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New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the Centre over reports of exit of automobile companies from India and alleged that government is driving out business. “The ease of driving business out of India. 7 Global Brands, 9 Factories, 649 Dealerships, 84,000 Jobs Modi ji, Hate-in-India and Make-in-India can’t coexist! Time to focus […]
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Hyderabad: The unparalleled love for BTS, also known as the Bangtan Boys, and Korean dramas has led many of us to be blown by the Korean culture including their alluring food. Be it tteokbokki, a Korean snack, or ppopgi, a Korean candy made with melted sugar and baking soda, and kimchi chigae, their cuisine is […]
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Manila: Saudi Arabia has embarked on an ambitious programme to boost inbound tourism and considers India a key market, said Saudi Tourism Board CEO Fahd Hamidaddin.Hamidaddin, who has been the chief of investment, strategy and tourism marketing for the Saudi Ministry of Tourism, spoke to PTI on the sidelines of the World Travel and Tourism […]
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Haridwar: Haridwar district administration on Tuesday imposed prohibitory orders under section 144 within a 5 km radius of Dada Jalalpur village after a Mahapanchayat by Hindu religious leaders was announced. “Section 144 has been imposed in Dada Jalalpur and nearby 5 km area. All programs have been restricted. No permission was taken for this programme […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is celebrating its 21st foundation day across Telangana on Wednesday. TRS president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao led the party in celebrating the occasion with the hoisting of party flag at the party plenary. KCR, as Rao is popularly known, hoisted part flag at Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), the […]
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Mancherial: A hunter was electrocuted when he accidentally touched a live wire snare set for hunting wild animals at a stream on fringes of the forests near Edagattu village in Kotapalli mandal on Wednesday. He along with two others are suspected to have laid the electrical snare to kill wild animals. Chennur Rural Inspector Nagaraju […]
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Hyderabad: The buzz at HICC – the venue for 21st Formation Day of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is electrifying with party invitees, including Ministers, MLAs, MLCs and others turning up in large numbers. All the roads leading to the venue have been taken over with pink colour. Entire HICC has been decked up with party […]
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Jayashankar Bhupalpally: One of the seven injured employees of the KTPP in Chelpur, succumbed to burn injuries at a private hospital in Hyderabad on Wednesday. The deceased was Kethumalla Veeraswamy, an artisan employee. He along with six others suffered serious burn injuries in the incident that happened on Monday night. As he suffered nearly 80 […]
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Hyderabad: Days after Karnataka Rural Development Minister KS Eshwarappa tendered his resignation amid the row over a contractor dying by suicide, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao said that such an incident wouldn’t take place in the state. The contractor Santosh Patil had died by suicide which had triggered a political controversy in Karnataka. “We […]
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Hyderabad: Ruling TRS supremo and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday said the country needs an alternative agenda and not political realignment, as he asserted he had said no to Communist leaders’ idea to “dislodge” the ruling BJP at the Centre. In his address at the 21st Foundation Day celebrations of his party […]
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Hyderabad: The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on its 21st Foundation Day celebrations on Wednesday would pass a political resolution that the party should play a key role in national politics for the wider interest of the country as the BJP is exploiting “communal sentiments” for its political convenience. This would be one of the […]
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Chennai: A fire broke out in a part of Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital here on Wednesday morning following which patients were evacuated to safety, said officials. According to hospital officials, 33 patients were shifted from the fire-affected wards. Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma. Subramanian, who reached the hospital, told reporters: “The patients have been […]
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Visakhapatnam: If the ambulance mafia forced a father to carry home the body of his son on motorcycle at Ruia government hospital in Tirupati on Tuesday, an almost similar scene was witnessed in the government King George Hospital here around the same time, exposing the corrupt practices of staff in government hospitals. A woman Jhansi […]
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Hyderabad: Mild tension prevailed at the Minister’s Quarters at Banjara Hills when Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad activists took out a protest on Wednesday morning. A handful of ABVP activists tried to barge into the Minister’s Quarters demanding the State government reimburse the fees and scholarships to students allegedly pending for sometime. The police who were […]
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United Nations: The humanitarian situation in Syria remains dire amid a worsening economic crisis, said Joyce Msuya, the Deputy UN Relief Chief. As the eyes of the world turn to other conflicts, Syria is on the verge of becoming a forgotten crisis. Yet millions of Syrians struggle each month to survive. For many, their situation […]
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Siddipet: Bodies of two unidentified male persons were found in abandoned agriculture well on the outskirts of Burugupally Village in Siddipet Urban Mandal on Wednesday morning. The Siddipet Rural Police have retrieved the bodies from the well. They were taken to Government Hospital Sididpet for postmortem. The Police have found no evidence to identify the […]
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Mumbai: The rupee depreciated 16 paise to 76.72 against the US dollar in opening trade on Wednesday, weighed down by the strength of the greenback and unabated foreign fund outflows. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 76.69 against the American dollar, then lost ground to quote at 76.72, registering a fall of […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed deep grief over the loss of lives in a mishap in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Prime Minister has also announced an ex-gratia of Rs two lakhs to the next kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to those injured in the accident from Prime Minister’s National Relief […]
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New Delhi: As gaming gets mainstream, more than 10 million people have streamed games over Xbox Cloud Gaming to date, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said. He said that billions of hours have been played by subscribers over the past 12 months, up 45 per cent. Many of Xbox most popular titles, including Flight Simulator, […]
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New Delhi: Hailing the India digital payments growth story, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said that the company’s payments strategy is very similar to the strategy it has for commerce overall. During the company’s quarterly earnings call, Pichai said that the digital payments work in India is “certainly what really got everything started”. […]
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Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 510.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.22 million and vaccinations to over 11.25 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Wednesday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the […]
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Lucknow: In a freak accident, a new-born baby boy died after he slipped off the hands of a staff nurse and hit the floor at a private hospital in Malhaur locality of Chinhat in Lucknow. The post-mortem report has confirmed head injury as the cause of death. Police have registered a case against the nurse […]
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Chennai: Eleven persons were electrocuted and 15 others injured when the top of a car belonging to Appar Madam/Mutt touched the overhead power cable in Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday morning. According to police, the accident took place in Kalimedu village when the car touched the overhead power cable killing 11 and injuring […]
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New York: Harvard University, arguably the world’s premier name in education, has laid bare a troublesome tryst with slavery and earmarked $100 million as reparation. In a letter to the Harvard community, the University President Lawrence Bacow made public a detailed report, “Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery,” aiming “to uncover truth..(and) embrace it even […]
