New Delhi: Adani Power Ltd on Tuesday announced the completion of its acquisition of the 600-megawatt (MW) Vidarbha Industries Power Ltd through the insolvency route for an aggregate consideration of Rs4,000 crore. On June 18, 2025, the Mumbai Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) approved its resolution plan for Vidarbha Industries Power Ltd (VIPL), Adani Power Ltd (APL) said in a statement. SB Khyalia, Chief Executive Officer, Adani Power Ltd, said: "As we continue expanding our ...Read More
New Delhi: Company launched 2 edible oil variants in Feb under its 'India Gate Uplife' KRBL Ltd, a major basmati rice producer under the India Gate brand, has diversified into edible oils and aims to achieve Rs200-300 crore revenue within three years from its newly launched blended oil products targeting health-conscious consumers, a top company official said on Tuesday. The company launched two edible oil variants in February under its "India Gate Uplife" range - Gut Pro and Lite - priced at R...Read More
Mumbai: Electric vehicle (EV) sales in India rose 28.60 per cent to 1,80,238 units in June over the period year-ago, driven by massive jump in e-passenger vehicle volumes, Federation of Automobile Dealers' Association (FADA) said in a statement on Tuesday. Electric passenger vehicle sales, as per FADA data, stood at 13,178 units in the previous month compared to 7,323 e-PVs in June 2024, registering a sharp increase of 79.95 per cent year-on-year. The e-passenger vehicles' share in the overall...Read More
Nellore: Late Monday night, unidentified individuals attacked the residence of former Kovur MLA Nallapureddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy in Sujathamma Colony, Nellore city, damaging furniture and car. Sources state that around 10:45 pm, approximately 12 unidentified persons entered Prasanna Reddy's house in his absence, causing panic. Prasanna returned home around 11 pm and filed a police complaint, alleging that supporters of Kovur MLA Vemireddy Prasanthi Reddy were responsible for the vandalism. Th...Read More
New Delhi: Jindal Steel Duqm, a part of Naveen Jindal Group, aims to start operations at its upcoming 5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) hydrogen-enabled green steel complex at the Special Economic Zone in Duqm (SEZAD) in Oman by 2028, a company executive said. The plant is being developed in two phases at a total investment of approximately USD 3 billion (around Rs25,000 crore), the official said. Designed to be one of the world's most advanced hydrogen-ready steel facilities, it will initiall...Read More
Hyderabad: A six-year-old girl has been abducted from a toddy compound in the Shamshabad area. Although the incident occurred on 1 July, it was only reported to RGIA police on Monday night. According to details, on 1 July, rag picker Lakshmamma (30), who was en route to her hometown Mahbubnagar, stopped at a Toddy compound along with her daughters Keerthana (6) and Archana (3). Within the compound, an unknown woman befriended the family before abducting Keerthana while her mother became drowsy....Read More
Hyderabad: BRS leader T Harish Rao on Tuesday said that government switching on the Kalwakurthy pump houses was the victory of BRS and KCR. Harish Rao said that finally turning on the Kalwakurthy motors and releasing water is a victory for BRS, a victory for KCR. "Will the Congress government react only if BRS party takes up protest? Can't the government remember the problems of the farmers unless we question? Revanth Reddy did not react until we said the farmers were ill-treated," said Harish ...Read More
Hyderabad: Union Minister of Coal and Mines, G Kishan Reddy, and Malkajgiri MP Eatala Rajender thanked Union Defence Minister Rajanath Singh for approving a budget of Rs 303 crore for development works in Secunderabad Cantonment area. Kishan Reddy announced on Tuesday that in 2024, the Defence Department transferred the land needed for the elevated corridor from Jubilee Bus Station to Shamirpet to the state government. In return, it was agreed that the Rs. 303 crore received would be deposited...Read More
Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) in Puri on Monday announced that the ASI has completed repair of the 12th century shrine's 'Ratna Bhandar' (treasury) and inventory-related work will begin after approval of the State government. This was announced at a joint press briefing by SJTA Chief Administrator Arabinda Padhee and Archaeological Survey of India's (ASI) Superintending Archaeologist D B Garnayak here. The ASI is the custodian of the 65-metre-tall imposing temple in the...Read More
Bhubaneswar: The servitors of Jagannath temple on Monday conducted a significant ritual called 'Adhara Pana' before the holy siblings - Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra - seated on their chariots near the 12th century shrine at Puri. The significant ritual related to the annual Rath Yatra began at 4.30 pm and continued till 9 pm on Monday. Traditionally, this ritual takes place after Suna Besha of the deities. Thousands of devotees gathered at the holy city to witness the divine...Read More
Hyderabad: Strongly condemning the attack on an official of the department, Endowments Minister Konda Surekha on Tuesday said that the government would not tolerate attacks on the Executive Officers who protect God's lands. The Endowments Minister strongly condemned the attack on Bhadrachalam EO Ramadevi. The Minister said, "We will invoke the PD Act if endowment lands are occupied in violation of the rules anywhere in the state. We have made this clear in the past as well. It is not proper to ...Read More
New Delhi: Telangana Jagruthi President Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Tuesday issued a stern warning to the Centre, stating that not a single train would be allowed to move if it fails to approve the bill granting 42 per cent reservations to Backward Classes (BCs). The BRS leader announced a "Rail Roko" protest for 17 July, demanding Presidential assent for the BC reservation bill passed by the Telangana Assembly. As an interim measure, she demanded that the Revanth Reddy government in Telangana issue...Read More
Bhubaneswar: The outbreak of diarrhoea at a village in Ganjam district is "now under control", with one patient undergoing treatment in hospital, a Health department official said on Tuesday. The first case of diarrhoea was reported from Ustapalli village in Digapahandi block of the district on July 6. Till Monday, 11 villagers were hospitalised with diarrhoea, while no new patient was admitted on Tuesday, said Nilakantha Mishra, Director, Public Health. Of the 11 patients, five were admitted t...Read More
Hyderabad: In a special ceremony held in Hyderabad, the Thalassemia Sickle Cell Society (TSCS) honoured MS Education Academy for its exemplary contribution towards the education and empowerment of children suffering from Thalassemia. Founder and Chairman of MS Education Academy, Mohammed Lateef Khan, along with Managing Directors Anwar Ahmed and Dr Moazzam Hussain, were felicitated for their continuous and generous support towards this noble cause. Recognising the financial hardships faced by f...Read More
Hyderabad: A bomb threat received through an email, warning of RDX-based IEDs planted in several public places, including the City Civil Court and Raj Bhavan, put the entire police wing on the edge in Hyderabad on Tuesday. The security teams along with dog squads and bomb squads conducted thorough searches for more than 3 hours and found the threat was a hoax. The city Civil Court was gripped with panic following the email sent at 3:53 am warning that the RDX-based IEDs had been planted on the...Read More
Bhubaneswar: Transportation services were affected severely across the State as the Odisha Driver Mahasangha, an association of truck and bus drivers, on Tuesday launched the 'cease work strike' for an indefinite period over six key demands. The strike left many passengers stranded and harassed. The Private Bus and Truck Owners' Association of Odisha has also lent support to the cease work strike by the drivers. The strike has left the passengers in a lurch as many people were seen stranded at ...Read More
Hyderabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths on Tuesday caught a Deputy State Tax Officer red-handed as she demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs 8,000 for processing official work. M Sudha, the official stationed at Madhapur, had demanded the bribe from an individual to process and issue GST registration for a company, according to ACB officials. Acting on a complaint, the ACB registered a case and trapped the officer as she accepted the bribe. She has been arrested and is being produced ...Read More
Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJP on Tuesday reappointed Manmohan Samal as its Odisha unit president. Samal's reappointment to the post was announced by BJP's central election observer Sanjay Jaiswal in the presence of senior leaders at the party's State headquarters. He was the lone leader to file the nomination for the post and, therefore, elected unopposed, Jaiswal said. This will be Samal's second consecutive term and fourth term in all. His earlier three terms were from November 1999 to October ...Read More
Hyderabad: The Congress legislators described BRS working president K T Rama Rao's visit to Somajiguda Press Club as nothing more than a drama to divert attention and catch limelight, in wake others from his family staking claim as political heir. Addanki Dayakar, Rammohan Reddy and others dared KTR to get KCR to the Assembly for debate on various issues, if the BRS was serious about public issues. Addressing a joint press conference, MLAs Addanki Dayakar and Rammohan Reddy criticised KCR for u...Read More
Hyderabad: Countering BRS working president K T Rama Rao over his 'challenge', Minister Ponnam Prabhakar dared him to don the role of LoP in Assembly, if he was competent. Ponnam held that the BRS leader had wrongly interpreted the words of CM, as the latter suggested the debate in the Assembly rather than outside of it. Speaking to media persons at Gandhi Bhavan, the Minister said that the Congress government in Telangana is doing many programmes for the people. He was angry that the BRS leade...Read More
Hyderabad: Telangana PCC working president T Jagga Reddy pointed out on Tuesday that while Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy was going to Delhi for funds, KCR's family went there for their liquor dealings. He told a press conference in Gandhi Bhavan that while the CM is meeting Union Ministers for funds in New Delhi, KTR is going on foreign tours. He sought to know 'what business does KTR have abroad? It was your father who started using slurs like "scoundrel". Reddy claimed that 'to keep your (KT...Read More
Adilabad: Telangana Kisan Congress State General Secretary Boranchu Srikanth Reddy stated that former chief minister, late Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy, who remains etched in the hearts of the people, can never be forgotten. The birth anniversary celebrations of the former Chief Minister of the undivided Andhra Pradesh, were held in a grand manner on Tuesday in Mavala. During the event, Srikanth Reddy, along with Congress workers, offered floral tributes to YSR's portrait and chanted slogans praisin...Read More
Vizianagaram: YSRCP leaders and cadre recalled the services of former chief minister YS Rajasekhar Reddy on his 76th birth anniversary on Tuesday with programmes across all constituencies. In Cheepurupally, ZP chairman and district party Majji Srinivasa Rao led an event, garlanding YSR's statue and recalling the welfare and development initiatives undertaken by the former CM. Party members offered floral tributes to YSR's statue, recognising his efforts to improve the lives of the poor and lay...Read More
Visakhapatnam: YSRCP district president K K Raju alleged that Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has a habit of making promises which are not kept. Speaking at the 'Babu Surety-Mosalu Guarantee' programme organised by YSRCP South coordinator Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar here on Tuesday, he demanded immediate implementation of the Super Six announced by the TDP during the elections campaign. Raju pointed out that the NDA government could not even implement the Talliki Vandanam scheme to all beneficia...Read More
New Delhi: Over 25 crore workers in sectors, including banking, insurance, postal, mining, construction, among others, are likely to participate in 'Bharat Bandh' on Wednesday opposing the "anti-worker, anti-farmer and anti-national pro-corporate policies of the government", a forum of central trade unions and their associates have announced. The forum of ten unions, in a statement, has called for making "the nationwide general strike a grand success", and said preparations have been taken up i...Read More
New Delhi: In a major revelation two months after the Operation Sindoor, Dassault Aviation chairman and CEO Eric Trappier has rejected Pakistan's claim of shooting down Indian Rafale fighter planes. Speaking to French website Avion Chasse, Trappier also said that while India lost one Rafale, the jet was not lost during combat but due to technical reasons. Notably, the Pakistan Air Force had claimed to have downed five Indian Air Force fighter jets on May 7. The PAF claimed that it shot down th...Read More
Mumbai: In a dramatic development, a Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena leader tried to join the Opposition Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's (MNS) protest against his government amid the raging language debate in Maharashtra. MNS workers heckled the minister, Pratap Sarnaik, and forced him to leave the protest site in Thane. Several workers of the Raj Thackeray-led MNS were detained in Thane's Mira Road on Tuesday morning when they took out a march to counter the protests against the 'slapgate' inc...Read More
Bengaluru: In a major boost to Andhra Pradesh's vision of becoming a national technology and innovation powerhouse, the Sattva Group has announced the development of a Rs 1,500 crore, 30-acre integrated campus in Visakhapatnam. The initiative follows discussions of the Sattva group with IT minister Nara Lokesh. The proposed Sattva Vantage Vizag Campus is set to be a landmark infrastructural development in the port city. The infrastructure will combine Grade A office spaces, premium residential ...Read More
New Delhi/Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has urged Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal to extend central support to take up development of Zaheerabad Industrial Smart City apart from sanctioning funds for the Warangal airport and giving approval to the Hyderabad-Bengaluru Defence Corridor. During their meeting in Delhi on Tuesday, the Chief Minister exhorted Goyal to immediately release Rs.596.61 crore for the Zaheerabad Industrial Smart City project that has been a...Read More
Srisailam: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday said that both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states will benefit immensely if they properly utilise a few hundred TMCs of surplus Godavari River waters, which otherwise flows wastefully into the sea. Speaking at a public meeting after 'Jala Harathi' to River Krishna at the Srisailam Reservoir and opening four radial gates to release water downstream, Naidu remarked that tapping excess Godavari waters for use would not harm anyone. "If Andh...Read More