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Vijayawada: Chief Justice of India (CJI) N.V. Ramana on Saturday said that if people lose faith and trust in the judiciary, the very survival of democracy will be at stake. Justice Ramana, who is scheduled to demit office next week, said it was necessary to ensure that people do not lose faith and trust in […]

Shimla: At least four people died and 15 others went missing after flash floods triggered by heavy overnight rainfall hit Himachal Pradesh on Saturday, officials said. The railway bridge over the Chakki river on the border of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh also collapsed in the incident. The calamity was reported at several places in Mandi district […]

New Delhi: The Central Election Authority (CEA) is awaiting the go-ahead of Congress Working Committee (CWC) for the conduct of the party’s presidential poll, sources said on Saturday. The CEA, which is authorised to conduct organisational polls, has completed the process of voters’ list before the CWC takes a final call, sources said. Majority of […]

Bhopal: A Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) team in Madhya Pradesh has arrested four drug peddlers and recovered 206 kg of cannabis from their possession. According to the police, the contraband was being brought from Odisha to deliver it to a person in Madhya Pradesh’s Sehore district, some 70 km away from Bhopal. The NCB team […]

Ahmedabad: A man, who attempted to take a flight to Doha on a fake ticket, was arrested at Ahmedabad airport in Gujarat. Sub Inspector R H Pandav, who is probing the matter, told IANS that the accused will be produced before the court on Saturday and his remand will be sought to find out his […]

Hyderabad: The glaring contrast in development, especially in agricultural and welfare, between Telangana and Karnataka is now being noticed by people, who are travelling in the two States. And most say it is not exaggeration, when people of Raichur, including elected representatives, demanded merger of the district with Telangana after being impressed with the welfare […]

New Delhi: Aiming to boost connectivity between key metro cities, Air India will start 24 additional domestic flights from Saturday onwards. Most of these flights will be deployed on the routes of metro cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, among others. While Air India will add two new frequencies from Delhi to Mumbai, Bengaluru and […]

New Delhi: India on Saturday logged 13,272 fresh coronavirus infections that pushed its tally to 4,43,27,890, while the number of active cases came down to 1,01,166, according to Union health ministry data. The toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 5,27,289 with 36 fatalities, including six deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am […]

Mumbai: The Mumbai Police Traffic Control has received a message purportedly warning of another terror attack in the country’s commercial capital, officials said here on Saturday. The threats were in a WhatsApp message, ostensibly from a neighbourhood nation, though details of the sender or when the strikes will take place were not clear. The message also […]

New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended the licence of the pilot-in command (PIC) of the SpiceJet flight for six months, sources confirmed on Saturday. The PIC’s co-pilot had asked the captain to skirt the clouds ahead and not fly through them but he ignored. It happened in pertinence with the […]

New Delhi: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday paid tributes to their late father Rajiv Gandhi on his 78th birth anniversary at the Veer Bhumi here. In a tweet in Hindi, Rahul Gandhi said: “Papa you are with me every time in my heart, I will always try to fullfill the […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday remembered Rajiv Gandhi on his 78th birth anniversary and underlined the country’s achievements during his tenure as the Prime Minister. Statement Issued by Sh. @Jairam_Ramesh, MP and General Secretary In-Charge, Communications, AICC #BharatKeRajiv pic.twitter.com/GO7exe6p7h — Congress (@INCIndia) August 20, 2022 Recalling him as a visionary, Party General Secretary Jairam […]

New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Friday evening that he and his family had cooperated with the CBI, which he claimed was “being misused” by the Centre, on a day when the investigative agency carried out raids at multiple locations in connection with a case linked to the state’s excise policy. […]

New Delhi: CPI-M leader Brinda Karat on Friday condemned CBI raid at Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s residence saying that BJP-led Centre is targeting the Opposition political parties with the help of central agencies. “I strongly condemn the CBI raid. Manish Sisodia is the Deputy CM of Delhi that’s why he is being targeted. […]

Hyderabad: Time and again, the Centre refuses to acknowledge the achievements of Telangana. Despite Telangana being the first State to provide 100 per cent drinking water connections to all households (53.86 lakh) in the State under its Mission Bhagiratha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday declared the BJP-ruled Goa as the first State to be […]

Hyderabad: A day after the Centre barred Telangana and 12 other States from carrying out buying or selling power ostensibly till dues to power plants were cleared, the Telangana energy department ensured continuous supply of power to all categories of consumers including agriculture and industrial sectors. As restrictions imposed by the Central government on 13 […]

Hyderabad: A day after requesting the Supreme Court to intervene and take immediate action against release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case of 2002 Gujarat riots, TRS MLC K Kavitha on Friday penned her predicament to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana and urged the Apex Court to intervene in allowing the rapists […]

Hyderabad: Hitting out at the BJP government at the Centre, TRS working president and IT Minister KT Rama Rao said the release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano rape and murder of her family in Gujarat, would have repercussions. He said these acts of omission, commission and remission by the BJP government will not […]

Hyderabad: Fans of boxing legend Mike Tyson were left worried when the recent pictures of him sitting in a wheelchair with a stick surfaced online. The pictures that were clicked at the Miami International Airport are going viral on social media platforms.  Netizens started raising questions about his health condition soon after they noticed the […]

Hyderabad: What do you imagine when someone says the word ‘office’? Concrete building, cubicles, desktops, and coffee machines, right? But this Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer turned the word around and gave it a whole new meaning. Parveen Kaswan, an IFS officer from Karnataka shared an image on Twitter and captioned it “Office!!” and it […]

Shamli: The body of a 15-year-old girl has been recovered from her boyfriend’s relative house in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district after she went missing a day earlier, police said, adding the boy also died later. According to police, the boy was lying unconscious close to the girl’s body and was still alive when found. He […]

New Delhi: In a first, a French Air Force A330 Phenix aerial refuelling tanker refuelled the Sukhoi SU-30s of the Indian Air Force mid-air ahead of their touchdown at the Royal Australian Air Force’s base in Darwin for a three-week multi-national exercise which begins Friday. This is the first time that France has refuelled Indian […]

Hyderabad: Well-known performing arts academy, Kafqa, announced its partnership with Pt. Birju Maharaj Parampara, an organisation dedicated to preserving and promoting India’s renowned North Indian classical dance form, kathak. Through this Partnership, Kafqa Academy and Birju Maharaj Parampara endeavour to bestow the true meaning and discipline of ‘kathak’ to Indian youths and carry on the […]

Hyderabad: CK Raulji, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Gujarat, who was part of the state government’s panel that recommended releasing 11 men convicted of the 2002 gang rape of Bilkis Yakoob Rasool, has defended the controversial decision on the grounds that the rapists were “Brahmins and have good sanskar (values).” In an interview […]