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Hyderabad: BRS Madhapur corporator Jagadeeshwar Goud joins Congress

Hyderabad: With Telangana Assembly elections just around the corner, there is an active migration of disgruntled leaders from one major party happening almost every day. As a continuation of this trend, several…
LS Speaker refers complaint against TMC MP Mahua Moitra to ethics panel

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has referred BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s “bribe-for-query” complaint against Trinamool Congress member Mahua Moitra to the Ethics Committee of the lower House. Dubey has accused…

India-Pakistan World Cup match: Why journalist urges ICC to conduct probe?

Another controversy erupted over the recently held India-Pakistan World Cup match after a journalist made sensational claims and urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to conduct a probe. A Pakistani TikToker and…
Sanatana Dharma row: Udhayanidhi challenges petition against him

Chennai: A plea against his holding of pubic office in the light of his alleged anti-Sanatana Dharma remarks was due to ideological differences, with the petitioner being a Hindu right wing outfit,…
Cash, gold, liquor seizure in Telangana crosses Rs 100 crore in 1 week

Hyderabad: The seizure of cash, gold, liquor, and other items in the run-up to the next month’s Assembly elections has crossed Rs 100 crore in value in just one week, officials said…
Ram temple construction being fast-tracked: Trust

Ayodhya: The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has fast-tracked the construction of Ram temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya. The new pictures released by the trust on social media show the temple’s…
Minor quake shakes Maharashtra’s Satara

Satara: An earthquake of magnitude 3.3 on the Richter scale hit Maharashtra’s Satara district late on Monday night, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said in a statement. The earthquake occurred at…

Kharge or Rahul likely to be PM pick, feels Shashi Tharoor

Thiruvananthapuram: Congress Working Committee member Shashi Tharoor on Monday said he feels the party could nominate either its chief Mallikarjun Kharge or former AICC president Rahul Gandhi as Prime Minister if the…
Key BJP meet today to discuss poll strategies for Telangana, Rajasthan, MP

New Delhi: In a bid to strengthen the party’s presence in different states, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is gearing up to convene a meeting of the core group at the residence…
Mahua Moitra sends legal notice to BJP’s Nishikant, Advocate over ‘false allegations’

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has sent legal notice to BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, and advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai, asking them to withdraw the “defamatory and false” allegations made by…
Hyderabad: Cops foil anti-Israel flash protest at Shahalibanda

Hyderabad: In a swift action, the South Zone police apprehended at least eight individuals who had assembled for a flash demonstration at Shahalibanda to condemn the ongoing Israeli actions in Gaza. A…
AP HC posts Chandrababu Naidu’s anticipatory bail plea in IRR case to Oct 18

Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday posted TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu’s anticipatory bail petition in the Amaravati Inner Ring Road Scam case to October 18. The Amaravati Inner Ring…
Greet garba-goes with cow urine to keep non-Hindus out: VHP

The nine-day Navratri, a major Hindu festival, began on October 15. On the occasion, people cutting across religious lines take part in festive fervour. However, far-right Hindutva organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad has…
Telangana polls: Ponnala formally joins BRS at Jangaon meeting

Hyderabad: Former Congress minister, Ponnala Lakshmaiah, who recently left the Congress citing ‘humiliation’ of senior leaders in candidate selection for the upcoming Telangana Assembly elections, officially joined the BRS in the presence…
Kheda flogging case: Victims refuse monetary compensation from cops

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court was informed on Monday that five persons from a minority community who were tied to a pole and publicly flogged in Kheda district have refused to accept monetary…