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Telangana: Stepping up its attack on the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre over paddy and rice procurement issue, the ruling TRS in Telangana announced protests beginning April 4. TRS working president KT Rama Rao alleged that the BJP created confusion among farmers on the procurement issue with the saffron party leaders in Delhi and […]
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New Delhi: WhatsApp on Friday said that it banned 1,426,000 bad accounts in India in the month of February in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021. The platform had banned 1,858,000 accounts in January. The company said that it also received 335 grievance reports in the same month from the country and took action […]
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New Delhi: A 22-year-old man was arrested for allegedly creating fake accounts on Instagram, stalking dozens of people and threatening them, police said on Friday. The accused has been identified as Mithun Tiwari, a resident of Anand Parbat here, they said. On March 17, a woman complained to the police that a man, who had […]
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Hyderabad: Union Minister for Commerce, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal’s comments asking the Telangana government to get people habituated to consuming broken rice drew flak from experts and representatives of farmers’ unions. Goyal made these remarks when Ministers from Telangana met him in New Delhi on paddy procurement on Thursday. Terming the remarks of […]
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United Nations: India has abstained for the fifth time on a UN resolution on Ukraine, but this time it was on a Russia-sponsored resolution in the Security Council and New Delhi was on the side of Washington and its allies. The resolution on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine co-sponsored by Belarus, North Korea and Syria […]
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By now, there is a familiar air to the global reports on the state of air pollution. Year after year, ominous signals emanate from these surveys, bracketing Indian cities among the most polluted in the world, but it is again back to business as usual for the policymakers. The latest report is quite alarming because […]
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New Delhi: As the country is rapidly pacing its speed to fully inoculate the eligible population with both the doses of COVID-19 vaccines, sources have now learned that the decision on administering booster or precaution dose for those above 18 years of age has not been taken yet. “The Government of India targets to complete […]
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New Delhi: As 125-year-old Swami Sivananda walked bare feet inside Rashtrapati Bhavan’s magnificent Darbar Hall to receive the Padma Shri award from President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday, the applause from onlookers rang high and loud. Dressed in a white kurta and dhoti, the yogi was a picture of simplicity and grace as he knelt […]
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Hyderabad: Striking a touch posture on paddy procurement, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday demanded that Centre procure the entire Yasangi paddy crop produced in Telangana State just as it was doing in the case of Punjab and Haryana. “If the BJP government at the Centre fails to heed our demand, we will launch […]
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New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and member of G-23 group Ghulam Nabi Azad met party interim president Sonia Gandhi at her residence on Friday. Earlier, G-23 leaders, who have been calling for sweeping reforms in the grand old party, met on Wednesday to discuss the party’s debacle in the recently concluded Assembly elections in five […]
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H&M India launched H&M Home through its digital store hm.com and its collection will also be made available on e-commerce platform Myntra on March 3. The multinational brand is expected to introduce the collection via H&M India’s existing store in Ambience Mall, New Delhi. H&M Home offers fashion-forward décor and accessories for every room. The […]
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New Delhi: The severe heat wave in some parts and the heat wave in many other pockets of the country continued for the fifth day on Thursday with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting it to continue for the next 48 hours before receding thereafter. The highest temperature across India was reported at Nalgonda in […]
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Warangal: Subedari police along with the Cybercrime wing of Warangal police commissionerate arrested a couple from Sector 32 of Dwarka locality in New Delhi on March 9 on the charges of cheating a man to the tune of Rs 1.17 crore. The police have brought them to Warangal on transit warrant after producing them before […]
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Hyderabad: For 13-year-old tennis player Thaniya Sarai Gogulamanda, it is a dream come true. The talented youngster, braving all odds, has made it to the Indian under-14 girls’ tennis team for the upcoming U-14 ITF World Junior Tennis Championship final qualifying event to be held in New Delhi from April 18 to 23. Daughter of […]
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New Delhi: The chief ministerial candidates of the BJP, Congress and AAP faced defeat in the Uttarakhand Assembly polls. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami lost to Congress candidate Bhuvan Chand Kapri in Khatima constituency. Kapdi bagged 52 per cent (44,479) votes while Dhami secured 37,425 votes. In Lalkuan constituency, former chief minister and senior […]
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New Delhi: Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) is poised to return to power with a comfortable majority for an unprecedented second term in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is on course to a historic victory in Punjab, according to election results and trends on Thursday. In the other two states of Manipur […]
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New Delhi: After the Congress’ dismal performance in the Assembly elections in five states, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said he accepted the people’s verdict and congratulated the winning parties. Rahul Gandhi tweeted in the afternoon: “Humbly accept the people’s verdict. Best wishes to those who have won the mandate. My gratitude to all Congress workers […]
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New Delhi: It seems that BJP’s decision to replace two chief ministers within a short span of four months in Uttarakhand has paid good dividends to the saffron party. As per the Election Commission data, the ruling BJP is leading in 42 assembly constituencies while Congress is leading in 25, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) […]
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New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices are likely to be hiked this week as oil companies prepare to pare losses accumulated from keeping rates steady for over four months in the run-up to Assembly elections in five States, including UP, despite international oil prices jumping to a 13-year high of USD 140 per barrel. West […]
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Telangana In a first, the government of Telangana launched the pilot of Telangana Health Profile project aimed at preparing a digital data bank of the health ailments of the people. The pilot of the prestigious project will be implemented in Mulugu and Rajanna Sircilla district over the next 40 days. Health Minister T Harish Rao […]
