Baramulla, Jul 5: Hundreds of mourners from Delina and its neighbouring villages Saturday participated in the Muharram procession, the 9th day of the month of Muharram-Ul-Haram at Delina area of north Kashmir's Baramulla district. The procession was one of the series of processions being held in the month of Muharram, the first month of Islamic calendar. Dressed in black and carrying flags bearing religious inscriptions, participants from the villages of Hygam, Bulgam, Bohripora, Syedpora, Uri...Read More
VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu has directed officials to install statues of freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju and Amarajeevi Potti Sriramulu in Amaravati to honour their contributions and inspire future generations. He emphasised that eco-parks being developed across the capital region should be named meaningfully and reflect the heritage and values of the state. At the same time, he underscored the importance of maintaining financial prudence and avoiding unnecessary extr...Read More
Jhansi: A bomb threat delayed the Durg-bound Chhattisgarh Sampark Kranti Express on Friday night, when it was halted at Virangana Laxmibai Jhansi railway station for nearly an hour. The threat turned out to be a hoax, and the train resumed its journey after a thorough inspection. According to SP, GRP, Vipul Srivastav, after the train left Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station in Delhi around 6pm on Friday, a call was recieved at the railway helpline 139, claiming that a bomb had been planted in a sl...Read More
Hyderabad: Ashoorkhanas across Hyderabad, especially in the Old City, are being readied for the Tenth Day of Muharram, a day of solemn observance for Shia Muslims. Prayer gatherings were held in many Ashoorkhanas, with congregants dressed in black as a sign of mourning. The grand procession, which draws large crowds of devotees, includes many who fast and perform matam (ritual chest-beating), will begin from Bibi ka Alawa after the Zuhr prayers, proceed with the Alam mounted on an elephant thro...Read More
Vijayawada: Abducted K. Amaralingeswara Rao's father, Venkateswara Rao, is reportedly going to seek the intervention of the AP government to take up the issue with the Centre to help his son to be brought back to India, safely. Rao's father, Venkateswara Rao, and mother, Rajyalakshmi, hail from Jammalamadka village of Macherla mandal in Palnadu district. Reports say that after learning about the abduction of their son, the parents were worried over the safety of their son and are looking for h...Read More
HYDERABAD: A septuagenarian from Ameerpet lost ₹53 lakh in a cyber fraud after being duped by a scammer posing as a senior police officer from Delhi. The fraudster identified himself as DCP Rajveer Kumar of Delhi Police and convinced the victim that a money laundering case had been filed against him. According to the complaint filed with the Hyderabad cybercrime police, the victim received the first call on June 18. The caller, who also used the name G. Kumar, appeared in police uniform during ...Read More
Hyderabad: BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao said he was formally accepting a challenge thrown by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to debate with either former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, or Rama Rao, issues relating to farmers, and what the Congress and the BRS governments have done for them. "Revanth yesterday appeared very keen for this debate and I formally accept the challenge as he took my name. But, since he has no clue on agriculture or related issues, I will give him 72 hours...Read More
Nellore: The body of a female elephant was found near the banks of Peddavaddu Cheruvu (tank) close to Pooredivaripalli village in the Kallur Forest Beat, Irala Section, of the Chittoor West Forest Range on Saturday morning. Senior forest officials, along with forest range officers and beat officers, rushed to the spot and conducted a post-mortem examination in the afternoon. Veterinary doctors attributed the cause of death to constipation, reportedly due to excessive consumption of mangoes. Sa...Read More
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday withdrew its earlier decision to de-empanel three leading private sector banks -- Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, and ICICI Bank -- from handling the business and deposits of state government organisations and departments. A notification issued by the state finance department confirmed the reversal, allowing the three banks to continue as empanelled institutions authorised to manage government-related financial transactions. The government had, through a no...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 5 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tributes to former Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan on his birth anniversary, and said his struggle for the rights of Dalits, backward, and the deprived can never be forgotten. His entire life was dedicated to social justice, Modi said on X of the founder of the Lok Janshakti Party. Paswan's son and Union minister Chirag Paswan now heads the main offshoot of the party named Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) following a split led...Read More
Vijayawada: The YSRC's SC cell, under the leadership of state president T.J.R. Sudhakar Babu, convened the districts' SC Cell presidents' meeting here on Saturday to address critical issues affecting the Dalit community. The meeting, attended by central office incharge and MLC Lella Appi Reddy, SC Cell Working President Kommoori Kanakaraju, and district SC division presidents, outlined a robust action plan to safeguard Dalit rights and counter challenges posed by the coalition government....Read More
Thiruvananthapuram: Indian wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson made a record-breaking return to the Kerala cricket circuit following his omission from last season's Vijay Hazare Trophy (VHT), as he became the most expensive signing at the Kerala Cricket League (KCL) auction for a record Rs 26.60 lakhs, being picked up by Kochi Blue Tigers, reported ESPNCricinfo on Saturday. This will be Samson's first competitive appearance since the conclusion of a disappointing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, ...Read More
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday said the Supreme Court's in-house inquiry report in Allahabad High Court Judge Yashwant Varma's case has "no constitutional relevance" as an investigation can only take place under the Judges Inquiry Act. Addressing a press conference, Sibal also accused the government of protecting Justice Shekhar Yadav and questioned the Rajya Sabha Secretariat over its attempt to reach out to him for the reported verification of his signature on the notice to...Read More
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 5 (ANI): Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Saturday accused the Congress of misleading the country with its claim that the BJP-led government at the Centre wants to change the Constitution. He added that AICC has now become the 'All India Cheating Congress'. "The words 'secular' and 'socialist' were not there in the Constitution. It was added after the 42nd Amendment. The Amendment was brought during the Emergency. Emergency was a black day in the d...Read More
Jabalpur: In a setback to actor Saif Ali Khan and his family, who inherited Rs 15,000 crore properties owned by Bhopal's erstwhile rulers, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has set aside the trial court's verdict given over two decades ago, and ordered a retrial in the case. In its order passed on June 30, the single bench of high court of Justice Sanjay Dwivedi set aside the judgment and decree of the trial court which upheld Pataudis (Saif Ali Khan, his mother Sharmila Tagore and his two sisters S...Read More
Mumbai: Hitting out at Shiv Sena (UBT) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena over their joint rally held in Mumbai on Saturday, Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar termed it as a "public appeasement" campaign for elections rather than an event organised for language. For the first time in 20 years, Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray and MNS chief Raj Thackeray shared the stage publicly. They came together over the alleged imposition of the Hindi language by the Maharashtra government in the stat...Read More
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sought a response from the Centre, Tamil Nadu Governor's office, and others on a plea by the TN government challenging a Madras High Court order that stayed its power to appoint vice-chancellors at state universities.Besides the two, a bench of justices PS Narasimha and R Mahadevan also issued a notice to the University Grants Commission on a plea against the May 21 interim order passed by a vacation bench of the high court....Read More
Mumbai: Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai reaffirmed the Supreme Court's commitment to transparency in judicial appointments during a felicitation ceremony organised by the Bombay Bar Association. He emphasised that the court is working to dispel the perception that the Supreme Court is "CJI-centric." Speaking at the Bombay High Court in an event organised by the Bombay Bar Association, CJI Gavai highlighted ongoing efforts to ensure a more inclusive and transparent appointment process. He ...Read More
Mumbai: Hooliganism under the guise of Marathi pride will not be tolerated in the state, CM Fadnavis warned on Friday. He said police had registered an FIR and taken action in the Mira Road incident where a businessman was beaten up by MNS workers for not knowing Marathi.Speaking to the media, Fadnavis said beating up someone over language was wrong. "We are Marathi and are proud of the language. Insisting that a person speak in Marathi is not wrong, but beating up a businessman because he does ...Read More
HYDERABAD: BRS president and former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, who was admitted to a private hospital for a check-up on Thursday, was reported to be doing well on Friday. The released pictures of Rao meeting with a group of party leaders in the hospital in a bid to assuage concerns over his health. "KCR had a lengthy discussion with the party leaders on current issues including preparing the party for the upcoming elections to local bodies, fertilizer shortage, and agriculture and irr...Read More
NEW DELHI: ED on Friday said it has attached properties worth Rs 34 crore linked to Kannada actor Ranya Rao and her associates in its ongoing gold smuggling and money laundering case.The case had assumed significance after the actor claimed proximity to a Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara. Premises of the latter were searched by ED in May in connection with the money laundering case.Later, ED shifted its investigation into the gold smuggling case from Bengaluru to its headquarters in Delhi....Read More
Chennai: Founder president of Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK), Vijay, threatened to storm into the State Secretariat along with the potential land losers of Parandur and surrounding villages in Kanchipuram district, who have been protesting against the earmarking of their land for acquisition for setting up the second airport for Chennai, if Chief Minister M K Stalin failed to meet those people Addressing the party executive committee meeting, which announced Vijay as the Chief Ministerial candid...Read More
Vijayawada: Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu has finalised the logo that's designed to reflect the spirit of his unique P4 initiative in AP. The first general body meeting of Swarnandhra-P4 Foundation, led by the CM, was held on Friday. Naidu called for the formation of two committees -- an executive committee and an advisory committee-- at the state level for effective implementation of the P-4 scheme. A decision was to establish P4 chapters at district and constituency levels, comprisin...Read More
VISAKHAPATNAM: Tourism and Culture minister Kandula Durgesh on Friday called on people to work towards realising the ideals of freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju Unveiling a 10-foot bronze statue erected by the Kshatriya Seva Samiti at Narsipatnam, the gateway to Manyam district, on the occasion of 128th birth anniversary of Sitarama Raju, the minister pledged to develop Alluri's birthplace and final resting place into a major tourist hub. Durgesh announced that Sitarama Raju's birth anniver...Read More
HYDERABAD: Business school graduates with strategic thinking and practical knowledge of AI tools have become new favourites of employers, a new global survey has found. Nearly 90 per cent of recruiters say they plan to hire MBA graduates in 2025, even as economic uncertainties continue. The survey, conducted by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), gathered responses from 1,108 recruiters across 46 countries. Nearly two-thirds of them were from Global Fortune 500 companies or major ...Read More
Hyderabad: AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge reportedly issued a stern warning to Telangana Congress leaders including a few MLAs against indiscipline and internal squabbles, during the TPCC executive committee and political affairs committee (PAC) meetings held at Gandhi Bhavan on Friday. Party sources said Kharge made it clear that any form of dissent or group politics would not be tolerated, and action would be taken against those who cross party lines. In the presence of Chief Minister A. R...Read More
Hyderabad: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge heaped praise on Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy-led Congress government in Telangana for fulfilling major poll promises within just 18 months of coming to power. Addressing a gathering of Congress leaders and grassroots workers at LB Stadium on Friday, Kharge said that the Revanth Reddy government had set an example for other Congress-ruled states by swiftly implementing schemes like the crop loan waiver, Rythu Bharosa, supply of fine rice (sann...Read More
Hyderabad, July 4: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy exuded confidence that Congress would rule Telangana for ten years, thanks to the welfare schemes and development programmes being implemented by the Congress government which would ensure a second term for the party in the 2028 Assembly polls. He urged the Congress leaders to work hard for the victory of the party for the second consecutive time. Speaking in the TPCC executive meeting at Gandhi Bhavan on Friday, attended by AICC president Mall...Read More
New Delhi: The hunt for a successor to BJP president J.P. Nadda has taken a new turn with RSS and BJP now weighing the "historic" prospect of appointing a woman to the top party post. While a section of leaders pushed for a woman candidate, many others were firmly rooted to tradition, insisting that the post of party chief stay in "male hands". Amidst this deadlock and tug-of-war between BJP and RSS leaders over the next presidential candidate, the names of some women candidates have begun to s...Read More
Bengaluru: The preliminary report of the high-level inquiry committee probing mass tiger deaths in Male Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary of Chamarajanagar district revealed use of insecticide to poison a tigress and her four cubs. The patrolling forest personnel of the MM Hills Sanctuary came across a tigress and her four cubs dead at Gajanur beat of Hoogyam range on June 26. Acting on the report, Minister of Forests and Environment Eshwar Khandre on Friday stated to have placed Deputy Con...Read More