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Factory toil, Ramzan fast: Women workers’ struggles with a glimpse of relief
Hyderabad: In their mid-thirties, Afsana Begum, Ghousia Begum, Nazima Begum and Shahjahan Begum are like any other Muslim women, who observe fast during Ramzan. The point that distinguishes them from the rest…
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HYDRAA chief inspects encroached govt lands after public complaints
Hyderabad: After receiving multiple complaints during the Prajavani programme, the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Protection Agency (HYDRAA) commissioner AV Ranganath inspected encroached government lands across the city on Thursday, March 13. Ranganath…
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Telangana: 5 candidates unanimously elected as MLCs under MLA quota
Hyderabad: The five candidates nominated by various political parties as MLCs under the MLAs’ quota were unanimously elected on the last day of withdrawal of nominations on Thursday, March 13. Vijayashanti, Addanki…
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US-proposed ceasefire would benefit Ukraine: Top Russian official
Moscow: Russia claimed Thursday, March 13, that its troops have driven the Ukrainian army out of the biggest town in Russia’s Kursk border region, as a senior Kremlin official said that a…
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University of Hyderabad students protest auction of 400 acre Gachibowli land
Hyderabad: University of Hyderabad (UoH) students on Thursday, March 13, protested against the Telangana government’s plan to auction 400 acres of land in Gachibowli. The protestors raised slogans, accusing the government of…
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MLA Jagadish Reddy suspended from Assembly; BRS leaders detained amid protest
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Suryapet MLA G Jagadish Reddy has been suspended from the house for the rest of the Telangana special Assembly session for allegedly insulting and intimidating Speaker Gaddam…
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GHMC seizes Pratima Hospital in Kacheguda
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Thursday, March 13, reportedly seized the Pratima Hospital in Kacheguda over pending taxes. A GHMC team reached the hospital in the afternoon, and after…
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Gold prices hit all-time high amid market uncertainties
New Delhi: Gold prices on Thursday reached a new all-time high amid market uncertainties. On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), 24-carat gold April futures rose by 0.21 per cent, touching Rs 86,875…
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‘They will be thrown out…’: BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari’s Islamophobic remark stirs row
West Bengal’s Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari created a stir during the Assembly session with an Islamophobic statement on Wednesday, March 12, after he said that…
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Watch: Thieves steal footwear from flats in Moosarambagh
Hyderabad: In a bizarre incident, two thieves entered into different apartments in Moosarambagh, Dilsukhnagar and stole footwear kept outside flats in five apartment buildings. The theft came to the notice of some…
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Pakistan train hijack: Siege over; 21 passengers, 4 soldiers killed
Karachi/Islamabad: Twenty-one passengers and four paramilitary soldiers were killed by militants who seized a train in Pakistan’s Balochistan, a general said on Wednesday, declaring that the army operation was over. Army spokesman…
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Telangana Assembly session adjourned over ‘insult to Speaker’
Hyderabad: Congress MLAs, on Thursday, March 13, demanded the suspension of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Suryapet MLA G Jagadish Reddy for the rest of the term, alleging he insulted Telangana Assembly Speaker…
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Four-year-old boy stuck in lift gate, dies in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: In yet another incident of death due to a lift, a four-year-old boy died after getting stuck in the gate of an elevator in Hyderabad. The incident took place on Wednesday…
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Former Aussie spinner MacGill convicted in cocaine case
Sydney: Former Australian spinner Stuart MacGill was found guilty of involvement in a cocaine deal on Thursday, but cleared of participating in large-scale drug supply. A Sydney District Court jury acquitted the…
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Raja Singh blasts Hyderabad police for restricting movement on Holi
Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Goshamahal MLA T. Raja Singh criticized the Hyderabad police for its “order” issued for Holi, restricting the movement of people in groups. The notification, signed by Hyderabad…
