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Delhi services tussle: In support of AAP, BRS issues whip to party RS MPs

Hyderabad: In support of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Wednesday issued a whip to its party’s Rajya Sabha MPs to vote against the Delhi services bill…
ED, CBI, IT only three strong parties in NDA: Uddhav Thackeray

Mumbai: Taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has claimed the Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax department and the CBI are the “only three strong parties”…

Heavy rain lashes Delhi, roads waterlogged in several areas

New Delhi: Residents of the national capital woke up to heavy rain on Wednesday that triggered waterlogging in several parts of the city. Waterlogging on the ITO Road hampered traffic movement in…
Telangana HC asks TSPSC to postpone group 1 prelims results

Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Tuesday ordered the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) to postpone the group 1 prelims results till Monday. This order was issued after many candidates filed a…
SP built Aurangzeb museum, we are building one for Shivaji: Yogi

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said a museum in memory of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb was built in Agra when the Samajwadi Party was in power while his government…
Govt reveals India’s projected population as of July 1

New Delhi: The projected population of India, as on July 1, 2023, is 139 crore according to a report of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Lok Sabha was informed…
IMF bumps up India’s 2023 growth projection

Washington: The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday projected that the Indian economy will grow by 6.1 per cent in 2023, which is 0.2 points — 20 basis percentage points — higher than…

MP: 2 cheetahs brought back to enclosure for health examination

Bhopal: Two more translocated cheetahs were brought back to the enclosure for health examination at the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district on Tuesday, officials said. Prabhas (male) and…
Telangana rains: Two girls washed away in Mahabubnagar district

Hyderabad: Two girls were washed away in an overflowing stream in Mahabubnagar district in Telangana following downpour as heavy rain continued to lash the state leading to inundation of low-lying areas and…
Kejriwal, Sanjay challenge Gujarat court’s summons for July 26 appearance

Ahmedabad: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP MP Sanjay Singh on Tuesday filed revision applications in the sessions court here challenging the summons against them by a lower court for personal…
Telangana rains: Holidays declared for schools, colleges on July 26, 27

Hyderabad: The Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Tuesday directed the officials to declare holidays for all educational institutions from July 26 to July 27 owing to heavy rains across the…
Manipur partially withdraws ban on broadband; mobile internet remains suspended

Imphal: The Manipur government on Tuesday lifted the suspension on broadband internet conditionally in a “liberalised manner”, nearly three months after it was banned due to the ethnic violence in the state.…
Gulzar Houz debate: Hyderabad’s monuments need protection, not remodelling

Hyderabad: The ‘restoration’ of the 16th century Gulzar Houz (fountain), one of the city’s foundational monuments, is a peculiar case when it comes to Hyderabad’s heritage. After it was announced in February…
Hyderabad rains: IT employees to log out in phases to avoid traffic jams

Hyderabad: In view of the IMD’s heavy rains prediction for the city for the next 5 days, IT companies on the advise of the city police have resorted to logging out employees…
‘HBD KTR’: Telangana Cong slams BRS for using schoolchildren for human chain

Hyderabad: The Telangana Congress on Tuesday registered a complaint with the Human Rights Commission against using schoolchildren to make a ‘Happy Birthday KTR’ human chain to commemorate the birthday of minister K…