Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate has framed charges against Saisree Engineers Pvt. Ltd. (SEPL) and others for defrauding a bank of Rs 7.51 crore. The ED said SEPL engaged in the layering of loan funds through its bank accounts. A part of the loan was siphoned off and withdrawn in cash and used for the personal benefit of SEPL directors. The investigation revealed that SEPL received Rs 13.53 crore from Bharat Coking Coal Ltd., which it deposited in its current account held with Andhra Bank...Read More
Ambala Prajapat (51) was seen in a video dancing to the tune of melancholic music played by a band party hired to lead the funeral procession of his deceased friend Sohanlal Jain (71), leaving the mourners and the passersby teary-eyed. Prajapat danced all the way from the home of the deceased to the cremation ground without a break. The incident took place in the village of Jawasia in Mandsaur district on Wednesday. The video of the incident went viral on Friday. "He (the deceased) was my be...Read More
NEW DELHI: Volvo, the Swedish luxury carmaker on Friday said it plans to bring the new Volvo EX30 SUV, the entry level luxury electric car, during the forthcoming festive season, to boost electric penetration in the world's third largest car market. "In the last six months the electric car market in India has grown about 4.5 per cent in the mass car market while the luxury car market rose to 9 per cent. We want to accelerate this growth by bringing our new Volvo EX30 electric car during the fes...Read More
Hyderabad: Surrogacy fraudster A. NAMRATHA reportedly offered a large sum of money to sperm donors arranged by her agents for illegal surrogacy at her clinic in Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam. During the interrogation on her first day in police custody on Friday, the Gopalapuram police reportedly collected the details of Namratha's regular activity and questioned her based on her call data, WhatsApp messages and other accused illegal activities. When she reportedly told them about her vast exp...Read More
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday released the draft electoral roll in Bihar, prepared under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, amid strong Opposition from political parties. With the draft list now available on the ECI website, Opposition parties have begun reviewing the data to identify discrepancies and determine how many genuine voters may have been disenfranchised. The ECI stated that this marks the first phase, the Enumeration Phase, of SIR in Bihar. ...Read More
HYDERABAD: The BRS on Friday questioned the alleged silence of the Congress government over Andhra Pradesh's proposed Godavari-Banakacharla link scheme, with senior party leader T. Harish Rao accusing Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy of entering into a secret deal with AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on the issue. Addressing a press meet, the former irrigation minister said AP's insistence on going ahead with the Banakacharla project was becoming more strident. "Chandrababu's son and mini...Read More
Mumbai: Bombay High Court has now got its fifth bench, located in Kolhapur. The HC bench at Kolhapur will start functioning from Aug 18, as stated in a notification issued on Friday."I, Alok Aradhe, Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, with the approval of the Governor of Maharashtra, appoint Kolhapur as a place at which Judges and Division Courts of the High Court may also sit, with effect from August 18, 2025," the notification dated Aug 1 said. The other benches of the HC ...Read More
HYDERABAD: The Cabinet will discuss the Justice P.C. Ghose commission of inquiry report at its meeting on August 4. The single item on the agenda would be the report on the various aspects related to the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme barrages. To assist the Cabinet to study the 650-page three-volume report, the government has set up a committee of three senior IAS officers - general administration department secretary Navin Mittal, principal secretary irrigation Rahul Bojja, and law secret...Read More
Moradabad (UP), Aug 1 (PTI) The Moradabad district administration has cancelled the allotment of a government bungalow granted to former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav. The Samajwadi Party (SP) has been asked to vacate the premises within 30 days. The bungalow, located in the posh Civil Lines area near the Police Training College (PTC II), was allotted to the SP patriarch 31 years ago. Spread across nearly 1,000 square meters on Nazul land, the property serves as the local S...Read More
New Delhi: The government stated on Friday that it has not held any formal discussions with the United States regarding its proposal to sell fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets to India. This clarification comes in the wake of a Bloomberg report on Thursday, which claimed that India had informed the US of its disinterest in acquiring F-35 jets. According to the report, the Modi government is more inclined towards partnerships focused on jointly designing and manufacturing defence equipment domes...Read More
Chennai, August 1: Actor, music director and producer G V Prakash Kumar, who has won the National Award for Best Music Direction (Songs) for the Tamil, Telugu bilingual film Vaathi, has called the honour "a blessing for the second time". Taking to his X timeline soon after the 71st National Awards were announced, G V Prakash expressed his gratitude to the jury and the selection committee of the National Awards and the entire team of Vaathi. G V Prakash wrote, "A blessing for the second time. I'...Read More
Visakhapatnam: Minister for MSME and NRI affairs Kondapalli Srinivas said Andhra Pradesh pension disbursal system has became a role model for the country. Participating in the NTR Bharosa pension distribution programme held in Patrunivalasa village of Srikakulam rural mandal on Friday, the minister said that the government's goal was to ensure that every family was comfortable. He said that the NDA government has been providing great service by giving monthly pensions to the elderly, disabled, ...Read More
Nalgonda: Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka has announced that the entire 4,000 MW Yadadri Thermal Power Plant will be dedicated to the nation by January next year. Speaking at a ceremony where the first unit of 800 MW was commissioned at the Yadadri plant in Damaracherla, Nalgonda district, on Friday, he noted that the project had been delayed by two years due to the negligence of the previous BRS government. He stated that delays in securing environmental clearances had hampered the pro...Read More
Hyderabad: The Telangana Lokayukta has directed the HMDA commissioner to furnish details of the permission granted to Windsor Western Park to construct a mega commercial-cum-residential project at Puppalguda. Windsor Western Park is promoted by the relatives of Congress leader and former BRS MP Gaddam Ranjith Reddy. Ranjith Reddy's son Gaddam Raj Aryan Reddy is one of the directors. Considering the allegations that the project was proposed on government land, and the then HMDA chief Arvind Kum...Read More
Visakhapatnam: YSRC senior leader and MLC Botsa Satyanarayana has slammed the coalition government for lawlessness and unruly remarks being made by the ruling party leaders against women. Speaking to media here on Friday in Visakhapatnam, Satyanarayana said that anarchy was prevailing in the state with the ruling coalition's inefficiency in governance. He said the crime rate has gone up in state after the coalition government took over, with rapes and assaults on women and minors increasing al...Read More
Mangaluru: No human remains were found at the two sites that were dug by the special investigation team (SIT) to look into the allegations of murder and secret burials at Dharmasthala on the fourth day on Friday. The complainant, a former sanitation worker at Dharmasthala, had identified 13 locations on Monday where he claimed bodies of murder and sexual assault victims had been buried. The SIT began digging these spots on Tuesday, starting with one location on the first day and four on the se...Read More
Chennai: India's goods exports to the US may come down by 30 per cent to $60.6 billion in FY26. India's merchandise export performance is also projected to contract by 4 per cent in FY26. While India has been charged with a 25 per cent tariff and threatened with an additional penalty, Asian peers have tariffs between 15 to 20 per cent. Inclusion of pharmaceuticals and energy products in the list of goods with tariffs, will also affect India's exports. Quick estimates by GTRI suggest that India...Read More
Thane: A 23-year-old airhostess was allegedly raped by her colleague at his home in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Sunday. Based on a complaint, the police arrested the accused, a resident of the Mira Road area, on Friday in connection with the assault that took place on June 29, an official said. An FIR has been registered under sections 64 (rape), 351(2) (criminal intimidation), and 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (B...Read More
Hyderabad: The Telangana state government on Sunday announced Rs 1 crore cash reward for singer Rahul Sipligunj during the Old City Bonalu celebrations. This fulfills a promise made by Chief Minister Revanth Reddy during the 2023 Assembly election campaign, where he had pledged Rs 1 crore if the party was voted to power. Actor Dulqer Salman called up on Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy at his residence in Jubilee Hills on Sunday....Read More
Bhubaneswar: In an era when student safety has become an urgent concern, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's proactive launch of the 'Shaktishree' initiative on Saturday evening appears not only timely but also visionary. The programme, unveiled in response to the recent tragic incident involving a girl student at FM College, Balasore, aims at the physical and mental empowerment of girl students -- striking a delicate yet determined balance between compassion and structural reform. Accor...Read More
New Delhi: In the helicopter crash that killed six people in Uttarakhand in May, the main rotor blade of the chopper struck an overhead fibre cable, before tumbling down the hillside and coming to rest against a tree, according to the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB). Releasing the preliminary probe report of the crash on Saturday, the AAIB said that the investigation team is working on the further course of action to find the root cause of the accident....Read More
New Delhi, July 19 (PTI) The Regional Medical Research Centre in Bhubaneswar, under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has developed an advanced malaria vaccine that can prevent plasmodium falciparum infection in individuals and minimise community transmission. The ICMR Delhi has invited Expressions of Interest (EoI) from eligible organisations, companies and manufacturers enthusiastic about the Transfer of Technology for commercial production of "a recombinant chimeric multi-stage ...Read More
New Delhi: Leaders of the 24 party I.N.D.I.A. bloc met virtually on Saturday to finalise their strategy for the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which begins on Monday. They agreed to focus on eight priority issues, while reserving the option to raise additional local concerns as they arise. Among the key issues identified are Pahalgam terror attack and the Centre's response, Operation Sindoor and US President Donald Trump's claim that he brokered an India Pakistan cease fire ("five jets were sho...Read More
Raipur: Four youths were early on Saturday morning burnt to death when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a bridge railing in Kanker under Bastar in Chhattisgarh, police said. Two other passengers in the car were injured in the incident. The youths were returning to Kanker in the car after a long-drive in the night when the tragedy took place, police said. The car caught fire after it crashed into the railing of an under-construction bridge in Kanker, trapping four youths insid...Read More
Bhopal, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's seven-day foreign visits to Dubai and Spain concluded on Saturday, and he is scheduled to return to New Delhi on Sunday, government officials said. Talking to media in Barcelona in Spain on Saturday, Chief Minister Yadav said that his visit has been successful as various memorandums of understanding were signed with investors to increase production, employment opportunity and farmers' income in the state. Speaking at ...Read More
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) commissioner A.V. Ranganath said the agency had committed itself to safeguarding nature and called for collective responsibility to preserve the environment for future generations. Speaking at HYDRAA's first anniversary celebrations held at Ravindra Bharathi on Saturday, the commissioner credited inter-departmental coordination for advancing the agency's cause and mission. In a presentation, HYDRAA reported reclaiming R...Read More
Vijayawada: The Anand Mahindra Group on Saturday expressed its interest in investing in Andhra Pradesh. The expression of interest (EoI) came in Telugu with Anand Mahindra himself responding to Education, IT and Electronics minister Nara Lokesh epistle appreciating a Telugu advertisement released by the Mahindra Group about the launch of its truck. Seeing the ad, Lokesh took to X and thanked Anand Mahindra writing, "Loved the Telugu ad, Sir. AP is a large market for your vehicles and I am sure...Read More
HYDERABAD: Irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Saturday directed officials to prepare a practical and scientific plan to ensure adequate irrigation for the Kharif season crops in the state. The minister said the plan must take into account current reservoir levels, inflows during this monsoon season, and the total ayacut that can be irrigated from each of the water sources. At a high-level meeting held at Dr B.R. Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat, Uttam Kumar Reddy said a clear and coordin...Read More
New Delhi: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has reportedly initiated legal action against a US-based publication and a global news agency over recent reports that allegedly implied one of the pilots of the ill-fated Air India (AI-171) flight was responsible for the June 12 plane crash. According to media sources, the pilots' body has alleged that the reports were published without any substantiated evidence. The legal notice, as quoted in media reports, stated: "We are instructed to place ...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 19 (PTI) Delhi-based '3plus4crew', Shylee Preetam from Hyderabad and Riniya Taku from Itanagar were top winners in different categories at the 15th All India K-pop contest here. Organised by the Korean Cultural Centre India, the event concluded with a grand finale at the OP Jindal Auditorium. Also Read | Fish Venkat Death: Telugu Actor Venkat Raj aka Fish Venkat Dies of Kidney Disease and Liver Failure at 53. '3plus4crew' impressed judges with their rendition of Seventeen's "Su...Read More