Hyderabad: Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday arrested Akireddy Naveen Kumar, a Deputy Tahsildar at the office of Tahsildar-cum-Joint Sub-Registrar in Kotapalli mandal in Mancherial district, when he demanded and accepted the bribe amount of Rs.10,000. He demanded the bribe from the complainant through Gavidi Anjanna, who was a private person, for doing an official favour. The bribe was demanded for processing the complainant's file to link his father's pattadar's Aadhaar card wit...Read More
Bengaluru: Upset over his elder sister was pressured to return money she had borrowed about 7 years back from one of her relative, her brother identified as Subramani poured a litre of petrol and set on fire the shoe rack at the entrance of the house belonging to complainant Satish in Vivek Nagar of Bengaluru city. The setting on fire of the shoe rack took place on July 1. Police on Friday told Deccan Chronicle the accused number 1 Subramani is an 'abnormal' person and might have committed the ...Read More
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Police Commissioner CV Anand on Friday said that robust security arrangements have been made in Hyderabad in observance of Muharram mourning days. Today, marking the 8th day of Muharram, he visited Bibi Ka Alam in Dar-ul-Shifa at Dabeerpura, and offered flowers and 'dattis'. On the occasion, he personally inspected the security arrangements in place. Speaking to media persons, he said that the Muharram mourning days have now reached the eighth day and added that numerous c...Read More
Dharwad: Narayan V. Baramani, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) in Dharwad district, has submitted a request for voluntary retirement, citing public humiliation by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during a Congress protest rally in Belagavi on April 28, 2025. The incident has sparked political controversy and renewed debate over the treatment of government officers. Sources indicate that Baramani submitted his retirement letter nearly a month ago, though it has only recently gained public a...Read More
Mumbai: The first look of Aamir Khan from the upcoming film starring superstar Rajinikanth, 'Coolie,' has finally been unveiled, leaving fans excited to see the actor in a bold avatar as 'Dahaa.' The poster was shared by the makers on their official X (formerly Twitter) handle on Thursday, and it quickly became a hot topic online. In the black-and-white poster, Aamir can be seen in side profile, wearing round glasses and a black vest while smoking a pipe. The actor's rugged and intense look is...Read More
New Delhi: In a setback to Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez, Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed her plea to end criminal proceedings in a Rs 200-crore money laundering case involving Sukesh Chandrasekhar, currently imprisoned for fraud.Justice Anish Dayal dismissed the plea that also sought to quash the chargesheet by the Enforcement Directorate and proceedings pending before the special court under the stringent Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against her and others.A copy of ...Read More
Nalgonda: Agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao on Thursday said the state government is working to ensure that the benefits of its welfare schemes reach all eligible people. While laying the foundation stone for CC roads and drainage works in the Scheduled Caste Colony of Vepakuntla in Raghunathapalem mandal, Khammam district, he urged officials to take responsibility for delivering Congress government welfare benefits to every qualifying family. "The results of our welfare schemes must b...Read More
SRINAGAR: Vedic hymns reverberated in Kashmir hills as Amarnath yatra officially began on Thursday with over twelve thousand devotees paying their respects and having darshan of fully formed natural Shivling or ice-lingam of Lord Shiva at Amarnath cave-shrine. The first day of the annual pilgrimage to the revered place of Hindu worship tucked away in the Kashmir Himalayas at a height of 12, 729 feet (3,888 metres) was marked with Prathan Pooja or the first prayer beside several feet -high natur...Read More
Dibrugarh: In one of the largest anti-encroachment drives in recent years, the Lakhimpur district administration on Thursday demolished 218 illegal homes and cleared 288 bighas of encroached land across three Village Grazing Reserves (VGRs).The eviction drive, which was conducted under the supervision of district commissioner (DC) Pronab Jit Kakoty and senior superintendent of police (SSP) Gunendra Deka, saw a massive deployment of police and paramilitary forces, along with 12 excavators, at Phu...Read More
Mumbai: In a shocking incident, 22-year-old woman in Maharashtra's Pune was allegedly raped on Wednesday evening by an unidentified man who gained entry into her home by posing as a courier delivery executive. The man reportedly clicked a selfie with the woman and left a message on it, with a warning. The incident occurred around 7.30 pm in a housing society located in the upscale Kondhwa area in Pune. The woman was alone at home when the man knocked on her door, claiming to be delivering a cou...Read More
Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her concerns about the rising impact of provocative social media content and cybercrime to union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday. She also underlined the need for stringent legislative and policy interventions. In a letter to Mr Shah, the CM wrote, "In recent times, it has been observed that incendiary narratives, misleading stories and fake videos circulating on social media are contributing significantly to the aggravation of c...Read More
New Delhi: A single missile. Thirty seconds. That is all Pakistan had when India's BrahMos slammed into the Nur Khan Airbase - just minutes from Islamabad. No early warning. No clear warhead signature. No time to guess whether it carried a conventional payload or a nuclear one. Rana Sanaullah Khan, special assistant to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, went public. He said that 30-second window nearly sparked a nuclear chain reaction. His words were not laced with bravado. They carried ...Read More
NEW DELHI: HDFC Bank CEO and managing director Sashidhar Jagdishan on Thursday moved the Supreme Court, challenging an FIR of cheating and fraud registered against him on a complaint by the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust, which operates Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital. A two-judge bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and K. Vinod Chandran agreed to list his plea urgently and set the hearing for Friday. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, representing Jagdishan, described the FIR as "frivolous," noting...Read More
Bhubaneswar: Under mounting pressure from the opposition, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jagannath Pradhan -- accused of masterminding a brutal assault on a top city bureaucrat -- surrendered before the Odisha police late Thursday evening. Following his surrender at the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Pradhan was formally arrested under multiple sections of law. He was subsequently produced before the court of the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM). His bai...Read More
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday announced the provisional attachment of assets worth approximately ₹131.45 crore in Spain, including a luxury yacht and immovable properties, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). These assets belong to Pavel Prozorov, a Spanish national and the alleged mastermind behind the unauthorised forex trading platform OctaFX. The attached assets comprise a commercial Italian-model luxury yacht cruising in the Western Mediterranean, ...Read More
Chennai: The announcement on the US-Vietnam trade deal and plans to impose tariffs on Russian oil buyers have left the Indian industry worried about the US-India BTA. They want the government to wait and watch before finalising the deal. As per the announcement made by the US President Donald Trump, Vietnamese goods entering the country will face a 20 per cent import tariff against 46 per cent reciprocal tariffs announced earlier. The new tariff is triple the rates of 2-10 per cent offered unde...Read More
Hyderabad: Police on Thursday barricaded the stretch leading to the pharma factory of Sigachi Industries after Ramdas, the father of a 20-year-old Justine, attempted suicide in protest against security agencies refusing to let him enter the blast site to search for his son, who remained untraceable for the last four days. Relatives of several workers, who were at the factory during the Monday explosion, have been coming to the blast site in the hope of finding out about their family members. Ho...Read More
New Delhi: Unfazed by criticism, especially from its political opponents in the ruling BJP, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) said on Thursday that "ever-growing public support for its social work shows what people think about the Sangh." RSS Prachar Pramukh Sunil Ambekar, briefing the media ahead of the three-day Akhil Bharatiya Pracharak Baithak, also downplayed complaints that the organisation lacks adequate representation from Dalits and OBCs. "We are not a political party," he said. "As...Read More
Hyderabad: With many migrant workers from Odisha and Bihar dying in the Sigachi pharma factory blast, the state governments of Odisha and Bihar have sent teams led by senior IAS officers to coordinate with local authorities and shift the bodies of their native states. Out of 18 victims identified, four were from Odisha, while three were from Bihar. The visiting officials visited the mortuary of Government hospital in Patancheru and interacted with the district administration in shifting bodies...Read More
PUNE: BMW India, the German luxury car maker, on Thursday said its highest-ever half-yearly car sales in January-June 2025 jumped 10 per cent year-on-year to 7,774 units despite market challenges. The company sold 7,477 BMW cars and 297 MINI vehicles in the first half of 2025, while BMW Motorrad delivered 2,569 luxury motorcycles during the same period. It also said that each month in Q2 clocked best-ever sales, helping maintain a positive trajectory for the brand in the highly competitive Ind...Read More
Hyderabad: Former chief minister and BRS president K. Chandrashekar Rao was admitted to Yashoda Hospital in Somajiguda on Thursday where doctors said he was under close observation following complaints of general weakness. According to a press release from the hospital, Chandrashekar Rao was advised admission, and that his condition was stable. The hospital said investigations revealed high blood sugars and low sodium. However, all other vital parameters were within the normal limits. Doctors ...Read More
Hyderabad: The state BJP vice-president and former MLA N.V.S.S. Prabhakar on Thursday said the Congress government in Telangana was in a state of utter confusion on how to deal with the issue of sharing of river waters with Andhra Pradesh. Addressing a press conference at the state BJP headquarters, Prabhakar said "first it was the then BRS government which for ten years when in power, practically had a love affair with the AP government and nearly wrote away Telangana's rights on Godavari and ...Read More
New Delhi: Global ratings agency Moody's Ratings on Thursday said that India may be subject to lower tariffs than many countries in the Asia Pacific, which could help the economy attract further investment and become a global manufacturing base. India is expected to be in a good position with reduced tariffs in the coming days though many export-reliant Asia Pacific economies were hit with very high US tariffs in April. In its outlook on Asia Pacific sovereigns, Moody's Ratings said while negot...Read More
New Delhi: Leading industry body Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) on Thursday said that the Indian economy is expected to grow between 6.4 to 6.7 per cent. Highlighting the magnitude of the current unprecedented geopolitical global shocks, it has also said that India continues to lead as the world's fastest-growing major economy amidst global flux. Besides, the industry body is also hopeful that there will be a balanced and reasonable free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the US i...Read More
Bhubaneswar: In a significant verdict advancing employee rights, the High Court of Orissa has ruled that maternity benefits must be granted to female employees regardless of their employment status -- whether permanent, temporary, or contractual. A division bench of Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad and Justice Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo upheld a previous single-judge order in favour of Anindita Mishra, a contractual employee with the state's Health and Family Welfare Department. The court came down hea...Read More
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S. Jaishankar has said that Operation Sindoor conveyed to the world that India will act firmly against terrorism. Speaking to media after the Quad meeting in Washington, EAM said he shared with his counterparts, in the Quad as well as globally, the nature of the terrorism challenge that India faces and has confronted over multiple decades, and "that we are very resolved today to respond to it very firmly and that we have the right to defend ourselves...Read More
Accra: India and Ghana have elevated their ties to the level of comprehensive partnership, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama resolving to expand the bilateral ties in a range of areas, including defence, food security and pharmaceuticals. In his media statement shortly after the talks with Mahama on Wednesday, Prime Minister Modi said both sides have set a target of doubling the two-way trade in the next five years and that India is not just a partner ...Read More
Hyderabad: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) a global leader in IT services, consulting, and business solutions, announced the 2025 edition of TCS InQuizitive, its flagship inter-school quiz competition for high school students across India. The annual quiz takes a gamified approach to learning covering a broad spectrum of topics ranging from current affairs, science, and technology to business, arts, culture, and more. It aims to nurture holistic, future-ready talent among students from grades 8...Read More
New Delhi: A new book on the life and times of Brigadier Mohd Usman, who laid down his life on this day in the 1947-48 India-Pakistan war, after leading from the front in the fierce battle of Naushera, will hit the stands on July 17, announced publishing house Bloomsbury India on Thursday. "The Lion of Naushera", based on the moniker earned by Brigadier Usman for his heroics in the battle of Naushera in Jammu and Kashmir, gives readers an account of the patriotic young man who foiled Pakistani ...Read More
Bhubaneswar: A heartening chapter is unfolding deep within the emerald wilderness of Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha, where a Royal Bengal tigress named Zeenat, originally from Maharashtra, is believed to be carrying a new generation of cubs -- a milestone that could reshape the future of the region's famed tiger population. Brought to Similipal in 2023 as part of a bold genetic diversification project, Zeenat was tasked with an extraordinary mission: to infuse new bloodlines into a populatio...Read More