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Mumbai: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Friday criticised the Maharashtra Government saying farmers in the state have to observe Black Diwali as the state government was not ready to help them adequately. "Financial assistance announced by the Maharashtra Government for farmers affected by the recent heavy rains in the state is inadequate and will not help them recover their losses," he said in Baramati. Pawar said the Nationalist Congress Party (SP) will not celebrate the first day of Diwali in ...Read More >
New Delhi: While the NDA juggernaut rolls on, differences simmer in the I.N.D.I.A. bloc as a seat-sharing deal continues to elude the opposition bloc. Though in principle an alliance is in effect, there are at least five constituencies in which friendly fights are taking place; these include Bachwara, Lalganj, Jhanjharpur, Rosra and Vaishali. The Mahagathbandhan stalemate continues as smaller parties are still clamouring for more seats in the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls. The seat-sharing nego ...Read More >
Nizamabad: BC organisations are making arrangements for a Nizamabad district bandh on October 18, demanding 42 per cent reservation in local and urban body elections. The bandh will be observed across the state, including Nizamabad. The organisations have called for its successful implementation. Interestingly, the ruling Congress and Opposition parties, BJP, BRS, and Telugu Desam, have all declared their support for the bandh. BJP district president K. Dinesh said the party fully supports the ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana Power Generation Corporation Limited (Genco), has sought approval from the government to go ahead with the setting up of a 1x800 MW coal-based super critical thermal power plant at Ramagundam. The proposed plant will replace the aged 1x62.5 MW Ramagundam B Thermal Power Station, which the TGGenco is awaiting government permission to decommission. The proposed 800 MW plant will come up in its place. Genco in its request to the energy department, also laid out the need f ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: As Hyderabad gears up to celebrate the festival of wealth, Dhana Trayodashi or Dhanteras, on Saturday, jewellers expect up to a 30 per cent decline in sales over last because of skyrocketing gold prices, which hit the stratospheric level of ₹1,34,550 per 10 grams. From Hyderabad to Secunderabad, jewellery outlets have decorated since last week, featuring glitzy advertisements with models and film stars and offering lucrative discounts on making charges. Yet, despite the visual appeal ...Read More >
VISAKHAPATNAM: Minister Gummidi Sandhyarani visited the Saluru Community Health Centre (CHC) on Friday to assess the condition of hostel students admitted due to illness. Her visit followed reports of students falling sick amid a strike by Primary Health Centre (PHC) doctors, which disrupted local medical services. Upon arrival, the minister interacted with medical staff and reviewed the condition of 21 students under treatment. Doctors confirmed that none of the cases were critical. The minist ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Friday asked the government and the State Election Commission (SEC) when will be the rural local body elections would be conducted, and gave them two weeks to reply with regard to the revised poll schedule. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin was hearing a petition filed by Renka Surender, advocate from Mancherial district, who challenged the SEC's notification dated October 9, which put the local body e ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Daljit Singh Chawdhary, Border Security Force (BSF) Director General, said here on Friday that the police had worked along with the security forces during Operation Sindoor in May. "In moments of great national challenge, the police do not stand alone," he said. "We have seen this in operations like 'Sindoor' where the police worked shoulder to shoulder with the armed forces and the Central armed police forces," he said while addressing the passing out parade of Indian Police Service ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Hyderabad Zonal Office, on Friday conducted searches at five locations in the city targeting full-fledged money changers (FFMCs). The firms raided include Prism Forex Private Limited, Garuda Forex Services Private Limited, Sree Vimal Nath Forex Private Limited, Victory Forex and Travel Services Private Limited, and Digital Forex Private Limited. According to ED officials, the FFMCs and their managements were allegedly operating illegally without v ...Read More >
New Delhi: Three-year-old airline Akasa Air on Friday said it will be increasing services on domestic and international routes, including the introduction of non-stop services to Abu Dhabi from Cochin and Chennai.Delhi will be the airline's third operational base after Bengaluru and Mumbai, and the airline will operate over 165 weekly departures from the national capital. Besides Delhi, the carrier will be enhancing services from Kolkata. The airline will further expand its footprint across th ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chaos reigned supreme while collecting biryani sachets in Kishangunj district in Bihar. Utter confusion prevailed when the people came to collect sachets while AIMIM candidate Tausif Alam was filing nomination papers for contesting the Assembly elections from Bahadurganj constituency. On seeing sachets, a large number of people thronged the premises to grab them leading to chaos in the locality. Alam's supporters asked them to maintain proper order but the people did not budge. The ...Read More >
Chennai: The Election Commission of India on Friday informed the Madras High Court that top actor Vijay's TVK is not a recognised political party.Niranjan Rajagopal, counsel for EC made the submission before the First bench comprising Chief Justice M M Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan, when a Public Interest Litigation filed by C Selvakumar, which among other reliefs sought to derecognize Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), came up for hearing.TVK's derecognition was sought in the wake of the ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A female student of a private engineering college here was allegedly raped by her junior inside the men's washroom on the campus, police said on Friday. The accused, a fifth-semester student (21), was known to the victim, who is in the seventh semester at the same college, they said. The accused has been arrested on charges of rape and produced before a court, which remanded him to judicial custody, they added. According to police, in her complaint, the woman stated that the incident ...Read More >
Mumbai: Ever since actor Sonakshi Sinha married Zaheer Iqbal, her pregnancy rumours have surfaced multiple times, and the actress has repeatedly clarified that she's not expecting. Most recently, her appearance at a Diwali party once again sparked speculation, and this time, Sonakshi had a hilarious reaction to the buzz. Taking to Instagram, Sonakshi posted several pictures flaunting her festive look from a Diwali bash. However, it's her caption that left everyone in splits. "World record hold ...Read More >
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has raised the Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief for state employees, pensioners, and family pensioners from 55% to 58%, effective July 1, 2025. The decision, announced by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on the occasion of Deepavali, is expected to benefit nearly 28 lakh employees and pensioners, enhancing their financial security and improving their standard of living. CM Adityanath said the move will light a lamp of satisfaction, safety, and pro ...Read More >
Bhopal: Police busted a gang involved in the theft of Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) from the blood bank of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, by arresting its six members, a senior police officer said on Thursday. According to the police, six accused in the theft case were arrested and 1,123 units of FFP, stolen from the AIIMS, Bhopal, were recovered from them. The FFP is used in manufacturing of biomedical medicines. Police investigation suggested that the gang has so far s ...Read More >
Vijayawada: Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi "the leader of the 21st Century," Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said the "double-engine" NDA government at the Centre and in AP has brought double benefits to the state. Speaking at the Super GST-Super Savings, Bachhat Utsav public meeting in Kurnool on Thursday, the CM hailed the Centre's cooperation for bringing record-level investments to the state and said, "Modi's victory is India's victory -- and that is our victory too." Lauding the ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday disposed of a writ petition filed by Maganti Sunitha, contesting candidate in by elections of Jubilee Hills assembly constituency from the BRS, and minister K.T. Rama Rao alleged that nearly 12,000 bogus votes were added in the latest electoral voters list of Jubilee Hills Assembly Constituency. The petitioners sought directions to the Chief Electoral Officer, Telangana, to update the voters list before conducting elections. Senior counsel Dama S ...Read More >
Chennai: Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin announced that new beneficiaries under the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai (KMUT), the scheme paying Rs 1000 assistance a month to women, would get the amount from December 15 as the process for expanding the scheme was on. Participating in a debate on the scheme in the State Assembly on Thursday, Udhayanidhi Stalin said 2 lakh applications were received in the special camps organized for including more beneficiaries to the scheme that now pays ...Read More >
Raipur: Billed as a watershed moment in the counterinsurgency, Naxal-stronghold Abujhmad, a 4,000 sq km forested and hilly area extending from south Bastar in Chhattisgarh to Gadchiroli in Maharashtra, has finally fallen. The events of past 48 hours which saw surrender of top Maoist Mallojula Venugopal alias Abhay alias Sonu, a Polit Bureau and Central Military Commission member of the banned CPI (Maoist) along with 60 rebel leaders and the decision to lay down arms by around 200 Naxal leaders ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a Telangana High Court order that had upheld the police custody of two women journalists booked for allegedly circulating a video containing "derogatory" comments against Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on social media. A two-judge bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta agreed to hear the plea challenging the High Court's October 13 order and sought a response from the state of Telangana. "Issue notice, returnable in four weeks. ...Read More >
Mumbai: After opposing the inclusion of Raj Thackeray-led MNS in the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance, Maharashtra Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal has softened his stand, saying the final decision in this regard will be taken by the INDIA bloc parties. "It would not be correct to comment on the issue as no proposal has been received from the MNS on joining the Opposition INDIA bloc," said Sapkal on Thursday. His comments came after Raj Thackeray joined the MVA leaders to meet sta ...Read More >
Nalgonda: Nalgonda district ranked second in Telangana in implementing the Indiramma Housing Scheme, following Narayanpet district. Telangana housing corporation managing director P. Goutham commended district officials for their performance in sanctioning, grounding, payments, and progress of Indiramma houses. Of the 19,625 houses sanctioned, 17,247 were allotted to eligible beneficiaries, and 13,581 have been grounded. Construction work on 10,116 houses is at various stages. In September alon ...Read More >
Chennai: Indicating that the US and India were moving closer to a trade deal, US President Donald Trump said that he has received assurances from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on halting Russian oil purchases. Such an assurance can be pointed out as a reason for lifting the penalty tariffs on India before reaching a deal. Trump told reporters that he had received assurances from Modi that India would halt its purchases "within a short period of time", which he called "a big stop". "So I ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Infosys founder Narayana Murthy and his wife Sudha Murty have declined to take part in the ongoing social and educational survey, nicknamed caste survey, in Karnataka saying they do not belong to any backward caste, sources in the BBMP said on Thursday. When enumerators came for the survey a few days ago, Sudha Murty and Narayana Murthy reportedly told them, "We don't want the survey conducted at our home."Sudha Murthy has signed a self-declaration letter for refusal to provide infor ...Read More >
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) on Thursday announced its second list of 44 candidates for the assembly polls, with several ministers like Sheila Mandal, Vijendra Prasad Yadav, Leshi Singh, Jayant Raj and Mohd Zama Khan featuring among the nominees. The party also fielded turncoats Chetan Anand from Nabinagar and Vibha Devi from Nawad. Both were earlier associated with the RJD.Besides, the JD(U) nominated Kaladhar Mandal from the Rupauli seat.The JD(U), an alliance partner of t ...Read More >
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh IT and Industries Minister Nara Lokesh on Wednesday took a swipe at neighbouring states while highlighting the state's rapid industrial growth. In a social media post, Lokesh quipped, "They say Andhra food is spicy. Seems some of our investments are too. Some neighbours are already feeling the burn! " This post comes days after the Google has announced an investment of $15 billion over five years to set up an artificial intelligence (AI) data centre in Andhra Pradesh, ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy and his wife, author Sudha Murty, have chosen not to participate in the ongoing Socio-Economic and Academic Survey, popularly referred to as the caste census, being conducted by the Congress-led Karnataka government. The couple submitted a self-attested letter to the Karnataka State Backward Classes Commission, the autonomous body overseeing the survey, stating that they were opting out for personal reasons. "We and our family will not participate i ...Read More >
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday completed one year in office, but the restoration of the statehood, his key election promise, is still not within sight. Abdullah was sworn in as the first chief minister of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir on October 16 last year after his party secured a landslide win in the assembly elections -- the party's first in about a decade. Most promises of Abdullah's party, the National Conference, remain unfulfilled.In its m ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: In a late evening announcement on Wednesday, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) named former minister Snehangini Chhuria as its official candidate for the upcoming Nuapada Assembly by-election, ending days of speculation over the party's choice. Announcing her candidature, BJD president Naveen Patnaik described Chhuria as "a strong leader from Western Odisha who has always stood by the poor, the downtrodden, and women in particular." "She has served with distinction in our ministry in the ...Read More >
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