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Telangana HC posts hearing on BC quota plea in local body elections to Oct 8
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Saturday posted the hearing on October 8 over petitions challenging the state government’s order providing 42 per cent reservation to Backward Classes in local bodies. In…
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VHP cautions govt, SC on planned country-wide protests by AIMPLB on Waqf Act
New Delhi The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Saturday raised questions over the All India Muslim Personal Law Board’s plan to hold nationwide protests against the Waqf Amendment Act, and urged the…
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Indian Army promotes Malegaon blast acquitted Lt Col Purohit to Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit’s promotion to the post of Colonel has sparked debate due to his history of being acquitted in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. The special NIA court, on…
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Telangana Assembly Speaker to hear defected MLAs case on Sept 29
Hyderabad: Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar will hear the petitions related to the disqualification of defected Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs on Monday, September 29. The petitioners in the case are…
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Top Telangana Maoist leader backs surrender amid stepped-up police drive
Hyderabad: Against the backdrop of intensified anti-Maoist operations, particularly in Chhattisgarh, a section of the CPI (Maoist) is reportedly in favour of laying down arms, while others want to continue the “armed…
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Cybercriminal poses as MD, scams accounts manager of Rs 25 lakh
Hyderabad: An accounts manager of a private firm was cheated of Rs 25 lakh after fraudsters impersonated his company’s managing director (MD) on WhatsApp, leading to illegal fund transfer. According to the…
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Video: Elderly woman attempts to bar Dalit children from using path in Tamil Nadu
A group of school children from the Dalit community in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu were restricted from walking through a mud lane by an upper caste elderly women, who hurled casties…
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‘KTR tea stall’ owner celebrates Sircilla collector’s transfer with firecrackers
Hyderabad: The owner of the KTR tea stall in Rajanna Sircilla lit firecrackers in front of his shop on Saturday, September 27, celebrating the transfer of district collector Sandeep Kumar Jha, who…
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Heavy traffic on Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway ahead of Dasara
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway (NH-65) is experiencing a heavy traffic bottleneck as several people from the city are heading towards their hometowns in view of the Dasara festival.Vehicles along the Hayathanagar to…
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BRS launches Congress Debt Card movement to ‘expose’ govt
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) Saturday, September 27, launched the statewide ‘Congress Debt Card’ movement from the BRS Bhavan in Hyderabad. The campaign is initiated to…
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US tariffs pose major risk to India’s growth: Crisil Intelligence
Kolkata: High tariffs imposed by the United States on Indian goods pose a major risk to the country’s growth, Crisil Intelligence said in its September report. The tariffs will impact both Indian…
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UP cleric Tauqeer Raza Khan sent to judicial remand for ‘I Love Muhammad’ protest
Bareilly (UP), Sep 27 (PTI) Police have arrested eight persons, including local cleric and chief of Ittehad-e-Millat Council Tauqeer Raza Khan, whose call for a protest supporting the ‘I love Muhammad’ campaign…
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About 1000 people shifted to relief camps after heavy rains in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: About 1,000 people living in low-lying areas here were shifted to relief camps as the Musi river was in spate following heavy rains in the city and other parts of Telangana,…
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Calcutta HC orders repatriation of Bengali family deported to Bangladesh
The Calcutta High Court on Friday, September 26, struck down the deportation of a family from Bengal to Bangladesh and ordered its repatriation. The court observed that the authorities deported the family…
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Telangana govt seeks bids for Israeli software to hack into phones
Hyderabad: Even as the Telangana government faces accusations of misusing voter data, a new government tender by the Telangana State Cyber Security Bureau (TGCBS) shows the police department seeking some very invasive…
