India

Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Monday issued a Covid advisory urging children less than 10 years and elders above 60 years to avoid venturing outdoors, unless it is necessary and all individuals must wear face masks when they venture out of the house. “There is higher incidence of Covid in the age group of 20 […]

Hyderabad: The ruling TRS will support former Minister Yashwant Sinha, named as the joint Opposition parties candidate for the President polls. TRS President and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao took a decision in this regard, following the intervention of Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar. After much deliberations, the Opposition leaders who gathered at the […]

Hyderabad: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is all set to conduct the first session of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main in 501 cities including 21 cities in the State from June 23 to 29. The entrance test will be conducted in 22 cities outside India as well. The NTA on Tuesday released admit cards […]

Hyderabad: Sunstone, one of India’s higher education service providers, on Tuesday announced scholarships to the children of Indian Armed forces enrolled in any of the 35 universities with Sunstone’s edge. A scholarship of up to Rs 50,000 for students from martyr families and up to Rs.30,000 for students from families where a blood relative is […]

Hyderabad: Amity University’s RICS School of Built Environment is inviting applications for its full-time built environment specialization courses for the academic year 2022, which will be delivered from Noida and Mumbai. The programme is for students who are looking for a career in field of the built environment which includes real estate, infrastructure, and construction […]

Hyderabad: Imagine someone painting your life-size portrait on a wall. It is a rare accomplishment even for celebrities. Recently, this gesture of love and appreciation was bestowed upon actor and philanthropist Sonu Sood in Hyderabad. Known for his humanitarian work during the pandemic, Sood is touted to be the problem-solver and ‘angel’ for many in […]

New Delhi: The opposition parties on Tuesday announced former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha as their consensus candidate for the post of President, election for which is to be held on July 18. “We (opposition parties) have unanimously decided that Yashwant Sinha will be our common candidate for the Presidential election,” Congress leader Jairam Ramesh told […]

Hyderabad: What do employees in the country prefer? Is it a more flexible working schedule where they are gauged on their work and not the number of working hours or is it a four-day work week as being implemented in some other countries. A new survey points out that even the idea of four-day work […]

Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir): The Indian Army on Tuesday celebrated the 8th International Yoga Day at the Amarnath Holy cave in the Pahalgam region of the Union Territory. The Indian Army informed that around 450 soldiers performed various asanas, pranayama and mediation at an altitude of 13,000ft including the Holy cave, Brarimarg, Sangam, Baltal and […]

Hyderabad: GMR Infrastructure Limited (GIL), a listed entity of GMR Group, on Tuesday announced that it would give priority in jobs to Agniveers in its subsidiary Raxa Security Solutions Ltd. Raxa Security Solutions Ltd is a premier security company of the GMR Group and provides man-guarding services, techno security solutions, fire services and cyber security […]

Hyderabad: Continuing his blistering attack on the Union government charging it with cheating people with false promises, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while assuring a Ram Rajya, has only ended up unveiling the horrors of Ravana’s rule. Inaugurating the Kaithlapur Road over Bridge (RoB) here on […]

Farrukhabad (UP): A 23-year-old zardozi artist from Farrukhabad fell in love with a girl on Facebook. After their love blossomed, he learnt that the girl was a Pakistani. Mohd Jamal, however, was undeterred and he went to Pakistan earlier this month and married the girl, Eram, on June 17. Jamal’s father Alimuddin said, “Now, we […]

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the fifth round of questioning in connection with the National Herald case. He is being questioned by a three-member team and will be given a lunch break in the afternoon. On Monday, the Congress MP from Wayanad in Kerala was […]

Kolkata: The West Bengal government, on Tuesday, heaved a sigh of relief after a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court ruled out a CBI probe into the mysterious death of the student leader Anis Khan. Expressing trust on the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the state police in the matter, Justice Rajasekhar Mantha, […]

Mumbai: The Maha Vikas Agadhi government on Tuesday faced its worst political crisis as at least one Shiv Sena Minister along with other ministers and several MLAs veered towards a revolt and are now parked in Gujarat. Sena MP and Chief Spokesperson Sanjay Raut, however, dismissed speculation that a ‘political earthquake’ is in the offing in […]

New Delhi: India witnessed a significant decline in fresh Covid cases with 9,923 infections being registered in last 24 hours against previous day’s 12,781 count, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. In the same period, 17 fatalities took the nationwide death toll to 5,24,890. Meanwhile, the active caseload has risen to 79,313 cases, accounting […]

Chennai: Political parties, social activists, and local people of Puthupatti of the Tenkasi district and Paniyankurichi village in Tirunelveli district are up in arms against the dumping of waste from Kerala in their villages. Sources in the Paniyankurichi panchayat while speaking to IANS said, “Waste from Kerala is brought through Tenkasi and Kanniyakumari into our […]

Chandigarh: The Punjab vigilance arrested Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Sanjay Popli and his secretary on corruption charges. As per the FIR, Popli allegedly sought one per cent commission from a contractor of a Rs 7 crore sewerage project in the Nawanshahr town during the previous Congress regime. The contractor paid Rs 3.5 lakh through […]

Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi began the celebrations of the 8th International Yoga Day in the premises of magnificent and historical Mysuru Palace on Tuesday. “Yoga is not a part of life, it is a way of life,” Modi said. He added, “Yoga is ensuring the universal health. Yoga which was practiced in houses and […]

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Governor Anandiben Patel led the 8th International Day of Yoga celebrations on Tuesday by performing yoga in the sprawling lawns of the Raj Bhavan here. A large number of state ministers, bureaucrats and eminent citizens were also in attendance. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said […]

New Delhi: The Presidential polls have turned out to be an acid test for the unity of the opposition parties with former Governor of West Bengal Gopalakrishna Gandhi, too, expressing his disinclination to be in the fray. Earlier, senior politician and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar had also turned down the proposal of […]

New Delhi: BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Monday hit out at his party’s MLA for calling ‘Agnipath’ protesters “Jihadis” , saying that youths of the country “melt their bones” to serve in the army and that peaceful demonstration is everyone’s right. Taking to Twitter, the Pilibhit MP, who has often taken a divergent view from […]

New Delhi: Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who was admitted to Ganga Ram Hospital due to COVID-related issues, has been discharged, the party’s General Secretary in-charge Communications, Jairam Ramesh, said in a tweet on Monday. Taking to Twitter, the Congress leader wrote, “Congress President Sonia Gandhi has been discharged from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital […]

Mumbai: Kannada actress Swathi Sathish’s root canal procedure went horribly wrong and she looked unrecognisable as the right side of her face was swollen. The actress looked unrecognisable in her photos shared after the surgery, which were posted online. The doctors had reportedly told her that the swelling would subside after a little time and […]