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Hyderabad: The Telangana civil supplies department has intensified enforcement against misuse of domestic LPG cylinders amid concerns linked to the West Asia crisis, officials said. Authorities stated that while restrictions have been imposed on commercial LPG, domestic supply continues as per norms. The department said it is taking action against diversion and misuse of domestic cylinders. In a press release issued on Friday, the department said that 3,699 domestic LPG cylinders were seized b ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti has moved the Supreme Court seeking to intervene in the Sabarimala review proceedings, contending that courts should not determine essential religious practices. A nine-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant is scheduled to begin final hearings on April 7 on petitions concerning entry of women into religious places, including the Sabarimala temple, and the scope of religious freedom across faiths. In its plea, the organisation said co ...Read More >
NALGONDA: Khammam Catholic Diocese Bishop Sagili Prakash on Friday urged the Supreme Court to review its verdict on Scheduled Caste reservations for Dalit Christians. He flagged off a 'Way of the Cross' procession at the Old Bus Stand Centre in Khammam on the occasion of Good Friday. The rally passed through ZP Centre, NTR Circle and New Bus Stand area before concluding at Kanigiri. Speaking on the occasion, he said Articles 13, 14 and 25 of the Constitution guarantee individuals the freedom t ...Read More >
VISAKHAPATNAM: In a significant development for the South Coast Railway Zone, the Railway Board has transferred the Palasa-Ichchapuram section, along with seven railway stations, to the Visakhapatnam Division. The seven stations Palasa, Summadevi, Mandasa Road, Baruva, Sompeta, Jadupudi and Ichchapuram will now come under the South Coast Railway Zone headquartered in Visakhapatnam. Until now, the stretch was under the Khurda Division of the East Coast Railway Zone in Odisha. With the latest or ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has been granted deemed-to-be university status, enabling it to award its own degrees, the ministry of education said. According to an official notification issued on the advice of the University Grants Commission (UGC), NCERT and its six constituent units have been accorded the status under a distinct category. The constituent units include Regional Institutes of Education in Ajmer, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Mysuru and Sh ...Read More >
Mumbai: Signs of discord have surfaced within the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) over candidate selection for the upcoming Rahuri Assembly by-election. While Congress has decided to field its candidate, the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader too has announced that he would contest the by-election under any circumstances. Former Sharad Pawar (SP) MLA Prajakt Tanpure has also hinted of contesting independently. Former Congress minister Balasaheb Thorat claimed that Congress will field a candidate in Rahu ...Read More >
Mumbai: Heightened uncertainty transmitting from the West Asia crisis into India's growth and inflation outlook may compel the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India to hold the benchmark repo rate to 5.25 per cent next week and maintain a neutral stance. The three day policy meeting of the MPC (RBI's rate setting panel) will begin on April 6. Experts also do not expect the central bank to announce any measures for either liquidity or currency management as the central bank ...Read More >
RAIPUR: Six-time World Championship medalist Mary Kom and former India football captain Bhaichung Bhutia on Friday said that talent exists in the tribal regions, but needs an ecosystem to flourish. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the closing ceremony of the first Khelo India Tribal Games, in Raipur, the two legendary sports personalities said that the tribal communities naturally have immense sporting talent and it has already been established. Northeast particularly produced so many ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka along with minister Ponnam Prabhakar campaigned in Puducherry on Friday in support of Congress-DMK Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) candidates in Assembly elections on Friday. Bhatti urged voters to elect the alliance candidates supported by the alliance to protect democracy and safeguard the dignity and freedom granted by the Constitution. Bhatti campaigned extensively in the Manavely Assembly constituency in support of Congress candid ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Union minister G. Kishan Reddy accused Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy of spreading false propaganda during his election rallies in Kerala about the implementation of the Congress' Six Guarantees in Telangana and urging people to witness their fulfilment in the state. Speaking to newspersons, Kishan Reddy alleged that the Congress government had failed to deliver a single poll promise. "The Congress and its leaders have a habit of pathological lying -- it's a massive fraud on the peo ...Read More >
Bhopal: Congress Datia MLA Rajendra Bharti has been disqualified from the Madhya Pradesh Assembly following his conviction by a Delhi court in a cheating case. The Assembly secretariat issued a notification in this regard late on Thursday night, citing the Delhi court order sentencing Bharti to three years' imprisonment. Bharti and a former bank employee were sentenced to three years' imprisonment and a fine of Rs1 lakh each by the Delhi court on Thursday in a cheating case involving the forgin ...Read More >
HUBBALLI: A gym trainer was allegedly assaulted in Old Hubballi on Friday following allegations of "love jihad," with a subsequent clash reported and groups of Hindu organisations gathering near the Old Hubballi Police Station. According to police, the situation escalated early in the day when a group of people went to the house of a gym trainer of another community at Vijayanagara, questioning his relationship with a girl from Vikasa Nagar. The person was allegedly assaulted and taken away in ...Read More >
KAKINADA: Andhra Pradesh has unveiled plans to undertake seaweed culture in 14 villages across 9 coastal districts, including Tirupati, with the collaboration of the Amrita University, the central salt and marine chemicals research institute and national institute of ocean technology. The project is to be taken up by society for elimination of rural poverty, with a view to establishing seaweed cultivation as a transformative and sustainable alternative livelihood for coastal communities. This w ...Read More >
Guwahati: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday intensified election campaign of the BJP led NDA by launching a frontal attack on opposition Congress accusing them of protecting infiltrators thereby threatening the demography of the state. Asserting that it was the BJP led NDA which can free Assam of infiltrators and prevent a demographic changes, Mr Adityanath said, "The Congress had been in power for 60 years in Assam. But it only encouraged infiltration, violence and riots. ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's security concerns, particularly with regard to rise in fundamentalism in Bangladesh post Sheikh Hasina's government collapse, is expected to be on table for discussion when Bangladesh Foreign Minister Mr Khalilur Rahman visits New Delhi next week. Bangladesh FM's visit to New Delhi is expected to help reset the ties between the two nations that remained frosty under the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus for nearly two and half years. To mark a new beginning in their ti ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The state government has placed an indent to raise Rs 18,900 crore through the auction of bonds in the first quarter (April-June) of the new fiscal 2026-27, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India on Friday. The proposed borrowing forms part of the state government's larger plan to mobilise Rs 73,383 crore through market borrowings during the financial year, as outlined in the State Budget that was recently passed by the Assembly. As per the borrowing calendar submitt ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday said the Supreme Court of India verdict upholding the Telangana Public Service Commission Group-I recruitment affirms the government's transparency in public hiring. In a post on X, Revanth Reddy welcomed Thursday's judgment dismissing petitions that challenged the recruitment of 563 candidates. He said the ruling brought relief to aspirants who had waited years for government jobs. The Chief Minister said candidates had faced prolonged unce ...Read More >
New Delhi: A day after Parliament passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said that the government's Jan Vishwas reforms have decriminalised over 1,000 provisions across 79 central laws to ease compliance and reduce the burden on courts. "The reforms would particularly benefit small businesses and traditional sectors such as handloom and coir, where compliance burdens had often led to litigation and corruption," he said. ...Read More >
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav on Friday announced that his government would support scientific studies to establish Ujjain in the state, as the global 'Time Capital', in place of Greenwich in England, currently recognized as the prime meridian (zero-degree longitude). Addressing the three-day international conference, "Mahakal: The Master of Time", in Ujjain, the chief minister said that in the ancient astronomy, as mentioned in the texts like the 'Surya Siddhanta', Ujjain, ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: The South-Central Railway is nearing completion of the third line spanning nearly 700 km on the vital Gudur-Vijayawada-Kazipet-Balharshah corridor. With work progressing for a few more stretches, this line would ensure seamless movement of trains across regions, significantly easing congestion and improving journey time for both passenger and freight services. The remaining works are confined to small stretches between Peddavadlapudi-Krishna Canal (7km), Dornakal-Mahabubabad (20km) ...Read More >
WARANGAL: Investigations into the deaths of a woman and her two young daughters in a swimming pool at Punnelu of Inavolu mandal in Hanamkonda district have taken a twist, with police suspecting a premeditated triple murder allegedly linked to a dispute over the woman's pregnancy. The suspect Azharuddin had initially claimed that his wife Farhat (26) and daughters Umera (8) and Ayesha (6) had accidentally drowned in a swimming pool. However, evidence gathered by Inavolu police points to a premed ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Centre is mulling a slew of pre-emptive steps to mitigate the war-hit sectors in the country amid the ongoing West Asia conflict. The government is mostly focussing on manufacturing, energy and export sectors, among others to provide some 'temporary' relief to these sectors. Apart from the government's inter-ministerial set-up, both the finance ministry and commerce ministry are working separately on some new measures, including more production-linked incentive or PLI schemes for ...Read More >
Chennai: The US has imposed 100 per cent duty on the import of patented pharmaceuticals and associated pharmaceutical ingredients. Generic drugs have been kept out of the duty for the time being. But, if pharma companies increasingly seek evergreening of patents, they will see fewer off-patented drugs in the pipeline. "I have determined that it is necessary and appropriate to impose a 100 percent ad valorem duty rate on the import of patented pharmaceuticals and associated pharmaceutical ingred ...Read More >
New Delhi: Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the nation's biggest oil firm, on Friday said liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supply in India remains stable and adequate despite geopolitical disruptions to global energy markets, adding that domestic availability continues to be its top priority. The company said it is delivering around 28 lakh LPG cylinders daily, in line with normal levels prior to the current tensions, with uninterrupted supply to households. IOC added that nearly 87 per cent of refi ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's outburst against a youngest candidate in the fray. On the ticket of opposition Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) Kunki Choudhury, that her mother eats beef and is anti-national and anti-sanatani, has brought her to limelight ahead April 9 assembly polls. Ms Kunki Chowdhury, a University College London alumni from one of Assam's prominent business families, has been contesting against BJP's Vijay Gupta, 70 from the central Guwahati constituency of G ...Read More >
New Delhi/ Srikakulam: The Railway Board has issued orders transferring seven railway stations, located between Ichchapuram and Palasa in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh under the Khurda Division of the East Coast Railway Zone, to the Visakhapatnam Division of the South Coast Railway Zone. Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu shared the news through a social media post on Friday. In this regard, on behalf of the people of Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, the Minister expressed his gratitude to Pr ...Read More >
Visakhapatnam: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, along with Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan and Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, on Friday inspected the advanced stealth frigate INS Taragiri in Visakhapatnam.The Defence Minister, earlier in the day, commissioned the advanced stealth frigate INS Taragiri, marking a significant enhancement to the Indian Navy's capabilities. Addressing the event here, Singh described the commissioning as a step to "strengthen our Navy's power, value ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Thursday said the state aims to emerge as South Asia's leading textile capital by 2047, calling on industrialists to partner in transforming the sector. Speaking at the 13th Asian Textile Conference (ATEXCON 2026), jointly organised by the state government and the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry, the Chief Minister released the ATEXCON-2026 report and outlined the government's long-term vision for the textile industry. He highlighte ...Read More >
New Delhi: India has surpassed Kenya to top the Athletics Integrity Unit's (AIU) list of ineligible persons due to doping violations with 148 suspended track and field athletes, which is two more than the African nation. The latest updated list is for the period up to April 1 this year. Russia took the third spot with 66 suspended athletes. Prominent Indian athletes in the list include women's 100m national record holder Dutee Chand, who has been serving a four-year suspension since December 2 ...Read More >
Bagalkot: In an interesting political development ahead of the Bagalkot by-election, former BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal -- who was expelled from the party last year -- shared the stage with senior BJP leaders in Bagalkot on Thursday in support of BJP candidate Veeranna Charantimath, a move being viewed as aimed at consolidating Lingayat votes and appealing to Hindutva supporters. The meeting, setting aside past differences, held in Vidyagiri, assumes significance in the backdrop of the byp ...Read More >
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