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Banaskantha: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said Vidya Samiksha Kendra in Gandhinagar can bring substantive changes in the field of education across the country while calling upon other states to study the initiative. After laying the foundation stone for multiple projects at Banas Dairy Sankul in Diyodar in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district, the Prime Minister […]
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Colombo: Sri Lanka’s state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has increased fuel prices to a record high. With the latest price hike on Monday, the price of Octane 92 petrol rose by 33.1 per cent to a record 338 Sri Lankan rupees ($1.04) a litre, and the price of auto diesel increased by 64.2 per cent […]
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Hyderabad: The six-lane bi-directional flyover at Bahadurpura was inaugurated by Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali on Tuesday. Municipal Administration & Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi were also present at the inaugural function. The Bahadurpura flyover has been built as part of the Strategic Road Development Plan by the Greater […]
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Hyderabad: ‘Majili’ director Shiva Nirvana has cast Vijay Deverakonda and Samantha Ruth Prabhu in the lead roles in his upcoming film. According to rumours, the untitled film will be launched in a formal muhurat event in Hyderabad on April 21 in a big way. The regular shoot of the romantic drama will begin a few […]
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Hyderabad: Upset over parents’ rejecting their proposal for marriage, two youngsters died by suicide in Kanukula of Sultanabad mandal. Both were minors and hailed from different castes, a reason why their parents objected their marriage proposal, villagers said. While the boy died by consuming pesticide on Monday, the girl jumped into a well on Tuesday […]
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Hyderabad: A young man died, allegedly by suicide, by hanging in his house at Jiyaguda on Sunday. His family alleged he died due to harassment from an online loan app management. The police said there was no evidence of harassment obtained yet and further details will be known only after examining his mobile phone, which […]
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Hyderabad: Noted film producer and chairman of Asian Group, Narayan Das Narang, passed away on Tuesday. He was undergoing treatment at Star Hospitals in the city. He was said to be suffering with age-related health issues for the last few months. He worked predominantly in the Tamil movie industry. He produced movies like D 46, […]
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Hyderabad: IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao wondered what one should call the current government at the Centre – NDA government or NPA government. He raised the doubt after listing out a series of failures by the BJP-led government in controlling the inflation. Lashing out at the union government, Rama Rao stated that unemployment in […]
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Hubballi: The Karnataka Police have launched a hunt for a Maulvi for delivering hate speech and instigating a mob to indulge in large-scale violence after an objectionable post appeared on social media, police said on Tuesday. Maulvi Waseem went missing after finding out that the police are after him. According to police, Waseem addressed an […]
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Jagtial: A three-year-old girl Ganta Hadhya died of a snake bite in Ibrahimpatnam mandal headquarters on Tuesday early hours. According to villagers, Hadhya along with her parents Bhumaiah and Srvanthi slept in their home on Monday night. Around 2 am on Tuesday, a snake fell on the girl from the top of the roof and […]
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Washington: ‘Aquaman’ star Jason Momoa is all set to star in Warner Bros.’ live-action ‘Minecraft’ movie.Napoleon Dynamite filmmaker Jared Hess will direct the project, based on the popular video game, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Developed by Mojang Studios, Minecraft is a sandbox video game that debuted in 2011. In Minecraft, players explore a blocky, […]
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Manila: An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted Davao Oriental province in southern Philippines on Tuesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. The institute said the quake, which occurred at 9.23 a.m. local time, hit at a depth of 49 kms, about 54 kms southeast of Manay town in the […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day visit to Gujarat, will inaugurate the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine at Jamnagar on Tuesday. The Ministry of Ayush and the Government of Gujarat on Monday organized a curtain-raiser press conference to discuss two pertinent developments in the field of traditional medicine in […]
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Mumbai: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) lost a closely-fought match against Rajasthan Royals but they have undoubtedly won many hearts of the entire cricket world on Monday night. The team’s co-owner and actor Shah Rukh Khan was also bowled over by the players’ stellar performance. Taking to Twitter, SRK lauded the team members — especially captain […]
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Hyderabad: A man died, allegedly by suicide, in the room of a hotel at Masab Tank in Saifabad here on Tuesday. The victim, identified as Shabarinath, a native of Vijayawada of Andhra Pradesh, is suspected to have consumed an unknown poisonous substance and ended his life. Police said the reason for suicide was yet to […]
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New Delhi: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has said that by cancelling the bail of the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri murder case, Ashish Mishra alias Monu, the Supreme Court has restored hope in the justice system. Earlier in the day, the apex court had cancelled the bail of Mishra in connection with the […]
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Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 504.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.19 million and vaccinations to over 11.18 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Tuesday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the death […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first Semicon India 2022 Conference in Bengaluru on April 29, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar announced on Monday. As per a press release from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Semicon India 2022, a 3-day conference, is being organised to […]
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Mumbai: A brilliant five-fer including a hat-trick by out of favour India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal after Englishman Jos Buttler had blasted a century helped Rajasthan Royals beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 runs in a topsy-turvy encounter in Match 30 of IPL 2022 at the Brabourne Stadium here on Monday. Chahal overshadowed some brilliant batting […]
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Hyderabad: A one-kilometre skywalk connecting Raidurg Metro Station to various locations in and around the Mindspace Madhapur campus was inaugurated by Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD), Minister, KT Rama Rao on Monday. The facility makes it safe to walk especially for those who commute to work via metro rail. The roofed skywalk has been […]
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Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili on Monday directed the Director of Department of Language and Culture to ensure that, in future, no felling of trees/pruning of branches takes place without following the procedure prescribed in the law. The panel was […]
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By Arun Sinha The noted economist Surjit Bhalla’s argument that food subsidy has wiped out extreme poverty in India is highly erroneous. Bhalla, who arrived at this conclusion in a recent study done for the International Monetary Fund with two other economists, wants to make us believe that if only the stomachs of the poor […]
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One of the key lessons the coronavirus pandemic has taught the policymakers around the world pertains to the importance of reliable and accurate data. The absence of such an ecosystem leads to faulty policy framing with disastrous consequences. India is among the countries that do not have an authentic data ecosystem. The horrific second wave […]
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New Delhi: Investors’ wealth tumbled over Rs 2.58 lakh crore on Monday as equity markets suffered a heavy sell-off, with the Sensex plunging 2 per cent. The BSE benchmark tanked 1,172.19 points or 2.01 per cent to settle at 57,166.74 after a weak opening. During the day, it plummeted 1,496.54 points or 2.56 per cent […]
