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New Delhi: A successful training launch of a Short-Range Ballistic Missile, Prithvi-II was carried out on Wednesday, informed the Ministry of Defence. “A successful training launch of a Short-Range Ballistic Missile, Prithvi-II was carried out on June 15, 2022 at approximately 1930 hrs from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha. The missile is a proven […]

New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday published the final notification for the Food Safety and Standards (Vegan Foods) Regulations, 2022 thereby specifying what constitutes vegan food, what kind of labelling/packaging will be required for it and the compliances for Food Business Operators too. The notification dated June 10 was published on Wednesday and the government said […]

Hyderabad: The meticulously constructed ‘pure as white’ image that Prime Minister Narendra Modi donned for the past eight years seems all set to crumble with several skeletons smacking of favouritism towards the Ambani and Adani Groups tumbling out of the cupboard now. What is striking is that Modi’s foreign jaunts, touted by the ruling BJP […]

New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday began the consultation exercise on evolving a consensus name for the presidential election with senior party leader Rajnath Singh speaking to a number of key opposition leaders including Mallikarjun Kharge, Mamata Banerjee and Akhilesh Yadav, sources said on Wednesday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has authorised Singh and party’s […]

New Delhi: A crucial meeting of opposition parties convened by Mamata Banerjee to build consensus on fielding a joint candidate against the NDA in the presidential election began here on Wednesday with leaders of at least 17 parties in attendance. Leaders of the Congress, Samajwadi Party, NCP, DMK, RJD and the Left parties attended the […]

New Delhi: The process to file nominations for the presidential election began on Wednesday with the Election Commission issuing a notification calling upon the electors to fill the vacancy. The election is scheduled to be held on July 18. The nomination process began on a day when various opposition parties are meeting in Delhi to […]

Hyderabad: The Medical Health Services Recruitment Board (MHSRB), Telangana, on Wednesday released a notification to fill 1326 vacant posts of doctors in various departments of the Health, Medical and Family Welfare department. Out of the 1,326 vacant posts notified by MHRSB, 751 posts are of Civil Assistant Surgeons (CAS) in Directorate of Public Health and […]

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Hyderabad: The Centre’s Agnipath scheme will herald a new era in the human resources policy of the Indian armed forces, with future India to see a new, disciplined, skilled and patriotic young generation, Defence officials here say. Welcoming the scheme, Air Force Academy, Hyderabad, Commandant Air Marshal B Chandra Shekhar said the ‘attractive recruitment scheme’ […]

Hyderabad: The Viswa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Telangana announced that it will hold a sit in at all district headquarters against alleged targeted attacks on a particular community. The protests will be conducted across the State on Thursday and later a memorandum will be handed over to the President, Ram Nath Kovind seeking his intervention and […]

New Delhi: The Income Tax Department has notified the cost inflation index for the current fiscal to calculate long-term capital gains arising from the sale of immovable property, securities and jewellery. The cost inflation index (CII) is used by a taxpayer to compute gains arising out of the sale of capital assets after adjusting for […]

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has directed National Medical Commission (NMC) to conduct a special mop-up round to fill up the remaining super specialty seats. There are 930 super speciality seats which include 534 D.M/M.Ch and 396 DNB seats are still lying vacant after two rounds of counselling and one mop-up round of counselling. […]

New Delhi: In a transformative reform, the Indian government has cleared the ‘Agnipath’ scheme for recruitment of youth in the Armed Forces. The youth selected under this scheme will be known as ‘Agniveers’. Agnipath allows patriotic and motivated youth to serve in the Armed Forces for a period of four years. Unveiling the scheme, Indian […]

Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has not been invited by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to the meeting of opposition parties to discuss the strategy for the Presidential elections in Delhi on Wednesday. AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi said even if his party was invited it would not have attended as the Congress party […]

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Telecom department’s proposal to conduct a spectrum auction through which spectrum will be assigned to the successful bidders for providing 5G services to public and enterprises. A total of 72097.85 MHz of spectrum with a validity period of 20 years will be put to auction to […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has decided not to attend the meeting called by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday to discuss the opposition’s strategy for the Presidential election in New Delhi. Telangana Chief Minister and TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao took the decision after consultations with senior party leaders. The TRS is unhappy […]

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings against Reverend Prasanna Kumar Samuel in a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Prasanna Kumar Samuel is a Bishop of Church of South India (CSI) Karnataka Central Diocese, Bengaluru. The case was registered against five people, including Prasanna Kumar Samuel […]

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Health Department has asked schools and colleges to ensure precautionary measures in the backdrop of rising cases of Covid-19, especially in Bengaluru. At least 31 students have tested positive for Covid and the number of new Covid cases have increased to 582 in the last 24 hours in the state capital. The positivity […]

New Delhi: With 8,822 fresh coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,32,45,517 on Wednesday, while the count of active cases increased to 53,637, according to Union Health Ministry data. The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 5,24,792 with 15 fatalities being reported in a […]

Mumbai: The Indian stock market opened in green on Tuesday with less than 0.5 per cent slump in the key indices, Sensex and Nifty. The 30 stock S&P BSE Sensex rose by 43.76 per cent points or 0.08 per cent to close at 52,737.33 points at 9.17 am The broader Nifty 50 of the National […]

Srinagar: Terrorist involved in the killing of a bank manager in Kashmir was among two LeT terrorists neutralised in an ongoing encounter with security forces at Kanjiular area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said on Wednesday. “One of the killed terrorists has been identified as Jan Mohd Lone of Shopian. Besides other terror crimes, […]

Mansa: Punjab police on Wednesday got 7 days remand of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi who was produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate in Mansa court in connection with Sidhu Moose Wala murder case. Bishnoi was on Wednesday presented before Chief Judicial Magistrate in Mansa court by Punjab Police in connection with the Punjabi singer’s murder case. The […]

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to rejoin the investigation in connection with an alleged money laundering case related to the National Herald newspaper on Wednesday for the third consecutive day, sources said. The former Congress chief appeared before the ED for the second consecutive day on Tuesday for questioning. The […]

Srinagar: A gunfight erupted between the terrorists and security forces in the Kanjiular area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said on Wednesday. “Encounter has started at Kanjiular area of Shopian. Police and security forces are on the job,” police said. There have been a series of encounters between the terrorists and security forces in […]