Hyderabad: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to Telangana's Director General of Police (DGP), seeking a report on the death of an autorickshaw driver allegedly due to physical torture by police in Hyderabad. The NHRC took suo motu cognisance of a media report that a 35-year-old autorickshaw driver died on May 13, allegedly after being subjected to physical torture by police at Rajendranagar Police Station in Hyderabad....Read More
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government will formulate a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for mega events, meetings and celebrations aimed at preventing any untoward incidents, state Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Thursday. The initiative comes in the wake of a stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium here on Wednesday that claimed 11 lives. Speaking to reporters, Parameshwara said that the government will take strict measures to identify the lapses that led to the stampede nea...Read More
Bengaluru: The Royal Challengers Bengaluru has announced a compensation of Rs 10 Lakh each for the families of the victims in the Bengaluru stampede and also said they will set up a support fund for the people injured on Wednesday. RCB put out a statement on Thursday, saying that the incident has caused a lot of anguish and pain to the RCB family and as a mark of respect they will offer financial support to the 11 families. RCB also set up a fund named 'RCB Cares' to support the fans who were ...Read More
Raipur: A top Maoist leader, who was carrying a reward of Rs 50 lakh on his head, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Bastar's Indravati Tiger Reserve, Bijapur, in Chhattisgarh on Thursday. Nar Singhachalam, alias Sudhakar, was one of the most-wanted Maoist leaders, operating across states like Telangana, Chhattisgarh, and Maharashtra. Some automatic weapons have been recovered from the site. Joint forces are continuing the operation. Sudhakar's killing comes after another top M...Read More
Visakhapatnam: The Tri-Services All-Women Sailing Expedition team returned home after completing a ground-breaking 1,800-nautical-mile international voyage to Seychelles. The historic expedition, commenced on April 7, marks the first-ever international open-sea sailing mission by an all-women team from the Indian Armed Forces. The expedition was flagged-in by Commandant, College of Military Engineering Lieutenant General AK Ramesh in Mumbai. He hailed the mission as a milestone in the journey o...Read More
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has married senior advocate and former BJD MP Pinaki Misra in Germany, according to reports. Though neither Moitra (50) nor Misra (65) issued any official statement, a section of media said the two got married in Germany on May 30. Moitra, an investment banker-turned-politician, is an MP from Krishnanagar in West Bengal for the second term. Moitra was earlier married to Danish financier Lars Brorson. Misra, a leader from the BJD, is a senior advocat...Read More
Hyderabad: A potential stampede was averted through swift and firm action after celebrations over Royal Challengers Bengaluru's maiden IPL title turned unruly near the state Secretariat here on the night of June 3, said the Hyderabad police on Thursday. While fans across Hyderabad took to the streets to celebrate RCB's win, chaotic scenes emerged at certain locations - particularly near the Secretariat - prompting police to rush additional forces. Mild force was used to disperse revellers who w...Read More
Bengaluru: During a suo motu hearing on the Bengaluru stampede in which 11 people died, the Karnataka government told the Karnataka High Court on Thursday that 2.5 lakh people had unexpectedly congregated outside the Chinnaswamy stadium to celebrate the victory of the local team, RCB, in the Indian Premier League. The government also told the court that they had deployed over 1400 personnel, including senior officials, to maintain the law & order situation outside and inside the stadium. Advoc...Read More
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Thursday took strong action against the police officers allegedly responsible for the Bengaluru stampede, suspending several high-ranking officials, including the city's police commissioner. Addressing a press conference, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also announced a one-man commission to probe the lapses that triggered the deadly stampede. "Cubbon Park Police Station police inspector, station house master, station house officer, ACP, Central Division DCP,...Read More
Hyderabad: In a major leap for India's defence and manufacturing sectors, the Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) has inked a breakthrough deal with French aerospace major Dassault Aviation to produce the full fuselage of Rafale fighter jets in India -- a first in the jet's global production history. Marking a historic shift, the core structural components of the French-origin combat aircraft -- until now manufactured exclusively in France -- will be built at a new state-of-the-art facility th...Read More
Hyderabad: The state Cabinet has on Thursday approved the long-pending demands of the government employees which included the release of two instalments of dearness allowance (DA) this year. It also decided to expedite the construction of rural roads under HAM (hybrid annuity model) and the expansion of the Metro Rail in the greater Hyderabad limits. During the six-hour-long Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and his Cabinet colleagues discussed extensively the employees' demands a...Read More
Vijayawada: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday said that concerted efforts would be made to increase green cover in the state from current 30.05 per cent to 50 per cent by 2047 when India would celebrate its centenary year of Independence. Addressing the Vana Mahotsavam event on the World Environment Day at Ananthavaram village in Thullur mandal near here, the Chief Minister said: "Currently, Andhra Pradesh has 37,421 sq km of forest area, accounting for 23 per cent of the total are...Read More
Srinagar, June 5: Indian Railways will commence regular operations of two new Vande Bharat Express trains between Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra and Srinagar from June 7, following their official inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow, June 6. The trains will offer passengers a fast, reliable, and modern travel option, running six days a week in both directions, officials said on Thursday. Prime Minister Modi is expected to flag off the two specially designed Vande Bharat trains ru...Read More
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government's celebratory zeal turned into a tragic nightmare as a stampede during Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) IPL 2025 victory parade claimed 11 lives and injured 33 others near M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The Congress-led administration, under Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, is now under intense scrutiny for its alleged insensitivity and negligence, with netizens and opposition leaders alike slamming the government for prioritising political mileage over public safety. ...Read More
Igatpuri (Maharashtra): Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was accompanied by Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, on Thursday inaugurated the last phase of 76 km of Igatpuri to Aamne, Thane of the 701 km Hinduhrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg that connects Nagpur with Mumbai. With the inauguration of the last phase of Samruddhi Highway, the entire 701 km-long road has been put into service. Now, the Nagpur-Mumbai journey can be completed in eigh...Read More
New Delhi: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairman, Tuhin Kanta Pandey, on Thursday said that the pending issues surrounding the National Stock Exchange (NSE) initial public offering (IPO) will be resolved soon, and the regulator will move forward with the process. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of Assocham's event here, Pandey said, "We will soon go ahead with it. NSE and SEBI are in discussions. They are resolving the issues. I am very hopeful that it will be done s...Read More
Hyderabad: Telangana has set a precedent for the country by conducting a comprehensive caste census, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy announced in the Legislative Assembly. The survey, officially titled the Telangana Social, Economic, Educational, Employment, Political, and Caste Census (Comprehensive Household Survey), was meticulously carried out to collect accurate demographic data. Addressing the Assembly, the Chief Minister emphasized that this was the first official data collection on weak...Read More
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy reiterated his government's unwavering commitment to providing quality education to underprivileged students. He emphasized that government schools, colleges, and universities must uphold their dignity and prestige, urging teachers and staff to contribute to their development. Speaking at the 150th-anniversary celebrations of Mogiligidda Government High School in Farooqnagar, Ranga Reddy district, the Chief Minister assured that the state government wou...Read More
As part of the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit in Davos, Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy inaugurated the 'Grand Indian Pavilion' alongside Union Ministers Chirag Paswan and Jayant Sinha, as well as Kerala Minister P. Rajeev. Several senior officials and prominent figures from various states were also present at the event. During the inauguration, Telangana IT Minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu extended an invitation to global investors, encouraging them to invest in Telangana. He highli...Read More
Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday said that the mega public meeting to be held in Belagavi on December 27 is named as Jai Bapu-Jai Bhim-Jai Samvidhan convention. Addressing a press conference at the CPED School grounds, he said, "We have de-clared this area as Mahatma Gandi Navanagara. The Congress Working Committee meeting would be held near Gandhi well. Mahatma Gandhi presided over the Con-gress convention in 1924. It is a matter of pride that our own Mallikarjun Kha...Read More
Bengaluru: Kannada film actor Shiva Rajkumar has got his cancerous bladder removed in a Miami-based hospital in the US after surgery, the surgeon who per-formed the operation on him said in a video message. Dr Murugesh Mano-haran also said that an artificial bladder was created using the actor's intes-tine. The surgeon was seen in the video with Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa and Shivarajkumar's wife Geetha. Geetha is Bangarappa's sister. Later, the actor's ...Read More
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred, till the second week of January next year, the hearing on the bail plea of lawyer Surendra Gadling, who remains behind bars in connection with the 2016 Surjagarh iron ore mine arson case. A bench, headed by Justice M.M. Sundresh, decided to adjourn the hearing after Gadling's counsel submitted that the Maharashtra government filed its reply late on Tuesday and the petitioner side would need some time to go through the contents of the counter a...Read More
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, while addressing representatives of the Brahmin community from across the state at his residence, Sant Kabir Kutir, said that the state government would celebrate the birth anniversary ofLord Parshuram in a grand manner at the government level. In addition, in response to the demand from Brahmin community representatives for the formation of a Brahmin Welfare Board, the Chief Minister assured that prominent members of the society would be in...Read More
Hyderabad: Allu Arjun, accompanied by his wife, visited Megastar Chiranjeevi's house for a lunch meeting today at 12:30 PM. This meeting comes as Allu Arjun faces legal proceedings related to the tragic stampede at Sadhya Theatre. The actor's legal team is working to address the charges, with the High Court having adjourned the hearing of his quash petition to the 21st of this month. Chiranjeevi, known for his strong family ties, showed his support for Allu Arjun during this challenging time, ...Read More
Mysuru: In a significant display of unity that transcended caste divisions, the doors of the Maramma temple in Marballi village were opened after 11 years, allowing for special rituals to be performed on Friday evening. The temple, located in Jayapura Hobli of Mysuru Taluk, had remained closed for over a decade due to a caste-based dispute that arose from the denial of entry to Dalits. The prolonged controversy resulted in the temple being locked, and no rituals were conducted during this perio...Read More
Hyderabad : Megastar Chiranjeevi paid a visit to Allu Arjun's residence today for a lunch meeting, offering support to his nephew amid the ongoing legal challenges. The meeting comes as Allu Arjun continues to deal with the aftermath of his alleged involvement in the tragic stampede incident at Sadhya Theatre. Chiranjeevi's visit is seen as a significant gesture of solidarity within the family during this challenging period. Allu Arjun, recently granted interim bail, is awaiting completion of t...Read More
Hyderabad : In a gesture of solidarity, Megastar Chiranjeevi is set to visit Allu Arjun's residence today at 12 PM. The actor's visit comes in the wake of the ongoing legal issues surrounding Allu Arjun, who is currently embroiled in a case related to the tragic stampede at Sadhya Theatre. Chiranjeevi, known for his strong family ties and unwavering support for his loved ones, is expected to meet Allu Arjun and his family to extend his encouragement and support during this challenging time. Al...Read More
Hyderabad: BRS (Bharat Rashtra Samithi) Chairperson K.T. Rama Rao (KTR) has sharply criticized the state government for its harsh treatment of farmers involved in the Laghacherla protest, accusing it of using extreme measures against them and their families. His comments come a month after the farmers' protests, which had attracted significant attention. Addressing the media, KTR condemned the government's response, likening it to the behavior of "kings and emperors" instead of addressing the l...Read More
Bhopal: The Gita recitation programme by the Madhya Pradesh government has found a place in the Guinness World Records. "More than 7,200 'acharyas' and 'vatuks' collectively recited the third chapter 'Karma Yoga' on Wednesday, making a record," a statement issued by the government said. The event was parallely organised at Bhopal's Lal Parade Ground and Ujjain to mark the sacred occasion of Gita Jayanti. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said that the collective recitation of the Gita by thousands o...Read More
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, along with INDIA bloc leaders launched a no-holds-barred attack on the chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday, holding him responsible for the repeated stalling and disruption of the House, apparently over his 'headmaster-type attitude' and treatment of 'Parliament like a school.' In a joint press conference held by Congress and its allies, Mallikarjun Kharge hurled serious accusations at V-P Jagdeep Dhankhar and said, 'The bigg...Read More