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Hyderabad: With the Telangana government deciding to procure the entire paddy produced by the farmers this rabi season, state Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar held a teleconference with District Collectors and other officials concerned on Wednesday and took stock of the situation in the respective districts. The meeting comes a day after Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar […]
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Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has announced that it is ready to talk with the protesters, who have occupied the entrance to the President’s Office in Colombo. The protests have entered the fifth day. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Wednesday that the government is willing to talk with the young protesters, who started a […]
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Hyderabad: The Telangana State government on Wednesday urged Union Ministry of Health, Medical and Family Welfare (MOHFW) to allow Government hospitals to administer free precautionary/booster doses to all the eligible individuals between 18 years and 59 years of age group. The State Health Minister, T Harish Rao on Wednesday has written a letter to Union […]
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San Francisco: Popular social audio platform Clubhouse has confirmed that it is testing a new in-room gaming feature on both iOS and Android platforms. As part of the initial launch, the app is rolling out a game called “Wild Cards”, which presents a series of questions that are designed to spur conversation and help people […]
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Hyderabad: Security in the older parts of the city was scaled up as a precautionary measure in view of verdict in the Akbaruddin Owaisi hate speech case. The special sessions court for trial of MPs/MLAs will pronounce the verdict in the case on Wednesday. Teams from the Commissioner’s Task Force, Telangana State Special Police and […]
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Jayashankar Bhupapally: Fraudsters have used the photo of District Collector Bhavesh Mishra for the display photo (DP) of the WhatApp account and tried to cheat the officials, and others in the district recently. They have cheated District Horticulture Officer Akbar to the tune of Rs 50,000 by sending a message asking for financial help with […]
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Los Angeles: NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has confirmed the largest comet nucleus ever seen by astronomers, the agency has said. The estimated diameter of the largest icy comet nucleus is approximately 80 miles (128 km), making it larger than the state of Rhode Island, NASA said on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported. The nucleus is […]
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Karimnagar: TRS workers and farmers hailed the state government’s decision to procure paddy in the Yasangi season. Thanking the Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for taking the decision in favor of farmers, they performed palabhishekam to the portrait of the Chief Minister across the erstwhile Karimangar district on Wednesday. State cabinet meeting held under the […]
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Kothagudem: Two scribes were killed in a road accident at Yerrammatalli temple at Krishna Sagar in Burgampad mandal in the district on Tuesday late night hours. The incident occurred when the deceased, Asif Pasha (29) and Bhishma Reddy (34) of Ammagaripalle in Aswapuram mandal were going back to their homes from Kothagudem at around 11.30 […]
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Gurugram: Twenty-eight people were hospitalised as they felt unwell after consuming spurious soft drink at a fair of “Buddo Mata Temple” located in Mubarikpur in Gurugram. On the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, adults and kids consumed spurious soft drinks and soon after started experiencing discomfort and vomitting. They were rushed to civil hospital, […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met the members of the district panchayat from Gujarat and discussed issues related to rural development. Taking to Twitter, PM Modi said discussions were held at length about issues related to rural development and leveraging Jan Shakti for societal progress. “Yesterday, had an excellent meeting with District […]
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San Francisco: Music streaming platform Spotify has announced that it is changing the name of Greenroom to Spotify Live and bringing its live capabilities directly onto the Spotify app. Spotify Live can now be found both as the stand-alone app listeners and hosts know and love, and as a livestream function in the Spotify app […]
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Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday rejected poet-activist Varavara Rao’s plea seeking permanent medical bail in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. A bench of Justices S B Shukre and G A Sanap, however, extended the time for the 83-year-old activist to surrender before the Taloja prison authorities by three months, to enable him to […]
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New Delhi: Organised by Street Child United and Save the Children India, the Street Child Cricket World Cup 2023 will welcome 22 teams from 16 countries to India next year. Taking place in September ahead of the ICC World Cup, the event will see street-connected children and young people take part in a mixed-gender cricket […]
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Iowa: President Joe Biden said Russia’s war in Ukraine amounted to “genocide, accusing President Vladimir Putin of trying to wipe out the idea of even being a Ukrainian.” Yes, I called it genocide,” he told reporters in Iowa on Tuesday shortly before boarding Air Force One to return to Washington. It’s become clearer and clearer […]
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Hyderabad: In a freak mishap, a TSRTC bus went out of control and crashed into a Metro Rail pillar on the Malakpet main road on Wednesday morning. The bus driver and three others reportedly suffered minor injuries in the incident. Police said the incident occurred when the bus was on its way from Dilsukhnagar to […]
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Mumbai: The rupee started on a muted note and slipped 6 paise to 76.21 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday, tracking the strength of the dollar in the overseas market and weak domestic macroeconomic data. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 76.15 against the American dollar and moved in […]
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Mumbai: Security arrangements outside actor Ranbir Kapoor’s house are being made as celebrations for his rumoured wedding with Alia Bhatt are expected to kick start today. On Wednesday, several security guards were seen outside Ranbir’s Bandra residence Vastu where barricades have been set up at the main gate to ensure everything goes on smoothly. The […]
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Hyderabad: The State government on a mission mode is restoring stepwells in and around the city. As part of the exercise, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has restored the stepwell in Lingojigudem, Choutuppal. Garbage, silt and debris that accumulated over the years inside the water body were removed and the vegetation that covered the […]
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Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday slammed Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for demolishing the houses of the accused involved in the violence during Ram Navami procession in Khargone, and said that it shows the “biased attitude” of the Chief Minister “towards the Muslim minority”. Addressing a press […]
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San Francisco: A Twitter investor has sued Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for failing to disclose his stake in the micro-blogging platform as sought by the US laws. The lawsuit has been filed in Manhattan federal court by Marc Bain Rasella on behalf of “all investors who sold or otherwise disposed of Twitter, Inc. […]
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New Delhi: Google-owned YouTube on Wednesday morning suffered global outage as users reported several issues like receiving error messages while trying to watch videos along with logging problems. YouTube users also reported issues with accessing website elements like the sidebar navigation, switching accounts or the Setting menus, for example. YouTube confirmed the site was experiencing […]
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New York: A manhunt was on for the mystery assailant behind the rush hour mass shooting in the city’s underground transit system that left 10 people with gunshot wounds and at least 13 others with other injuries. Police Commissioner Keetchan Sewell said on Tuesday that terrorism was not being pursued for the moment as the […]
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New York: As the year began, New Yorkers shuddered at a subway crime straight out of urban nightmares the death of a woman shoved onto the tracks by a disturbed stranger. The city’s new mayor vowed to make sure New Yorkers feel safe in our subway system. But commuters Tuesday morning faced an attack that […]
