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Hyderabad: Protests against the Centre’s move to privatise power supply systems are getting louder, with the latest being reported from Puducherry, where the Electricity Department employees and engineers have been on strike. Irate employees, who have been on strike for four days now, raised slogans against the Centre and threatened to intensify their stir if […]

Hyderabad: The City police are making elaborate security arrangements for the Friday prayers in backdrop of the developments involving Goshamahal legislator T Raja Singh. Usually on Fridays, there are large gatherings at all mosques in the afternoon and police fear there could be more protests. Police personnel will be deployed near all important mosques in […]

Hyderabad: A tense situation prevailed in the old city on Tuesday following late night protests against Goshamahal BJP MLA, T Raja Singh’s alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammed. A case is booked by the Dabeerpura police against the legislator. Shops and commercial establishments in some areas remained closed since morning and a few school managements […]

New Delhi: Demanding lifting of suspension of TRS Rajya Sabha members, TRS MPs held a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue on the premises of Parliament on Thursday. They also demanded that special debate on inflation, price rise, flood relief to Telangana and other issues be taken up in both Lok Sabha and Rajya […]

Hyderabad: The Government Railway Police, who grilled Sai Defence Academy director Avula Subbarao for three days in their custody in connection with the Secunderabad Railway Station arson, reportedly could not extract any concrete information from him. During his three-day custody, which concluded on Thursday, Rao was learnt to have claimed that he was falsely being […]

Mumbai: Police authorities in Maharashtra have issued an alert across the state as Shiv Sena supporters are likely to stage angry protests following senior leader and minister Eknath Shinde’s rebellion, an official said on Friday. A couple of incidents of Sena workers targeting the hoardings or boards featuring rebel MLAs who are with Shinde have […]

Patna: Amid ongoing protests over the Centre’s new military recruitment scheme Agnipath, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday questioned the Centre over the scheme and asked if ‘Agniveers’ will feel insecure about their future, how will they be able to defend the country’s borders? “They must not mess with the future of the youth at […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao expressed shock over the death of Rakesh, a resident of Warangal district, during the protests against the Centre’s Agnipath scheme at the Secunderabad railway station on Friday. He extended condolences to the family of Rakesh who got killed during the firing by the Railway police. The Chief Minister announced […]

New Delhi: The selection process by the Indian Air Force for recruitment under the Agnipath scheme will start from June 24, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari said on Friday amid violent protests in several states against the new military enrolment model. The Chief of Air Staff told PTI that raising the […]

Siddipet: Tension prevailed at Gudipatipally village in Akkannapet Mandal as villagers who were getting displaced under Gouravelly Reservoir, have staged a protest demanding compensation on Monday. The villagers have demanded the government resolve all the issues pertaining to rehabilitation and resettlement of the project. The incident drew prominence as the protests took place at a […]

Lucknow: Protests broke out at several places in the state after the Friday prayers over now-suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma’s controversial remark on Prophet Mohammad recently. A senior official at the Uttar Pradesh Police headquarters in Lucknow said sloganeering took place in Saharanpur, Moradabad, Rampur and Lucknow. People raised slogans and pelted stones in the […]

Ranchi: Some policemen were injured here on Friday while trying to control an irate mob near Hanuman Temple, situated on Ranchi’s Main Road, after protests erupted with hundreds of people demanding the arrest of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad, police said. Police fired in air besides resorted to lathi-charge […]

New Delhi: Protests erupted across several parts of the nation on Friday against the Prophet row, with the agitators demanding action and arrest of the suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and her former party colleague Naveen Jindal. The said leaders had allegedly made controversial remarks against Prophet Mohammed. Protests were witnessed in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, […]

Hyderabad: Protests demanding the arrest of Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal for their alleged derogatory statements against Prophet Mohammed were held across the city on Friday. A group of youngsters, after attending prayers at Mecca Masjid, took out a rally till Moghalpura fire station. They raised slogans demanding the arrest of Nupur Sharma and Naveen […]

Hyderabad: More than a week after a complaint was lodged by the victim’s father in the Jubilee Hills gang-rape case and nine days after the incident, one of the five suspects is still at large. At the same time, there are indications emerging now that the suspects had misbehaved with another minor girl too while […]

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s economy is in dire straits with its usable foreign reserves down to less than $50 million, the country’s finance minister said Wednesday. Ali Sabry was speaking to Parliament after returning to Sri Lanka from talks with the International Monetary Fund. He said any IMF rescue program, including a rapid financing instrument needed […]

Karimnagar:  Congress party leaders and workers staged protest demonstrations in all constituency headquarters across the erstwhile Karimnagar district against a rise in prices of diesel, petrol, cooking gas, electricity and bus fares. They demanded that the State and Central governments purchase paddy produced by farmers in the State. As part of State-wide call given by […]

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s newly-appointed Finance Minister Ali Sabry resigned on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after his appointment. Sabry said he had accepted the portfolio only as an interim measure, reports Xinhua news agency. He said he was also willing to step down from his parliamentary seat if the President wished to appoint a suitable […]

Hyderabad: In a clear ultimatum to Central Government, Telangana Ministers warned that after Ugadi festival, severe agitations and protests would be staged across the State, if the Centre did not consider the State Government’s appeal to procure entire paddy produced in the Yasangi season. Till April 1, all the Gram Panchayats and other local bodies […]

Karimnagar: Protests erupted in many areas in the erstwhile Karimangar district in protest against hike in price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas. Except the BJP, leaders of various political parties including women activists registered their protest in different ways. While some of the activists registered their protest by carrying the empty gas cylinders and […]