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Hyderabad, Oct 20 (PTI) A 24-year-old man accused of stabbing to death a constable in Nizamabad district of Telangana was shot dead on Monday when police opened fire after he allegedly tried to attack them by snatching a pistol from a policeman. Nizamabad Commissioner of Police P Sai Chaitanya told reporters on Monday evening that sounds of breaking glasses and smashing doors was heard by three policemen on duty from the ward in government hospital where Shaik Riaz, accused in the murder of the ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 19 (PTI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday said that a resolution will be passed in the state Assembly seeking to amend the Constitution for lowering the minimum age to contest Legislative Assembly elections to 21 from 25. He termed his proposal to change the minimum age as need of the hour and insisted that the youth should play a vital role in the active politics of the country. CM was speaking after participating in Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Yatra commemoration ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Oct 19 (PTI) Responding to repeated criticism from some industry leaders about Bengaluru's infrastructure issues, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said on Sunday that he is open to criticism but some people are doing it too much, and he will remain unfazed by such things. Asserting that the government is taking measures to fix these issues, Shivakumar, who is also the Minister in-charge for Bengaluru development. said that people have given the Congress government an op ...Read More >
Mangaluru: Foreign universities setting up campuses in Karnataka will push existing private universities to raise their standards, said MC Sudhakar, minister for higher education.The minister inaugurated the 25th Triennial Conference 2025 of the Xavier Board of Higher Education in India on Saturday. The four-day conference's theme is 'Empowering Minds, Embracing Change: Reimagining Higher Education for a Global Tomorrow.'Sudhakar discussed how the presence of foreign university campuses will ben ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Oct 17 (PTI) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy and author Sudha Murty have "some misconceptions" about the ongoing social and educational survey being conducted in the state. "There is a notion that this is a survey for backward castes," Siddaramaiah told reporters here. "It is not a backward classes survey. Let them write whatever they want. People should understand what this survey is about. What can I do if they are unable to ...Read More >
Kochi, Oct 17 (PTI) Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday accused the ruling CPI(M) of "manufacturing" the hijab controversy to divert attention from the Sabarimala gold missing case. Speaking to reporters, Chandrasekhar said the row over hijab use at St Rita's Public School in Palluruthy, Kochi, was being used to shift focus away from the alleged theft of 4.5 kilograms of gold from the Sabarimala temple. "This is a political tactic to draw attention away from the Sabarimala gold ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 17 (PTI) Kerala General Education Minister V Sivankutty on Friday termed as "surprising" and "ironic" that a teacher, who was wearing a headscarf, did not permit one of the students to do so in the Kochi-based church-run school. The minister also said that every private school management was governed by the Kerala Education Rules and was not above the same. Sivankutty was speaking to reporters in connection with the recent hijab row at the St Rita's Public School in Pal ...Read More >
Kochi, Oct 16 (PTI) Around 14 people, including several students, sustained minor injuries after two school buses collided at Koothattukulam here on Thursday, police said. The accident occurred around 4 pm at Kotholipeedika when the buses of St Philomena's Public School and Junior College, Elanji, and St Kuriakose Public School, Njeezhoor, Kaduthuruthy, collided at a traffic junction. According to police, the collision occurred when one of the buses was entering the main road and struck anothe ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Oct 16 (PTI) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has said that he preferred to go to jail by refusing to destabilise the Congress-JD(S) coalition government and declining to take up the Deputy CM post offered by the central BJP, during the 2019 political instability in the state. He said this on Wednesday while speaking at the launch of a book on him -- "A Symbol of Loyalty D K Shivakumar "-- written by K M Raghu. BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R Asho ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Oct 16 (PTI) The Bengaluru police have arrested a man from Maharashtra who had allegedly called Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on the phone and abused him with vile invective for writing a letter to the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to disallow RSS activities in public places. An FIR was registered at Sadashivanagar Police Station following the threat call made while the minister was recording a video. A joint operation by Bengaluru Central Division and Kalaburagi Police led to the ...Read More >
Kozhikode(Kerala), Oct 16 (PTI) The Congress on Thursday alleged that explosives were hurled at UDF activists from where the police were standing during a recent lathi charge in Perambra, in which MP Shafi Parambil was injured, and released visuals in support of their claim. The accusation by the Congress comes a day after five United Democratic Front (UDF) activists were arrested in connection with the alleged hurling of explosives during the police lathi charge. Kozhikode District Congress C ...Read More >
Srisailam (Andhra Pradesh), Oct 16 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday offered prayer at Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Swamy Varla Devasthanam here in Nandyal district. "PM Modi performed Rudrabhishekam with Panchamuralu (a sacred mixture made of five ingredients-cow milk, cow curd, cow ghee, honey, and sugar)," BJP sources said. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan accompanied him. The Mallikarjuna Swamy temple is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas and one of the 5 ...Read More >
Chennai, Oct 9 (PTI) Police arrested a 37-year-old man on Thursday for making a hoax call to the police control room post midnight about planting a bomb at actor-politician Vijay's Neelankarai residence here, said officials. The man has been identified as Shabik, said police sources. On getting a call, the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) was sent to the spot early in the morning, and checks were carried out, but nothing was found, police officials added. Police at the scene said they ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has directed officials to commence implementation of the Musi River Development Project from December. The Chief Minister held a review meeting with senior officials on the first phase of the project. It was noted that the initial phase will require Rs.5,641 crore, covering the development of 493 acres of land. The government plans to finance the project primarily through loans, along with other funding sources. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has gi ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Oct 7 (PTI) The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has ordered the immediate closure of the studio premises hosting the Kannada reality show Bigg Boss at Bidadi in Bengaluru South district, citing serious violations of environmental regulations. The Board issued a notice dated October 6 to Vels Studios and Entertainment Private Limited (Jolly Wood Studios & Adventures), directing that all activities at the site be stopped with immediate effect. In the official communica ...Read More >
Chennai, Oct 3 (PTI) Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK has slammed TVK chief Vijay for his alleged "arrogance, hunger for money, publicity mania and the desire for chair," and said his challenge to the state government to arrest him for the stampede was aimed at diverting attention away from the deaths of as many as 41 persons. The ruling party said Vijay's acting skills, which "failed" long ago in the field of cinema, will not succeed in real life as well. In its editorial slamming Vijay, the DMK organ ...Read More >
Chennai, Oct 3 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin's dream of his DMK winning 200 seats in next year's Assembly election will be shattered, said AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami. The huge turnout of people at the political rallies he has been addressing throughout the state, especially in the Harur Assembly constituency, was a grim reminder to Stalin that the DMK will be defeated by the AIADMK combine by winning ten seats more than the DMK's target, he said. "Look at the huge crowd t ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 3 (PTI) Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) president PS Prasanth on Friday said the board will approach the Kerala High Court seeking a detailed investigation into the gold plating of Dwarapalaka (guardian deity) idols at the Sabarimala temple from 1998 to 2025. Prasanth said the TDB standing counsel has been instructed to file a petition once the High Court resumes after the Pooja holiday. He said that a comprehensive inquiry would be launched into the amount of gold used ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 2 (PTI) Two persons were arrested here for allegedly transporting and peddling drugs and 50 grams of MDMA was seized from them, police said on Thursday. The Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) on Wednesday conducted an operation in an area under the limits of Chaderghat Police Station based on specific inputs and apprehended a local drug peddler and a drug transporter, a native of Kerala and MDMA drug was seized, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Task Force), Y V S Sudheend ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 1 (PTI) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday criticised the commemoration of the RSS centenary by releasing a postage stamp and a Rs 100 coin, terming it as a "grave insult" to the Constitution. In a post on social media platform 'X' Vijayan claimed, "Commemorating the RSS centenary with a postage stamp and a 100 rupee coin is a grave insult to our Constitution. It legitimises an organisation that abstained from the freedom struggle, promoting a divisive i ...Read More >
Lucknow: Senior Samajwadi Party leader and former minister Gayatri Prajapati was attacked by a fellow inmate inside Lucknow Jail on Tuesday. The scuffle took place within the jail premises, after which prison authorities launched an internal inquiry. According to a statement issued by Dr Ramdhani, DIG Prisons, Lucknow Range, the incident occurred after Prajapati allegedly used abusive language towards another inmate, Vishwas Rajput. In response, Vishwas attacked Prajapati using a sharp object i ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 1 (PTI) The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has renamed the well-known 'Telugu Thalli flyover' here as 'Telangana Thalli flyover'. The flyover, located outside the Secretariat complex, was built during undivided Andhra Pradesh and named as 'Telugu Thalli flyover' (Mother Telugu flyover). The Standing Committee of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has recently approved naming the flyover as 'Telangana Thalli' Flyover (Mother Telangana flyover). The GH ...Read More >
Thrissur (Kerala), Oct 1 (PTI) BJP leader Printu Mahadevan, accused of making a death threat to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during a TV channel discussion, rejected the allegations on Wednesday, saying he was an 'ahimsavadi' (non-violent person) and had never threatened anyone. Speaking to reporters here, Mahadevan said he was a teacher and a "non-violent person who had never made provocative statements or issued death threats." He alleged that his remarks during the television debate on the r ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 1 (PTI) A police constable, his wife and sister were arrested over the charges of assaulting a scheduled caste woman neighbour over the issue of dogs urinating on a car here, police said on Wednesday. A video of the incident has also been circulated on social media. According to police, the incident occurred in Saidabad here. The 60-year-old complainant stated in her complaint that on September 30 that she saw her neighbour -- a constable attached to Chikkadpally police station ...Read More >
Murakambattu (Andhra Pradesh), Oct 1 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh police on Wednesday apprehended three men for allegedly raping a minor Dalit girl in a public park here in Chittoor district, said an official on Wednesday. Chittoor town Sub-divisional police officer T Sainath said the girl was raped on September 25 at Nagaravanam Park in Chittoor town, and the accused assaulted her male friend and stole their valuables. The girl's friend approached Chittoor police four days later after the assault and ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 1 (PTI) The opposition Congress and the BJP on Wednesday questioned why the gold-plated cladding of the 'Dwarapalakas' was removed in 2019 for renovation, why its weight was reduced when it was brought back to the shrine, and demanded a comprehensive probe into the matter. Both the BJP and Congress alleged that these actions took place with the knowledge of the government and the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB). Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly, V D Sathee ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 190 million loan to support the development of the Indore Metro Rail Project, a transformative initiative aimed at enhancing urban mobility, reducing pollution, and promoting inclusive growth in Madhya Pradesh, as per a company press release. 'The project will finance the construction of an 8.62-kilometre underground metro line with seven stations, connecting congested areas of Indore to the airport. Designe ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Oct 1 (PTI) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday defended the Social and Educational Survey -- widely referred to as the "caste census" -- underway in the state, asserting that the data from the survey will help ensure equality in society. The CM also hit out at the opposition BJP, alleging that the party wants inequality to persist in society because it wants the supremacy of one community to continue. "This is a Social and Educational Survey. There is inequality in s ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday projected India's economic growth at 6.5% each for this fiscal year and the next. The latest forecast for FY26 is unchanged from ADB's Asian Development Outlook (ADO) in July when the multilateral lender pared India's growth to 6.5% from 7% estimated in April due to the impact of newly-imposed US tariffs on Indian goods. The FY27 estimate marks a cut from 6.7% estimated in July. ADB noted India's strong 7.8% growth in Q1FY26 but warned that ...Read More >
(RTTNews) - Indian shares ended lower for an eighth consecutive session on Tuesday amid ongoing FII selling, lingering uncertainty over the U.S. trade deal and U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of 100 percent tariffs on any or all movies that are made outside of the United States. The Asian Development Bank has trimmed its economic growth forecast for India to 6.5 percent this year from April's outlook of 6.7 percent, citing the drag from steep U.S. tariffs imposed in August. The proje ...Read More >
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