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By Kristie Patricia Flannery Footage flashed across television and smartphone screens this week showing rowdy crowds of Sri Lankan protesters mobbing Temple Trees, the official presidential palace in Colombo. Cameras panned across the compound’s lush gardens as jubilant young men jumped into the swimming pool and splashed in its blue waters. Men clad in sandals, […]
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Hyderabad: There is a black sheep in every flock, they say. But of late, the number of black sheep in the police force appears to be quite high, with incidents of suspensions and dismissal of police personnel for breaking the law and being involved in immoral, unethical or moral turpitude incidents being reported quite often. […]
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Hyderabad: In yet another action that could dent rural employment in Telangana, the Central government raised objections to the works taken up by the Telangana government under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for the benefit of farmers. Further, the Centre decided to deploy more Central teams to conduct a thorough scrutiny […]
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In a country where inordinate delays in the justice delivery system force undertrials to languish in jails for years and even those granted bail must wait till the court order reaches the jail authorities by post, the urgency of reforms need not be overemphasised. A key component of reforms concerns changes in bail provisions. In […]
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Hyderabad: The vigorous spell of rain that lashed Hyderabad in the last five days has helped the city reduce its rain deficit. For the first time in the season, the city has recorded surplus rainfall than the normal range following a continuous downpour. In the last week, between July 7 and 13, the intensity of […]
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Hyderabad: These practice questions focusing on Telangana will aid aspirants to prepare better for the State government recruitment examinations. Match the following. Wildlife sanctuary Area (sq km) 1. Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary […]
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Hyderabad: With the sole intent of telling untold stories of young officers on duty, former spy and NSG commando Lucky Bisht is foraying into the world of entertainment. Donning the hat of a writer, he has three web series and a movie in the pipeline. Having lived most of his life in disguise, Bisht is […]
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Hyderabad: The people of rain-battered Telangana and the State administration heaved a sigh of relief on Wednesday when the weatherman brought some cheer with forecast of light to moderate rains in most parts and heavy rainfall in some districts. The flood situation in River Godavari, however, continues to be a cause of concern. After facing […]
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Kumram Bheem Asifabad: An Army jawan reportedly opened fire with his service weapon, following a tiff with his friend while he was travelling in the Duronto Express from Secunderabad to New Delhi, in Kaghaznagar on Thursday. The incident created a flutter in the district. However, no case was registered. Government Railway Police said that the […]
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Hyderabad: Aamir Khan organised a special screening of his much-hyped upcoming movie ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’, the very first showing of this production, for his dear friend and Megastar Chiranjeevi, and his select friends in the Telugu film industry. Aamir, who apparently has this habit of screening his films to a select lot, arranged the special […]
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Hyderabad: Irra Mor marked her debut with the bilingual (Telugu/Kannada) romantic action film titled Bhairava Geetha, which was released in 2018. It saw her playing the female lead opposite Kannada actor Dhananjay. Having grabbed filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma’s attention with her debut stint, she went on to play the leads in his other projects, including […]
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Hyderabad: Amid the steady rise of monkeypox cases globally, Telangana’s public health wing is in the process of initiating measures to strengthen preparedness in the event of individuals testing positive for this self-limiting disease. Maintaining that so far there has been no instance of monkeypox in the State, senior health officials here pointed out that […]
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Centre to allow private players to chop down trees but forces on States onus of getting consent from forest dwellers
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Hyderabad: With heavy rains lashing across the State and the union government stopping procurement of custom milled rice (CMR), the State government is now exploring options to auction the paddy procured from farmers recently. Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar asked the officials to prepare proposals which will be submitted to Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao […]
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Hyderabad: As many as 115 people including 60 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), civil police and officials from the Irrigation department were stuck at the control room at Lakshmi barrage on Godavari River in Medigadda of Jayashankar Bhupalapalli district on Thursday after heavy inflows started reaching it. The CRPF personnel, who were deployed for the […]
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New Delhi: Former IPL Chairman Lalit Modi on Thursday announced that he is dating Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen and both are planning to tie the knot soon. Earlier, Modi had shared a series of pictures of the two on Twitter, calling the actress his ‘better half’ and describing it as a ‘new beginning’. “Just back […]
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Kothagudem: The flood situation in river Godavari at Bhadrachalam in the district remained grim with rapid increase in water level in the river on Thursday. The water level in the river, which was flowing above danger level, has crossed 60 feet level at 12 noon. At 6 pm the water level reached 62.20 feet with […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana on Thursday reported 512 Covid positive infections out of which 293 were from areas under GHMC, 53 from Rangareddy and 49 from Medchal-Malkajgiri districts. While the number of active Covid cases has reached 5,051, a total of 543 individuals have recovered on Thursday, taking the overall recoveries to 7,99,011, the Covid health bulletin […]
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Hyderabad: The Telangana government has taken up special arrangements to administer booster or precautionary Covid doses to individuals between 18 years and 59 years at various public locations including all government healthcare facilities from Friday. The special drive will be conducted for 75-days and all the eligible individuals, who have completed six months after taking […]
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Bhupalpally/Mulugu: Jayashankar Bhupalpally District Collector Bhavesh Mishra said that as many as 96 people from Pusukupally village under the Kaleshwaram Gram Panchayat limits had been shifted to the rehabilitation centre by the NDRF team. He has visited several villages including Damarakunta, Lakshmipur, Gundrathipally and other Palimela mandal in the district as they were inundated by […]
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Thiruvananthapuram: A person who returned to Kerala from abroad and was hospitalised after showing signs of monkeypox tested positive for the same, state Health Minister Veena George said on Thursday. Earlier in the day, the minister told reporters that his samples of the symptomatic person have been collected and sent to the National Institute of […]
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Bengaluru: A kickboxer from Mysuru who went into coma after suffering grievous injury at a kickboxing event in the city on July 10 has died in a private hospital, police said. A FIR has been registered at the Jnanabharathi police station in this connection. According to police, the state-level ”K1 Kickboxing championship” was organised at […]
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Hyderabad: The two men stole a huge load of Santoor soaps, all worth of Rs.39.7 lakh, but their intention was not to look younger like college students. The Maheshwaram police, who were on the trail of a load of Santoor soap that went missing, cracked the rare theft case on Thursday to find out that […]
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Karimnagar: Nine Odisha labourers, who were stranded in a brick kiln unit at Vallampahad vagu near Karimnagar town, were rescued by NDRF team on Thursday. Odisha labourers working in a brick kiln unit near Vallampahad got stuck in the unit as flood water surrendered the brick kiln unit overnight. The brick making unit was marooned […]
