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Centre increases passport fees from July 1, hikes it up by 75 pc

Hyderabad: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has revised passport fees upward across all categories, with the new rates set to come into force from July 1, according to a gazette notification issued…
Still wild at 18! Ranthambore’s Noor joins legendary Machili

Jaipur: Tigress T-39 of Ranthambore National Park, at around 18, in her dotage in human years, has become one of the longest-living big cats in the reserve. Officials said tigers in the…

Hyderabad: TGSPDCL reviews power readiness for Moharram processions

Hyderabad: With Moharram processions scheduled to be taken out on Friday, June 26, Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana (TGSPDCL) Chairman and Managing Director Jitesh V Patil conducted a surprise inspection in…
Kolkata warehouse collapse toll rises to 10, army radar deployed

Kolkata: The toll in the Taratala warehouse collapse in south Kolkata rose to 10 on Thursday as rescue teams, aided by the Army’s advanced ground-penetrating radar (GPR) system, continued intensive search operations…
Hyderabad ATM heist: Driver, his two sons arrested

Hyderabad: Three persons, including a cash van driver and his two sons, have been arrested in connection with the theft of Rs. 17 lakh from an ATM cash replenishment van under the…
Rahul urges Pradhan to apologise, resign over ‘terrorist’ remark

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, June 25, hit out at Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for his “terrorist” remark against protesting students, saying he must immediately apologise to crores of…
Not decided yesterday: Govt source on passport not citizenship proof

New Delhi: Passport has never been a citizenship proof and no new decision was taken on the document by the Modi government in the last 12 years, government sources said on Thursday,…

Schools, colleges in Hyderabad declare holiday on June 26

Schools and colleges in Hyderabad have declared a holiday on Friday, June 26, in view of the 10th Muharram. Apart from educational institutions, government offices will also remain closed on Friday. For…
I don’t think it was us: Trump on Iran school strike

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, June 24, said he did not believe American forces were responsible for the strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, southern Iran, insisting…
NCERT adds Emergency chapter in Class 9 textbook for first time

New Delhi: Nearly five decades after the Emergency was declared in India, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has incorporated the subject into a Class 9 Social Science textbook…
Govt-auctioned Raidurg land was Waqf property, says Jamia Nizamia

Hyderabad: The Telangana government has earned over Rs 1490 crore from the auction of prime land parcels in Raidurg, Knowledge City, including plots that fetched a record Rs 237 crore per acre.…
Telangana CM urges Centre to resolve Tungabhadra water row

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday, June 24, urged the Union government to resolve the utilisation of the state’s rightful share of water from the Tungabhadra project and to…
Telangana plans India’s first data centre city near Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The Telangana government is planning to develop India’s first dedicated data centre city near Hyderabad. The proposed project will come up on 1,500 acres at Aloor village in Chevella mandal. The…
Hyderabad hosts 39 most valuable privately-held firms this year

Hyderabad: Thirty-nine companies from Telangana, all headquartered in Hyderabad, have made it to the 2025 Burgundy Private Hurun India 500, a list of the country’s most valuable privately-held firms, with their combined valuation…
Hyderabad schoolgirl accused of killing newborn after delivery

Hyderabad: A schoolgirl studying in Class 12 has been accused of killing her newborn baby after giving birth on a school campus in Hyderabad. The incident took place at a Telangana Minority…