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New Delhi: The ongoing heat wave spell is likely to continue over northwest India, Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha during next five days with temporary decrease in area and intensity during April 11 to 13, the India Meteorology Department (IMD) said on Saturday. Hissar AMFU station in Haryana recorded the highest maximum temperature of 45.3 degrees […]
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Chennai: Actress Kajal Aggarwal, who is in the family way, says that preparing for motherhood can be beautiful but messy. Taking to Instagram, the popular actress, who has earmarked a space for herself in the Tamil, Telugu and Hindi film industries, wrote, “Let’s face it, preparing for motherhood can be beautiful, but messy. One moment […]
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Mumbai: If their performance is any indication, Lucknow Super Giants and Rajasthan Royals could make for a blockbuster Indian Premier League contest on a Sunday evening, an iconic venue adding to its charm. IPL debutants Lucknow Super Giants got off to an excellent start in their first season and are placed third in the points […]
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New Delhi: Stating that petrol and diesel-dominated vehicular fuel policy has not only been environmentally damaging but also economically taxing on the common man, the Indian Auto LPG Coalition on Saturday demanded a vehicular fuel policy that would take cognisance of and give due importance and weightage to alternative fuel options such as auto LPG. […]
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Chennai: After A.R. Rahman, multi-lingual actor Prakash Raj has responded strongly to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent remarks that Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English. Quoting a media report that had Shah’s statement — “People from different states should speak in Hindi, not English” — as its headline, Raj said on […]
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New Delhi: The India Metrological Department’s (IMD) Twitter handle was hacked on Saturday evening and efforts were on to restore it, officials said. It was not immediately clear who was behind the hacking. This comes at a time when the IMD handle has been attracting a lot of traffic due to the ongoing intense heatwave […]
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Mumbai: Skipper Rishabh Pant will face a big test when Delhi Capitals lock horns with table-toppers Kolkata Knight Riders, led by their former captain Shreyas Iyer, in a much-anticipated IPL clash here on Sunday. Iyer, one of the architects of the Delhi franchise”s resurgence in the IPL, having taken them to their maiden final in […]
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Hyderabad: Mystery continues in the case of G.Srinivas, a tempo lorry driver who went missing in Goa and reappeared with suspicious sutures on his body. The Goa police team that came to the city as part of investigation on Friday too are learned to have returned with many unanswered questions. The police team from the […]
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Mumbai: It’s official. The first case of coronavirus variant Omicron XE has been detected in Mumbai, and confirmed by the NCDC, Delhi, officials said on Saturday. The infectee is a 67-year-old male who had travelled from Mumbai to Gujarat’s Vadodara, where he suffered from mild fever on March 12. His samples were sent for genome […]
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Hyderabad: In a tragic incident, a two-year-old boy died, allegedly after he fell into a bucket full of water at Kothapet in LB Nagar on Friday. The boy, Arun, was staying with his grandparents since a few months, after his mother Lavanya left her in-laws’ house over a dispute with her husband Sai Kumar. Police […]
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Hyderabad: A total of 25,194 fresh candidates have registered themselves in the One Time Registration (OTR) of the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) till last count on Saturday. Likewise, 72,692 candidates have edited their OTR form. So far, over 25 lakh candidates have registered in the OTR. In view of the new Presidential Order […]
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Navi Mumbai: Indian Premier League”s sentimental favourites Chennai Super Kings slumped to their fourth successive defeat with young Abhishek Sharma”s 50-ball-75 guiding Sunrisers Hyderabad to their maiden eight-wicket win in this edition of the tournament. The 21-year-old Sharma took the attack to the opposition with a blistering first IPL half-century which was studded with five […]
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Suryapet: Expressing anger over the fall in paddy price, a group of farmers on Saturday damaged three weighing machines and set fire to dumps of paddy in in Agricultural market yard at Suryapet and laid a seige on the market yard office. With the paddy price falling to Rs 1200 per quintal from yesterday’s price […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has extended greetings to people in the State on the eve of Sri Rama Navami festival. He said the State Government was conducting the annual mega religious festival – Sri Sitarama Kalyana Mahotsavam on a grand scale at Lord Sri Rama temple in Bhadrachalam. The Chief Minister commended Lord […]
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Hyderabad: Animal Husbandry Minister T Srinivas Yadav found fault with Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan for interacting with media in the national capital, especially after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union Home Minister Amit Shah. “It is not wise on the Governor’s part to speak about politics. How can she speak to media soon after meeting […]
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Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e- Inquilab-e-Millat party treasurer, MA Qavi Abbasi has triggered a controversy after asking Muslims to do Ramzan shopping at business establishments owned by their community members only. Interacting with the media, he made an appeal to Muslims to ‘purchase from shops owned by Muslims and no other communities’. “When they boycott us, […]
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Hyderabad: A 45-year-old woman D Savitri turned out to be a prime accused in the murder of her husband D Gangadhar near Fakeerabad in Nizamabad in November 2021. Savitri allegedly killed her husband as she was unable to bear his torture every day, Nizamabad Police Commissioner KR Nagaraju said on Saturday. Apart from Savitri, the […]
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Hyderabad: Industries Minister and TRS Working president KT Rama Rao said the paddy procurement issue was not just about farmers struggle but it was also about Telangana’s self-respect. On Saturday, the Minister shared a video clip on twitter, in which union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy and State BJP president Bandi Sanjay assured that Central […]
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Hyderabad: Taking a serious note of violations committed by the managements of pubs in the city, Prohibition and Excise Minister V Srinivas Goud here on Saturday made it clear that no one would be spared if the department finds violations in pubs. “It’s the responsibility of pub owners to strictly adhere to norms. As per […]
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Hyderabad: A study by Prof. Amitabha Chattopadhyay’s group at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology has unravelled the basis for side-effects of cholesterol-lowering drug statins. Statins are one of the top selling drugs worldwide and are used for lowering cholesterol in patients with high blood cholesterol. Statins have been reported to give rise to […]
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Karimnagar: Elaborate arrangements were made for the celestial wedding of Sri Rama and Sita scheduled to be held in Rajarajeshwara Swamy temple, Vemulawada on Sunday. Though it was a shaivite temple, there is a tradition to celebrate Sri Rama Navami in Vemulwada shrine wherein devotes especially transgender, shiva parvathulu and joginis would take part in […]
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Hyderabad: The Banjara Hills police have started investigating a complaint of several people being cheated by a woman, who claimed close contacts with top officials and promised them double bedroom houses from the government. The complaint was lodged by the personal assistant of Mayor Gadwal Vijaya Laxmi, alleging that an unidentified woman claiming to be […]
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Hyderabad: V Hanumantha Rao, former Rajya Sabha member and senior Congress party leader, on Saturday condemned Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials for the demolition of Ranji cricketer Bhogi Shravani’s house recently. He said that GHMC officials ignored the outdated buildings and constructions, issued notices in rush to Shravani and demolished her house. Later, he […]
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Bhadrachalam: All is set for Seetharama Kalyanam as part of Sri Rama Navami to be celebrated at Sri Seetha Ramachandraswamy Devasthanam here on Sunday. The district administration, endowments department and police have made elaborate arrangements for the festival which will attract devotees from all over AP, Telangana and other parts in the country. The TSRTC […]
