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Ex-Jharkhand CM Champai Soren joins BJP
Ranchi: Two days after he quit the JMM, former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren joined the BJP on Friday, August 30. Soren along with a large number of his supporters crossed over…
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Assam Assembly abolishes 2-hr break for Friday ‘namaz’
Guwahati: The Assam assembly will do away with a two-hour break provided on Fridays to facilitate Muslim legislators to offer ‘namaz’, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The rule will be implemented…
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HYDRA lodges complaint against official over construction permits in lake FTL
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Disaster Management and Assets Protection Agency (HYDRA) has initiated action against officials who issued construction permits within lakes’ Full Tank Levels (FTL) and buffer zones. HYDRA Commissioner AV Ranganath…
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Hyderabad: TGSPDCL orders cable operators, internet providers to remove cables
Hyderabad: Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TGSPDCL) managing director Mushrraf Faruqui on Friday, August 30, directed cable operators and internet service providers to remove unnecessary cables and other items from…
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25-year-old Indian student drowns in US lake
Hyderabad: A 25-year-old Indian student has drowned in a lake in the US while on vacation. The student has been identified as Rupak Reddy, who hails from Ichapuram in the Srikakulam district…
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Joint Parliamentary Committee invites suggestions on Waqf Bill
New Delhi: The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), formed to discuss the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, has invited suggestions from the public and experts on the Bill. In the first meeting of the…
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Harish Rao slams Telangana govt for cancelling SDF works worth Rs 10K cr
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA T Harish Rao on Friday, August 30 slammed the Congress government alleging it canceled 34,511 projects in Telangana under the Special Development Fund (SDF) worth Rs…
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Telangana grapples with surge in chikungunya, dengue cases
Hyderabad: Telangana is facing a sharp increase in chikungunya and dengue cases as mosquitoes grow increasingly resistant to traditional control measures. Health officials are raising concerns about the rising virulence of the…
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Telangana may consider banning Kangana-starrer ‘Emergency’: Govt adviser
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has assured Sikh community leaders that the state government would consider banning the release of Kangana Ranaut’s upcoming film “Emergency” pending legal consultation, government adviser…
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Moody’s ups India’s GDP growth forecast for 2024
New Delhi: New York-based Moody’s Ratings on Thursday raised its forecast for India’s GDP growth for 2024 to 7.2 per cent from 6.8 per cent as projected earlier on the back of…
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Israel, Hamas agree to pauses for polio vaccinations in Gaza: WHO
United Nations: Israel and Hamas have agreed to three separate, zoned three-day pauses in fighting in the Gaza Strip for the polio vaccination campaign, a World Health Organization (WHO) official has said.…
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No drinking water supply in several areas of Hyderabad for a day
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) has notified interruption in drinking water supply in certain areas of Hyderabad, due to pipeline shifting work by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation…
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Hyderabad: Milad-un Nabi procession postponed, to be held on September 19
Hyderabad: Representatives of the Milad-un-Nabi Committee agreed to hold their annual Milad procession on September 19 and decided to organise the birth anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad on a grand scale on…
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Hyderabad activist claims Congress MLC built farmhouse in Himayath Sagar FTL
Hyderabad: At a time when the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRA) has been going on a demolition drive to protect the city’s lakes, common people and activists have been…
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Telangana govt formed HYDRA to target Hindu properties: BJP Nirmal MLA
Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Nirmal MLA Alleti Maheshwar Reddy stirred a controversy on Thursday when he stated that the Telangana government formed the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Monitoring and Protection…
