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Akbaruddin Owaisi demands 50 pc quota for BCs in local bodies

Hyderabad: All India Majlis e Ittehad ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi has urged the state government to increase the reservation for the backward classes (BC) in the local bodies to…
Telangana: Congress MLC burns caste survey statement of CM Revanth

Hyderabad: Congress MLC Chinthapandu Naveen alias Teenmaar Mallanna has burnt chief minister A Revanth Reddy’s statement on the comprehensive socio-economic, political, caste, education and employment survey that was tabled in the assembly…

Delhi Polls: FIR against Arvind Kejriwal over Yamuna remarks

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, on Tuesday, February 4, was booked over his recent statements about the pollution in the Yamuna River. The booking comes a day before Delhi goes…
Five shot at school in Sweden’s Orebro

Orebro: Five people were shot at a school in Sweden on Tuesday, police said. The Swedish news agency TT reported, without providing its sources, that the perpetrator died by suicide. Police didn’t…
Telangana rejects SC categorisation panel’s call to scrap creamy layer quota

Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Tuesday, February 4, accepted three key recommendations of a judicial commission appointed by it for implementation of SC categorisation, while rejecting the panel’s other suggestion to exempt…
Video: Massive fire erupts at chemical factory in Hyderabad’s Cherlapally

Hyderabad: A massive fire erupted at a chemical factory in Hyderabad’s Cherlapally Industrial Area at the NFC Phase-1 on Tuesday evening, February 4. Talking to Siasat.com,Medchal-Malkajgiri district fire officer (DFO) V Srinivas…
Appeal under NIA Act cannot be dismissed after 90 day expiry period: SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that no appeal filed under the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act should be dismissed on the sole ground that it was filed after expiration…

BJP leader seeks privilege notice against Rahul Gandhi over China remarks

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nisikant Dubey on Tuesday, February 4, requested the Lok Sabha Chairman Om Birla to initiate a privilege notice against Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi…
Telangana Secretariat receives bomb threat

Hyderabad: The Telangana Secretariat received a bomb threat call from an anonymous person on Tuesday, February 4. The call was made to the chief minister’s public relations officer, who immediately alerted the…
Giriraj Singh hits back at Asaduddin Owaisi over remarks on Waqf Bill

New Delhi: Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Tuesday hit back at AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi for his remarks on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, asserting that the Waqf Board will function strictly…
Notices issued to BRS MLAs who defected to Congress

Hyderabad: Telangana Assembly Secretary on Tuesday issued notices to 10 MLAs of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) who defected to the ruling Congress party last year. The notices have been issued on the…
HC issues notice to CM Atishi on BJP leader’s plea in defamation case

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on a BJP leader’s plea against the rejection of a defamation case against her over her allegations…
In-demand engineering branch for campus placements in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: In the ongoing campus placements in engineering colleges in Hyderabad, a branch remained in-demand. Around 70-80 percent of jobs were grabbed by students of Computer Science Engineering and allied branches in…
Hyderabad schools’ views on fee regulatory bill

Hyderabad: The Telangana Education Commission (TEC) recently submitted a draft bill to regulate fees in private unaided schools in Hyderabad and other districts of the state. Reacting to it, parents and school…
China imposes new tariffs on US products, probes Google

Beijing: China’s Ministry of Commerce announced Tuesday it was implementing counter tariffs against the US on multiple products, while announcing other trade-related measures, including an investigation into Google. The government said it…