanesh Kumar in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: Opposition parties on Friday, April 24, submitted a fresh notice in the Rajya Sabha seeking a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, sources said. The fresh…
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Cyberabad police book 383 cases, collect Rs 80,600 fine in number plate crackdown
Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Police intensified enforcement against vehicles with missing or defective number plates, booking 383 cases during a special drive across the Traffic-2 limits on April 23. Acting on directions from…
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Jihadi pigs: BJP leader urges women to have 4 kids to combat Muslim ‘breeding’
Meerut: Udita Tyagi, the regional secretary of the BJP Mahila Morcha in Western Uttar Pradesh, made crude Islamophobic remarks, addressing Muslims as “jihadi pigs, who engage in mass breeding.” Speaking to reporters at the PVS…
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Hyderabad: Twin fire accidents at Fateh Darwaza and Gagan Pahad
Hyderabad: A fire broke out in an auto trolley overloaded with coir at Fateh Darwaza road on Friday afternoon, April 24, causing panic among commuters and disrupting traffic on the busy stretch.…
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SC declines relief to 65 Bengal election duty officers whose names were deleted in SIR
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, April 24, refused to entertain pleas filed by several individuals from West Bengal, including 65 persons on election duty, against the deletion of their names…
