It’s hard to keep Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagendar out of the news these days. First, there was the issue of his crossover to the Congress from the BRS and contesting the LS polls on a Congress ticket while holding on to the MLA seat he won on a BRS ticket. While this issue is still … Read more
Srinagar: Home minister Amit Shah said Saturday that Pakistan is afraid of (Indian) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that is why a ceasefire is holding along the borders. “The rumbling sounds of artillery shelling have fallen silent, and a ceasefire is holding along the borders because Pakistan fears Prime Minister Narendra Modiji. If they indulge … Read more
Hyderabad: A 32-year-old security guard, Raga Jyothi, was allegedly run over by a lorry on Saturday morning, Medchal police said. Police said Jyothi, a Manthani native, was crossing the road when the lorry hit her. A case was registered against the driver and further investigation is underway. Excise Task Force Nabs IIT Student, Tech Worker … Read more
Hyderabad: Justice CV Bhaskar Reddy of the Telangana High Court directed the State Education Department and others not to interfere with the functioning of Mount Banyan Global School at DK Road, Ameerpet. The judge is dealing with a writ plea filed by Wisdom Mines Educational Society, running a school under the name of Mount Banyan … Read more
Speaking at the Geneva Centre of Security Policy, the Indian external affairs minister ostensibly stated according to reportage in the public domain that “those negotiations are going on, we have made some progress. Roughly, you can say about 75 per cent of the disengagement problems are sorted out… We still have some things to do, … Read more
BEIRUT: Israel launched a rare airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated southern Beirut neighborhood on Friday. It was the deadliest such strike on Lebanon’s capital in decades, with Lebanese authorities reporting at least 14 people killed and dozens more wounded in the attack. The Israeli military’s chief spokesman, Rear … Read more
Hyderabad: In a significant move, the state Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, on Friday, granted legal sanctity to the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Monitoring and Protection Agency (HYDRAA). The Cabinet, meeting for over three hours at the Secretariat, focused extensively on providing HYDRAA with statutory powers to clear … Read more
Bring on the curry! It’s raining cats and dogs in America. By the time you read this I will be in the Land of Looneys and Loomers! The timing couldn’t have been better given the crazy, high-pitched maara maari of America’s November 2024 elections, which has provided so much drama and amusement to the rest … Read more
In the sprawling mosaic of India’s cultural landscape, Pandits (Hindu priests) are often cast as the spiritual maestros orchestrating the divine symphonies of life’s rituals. These saffron-clad gentlemen are loved, and revered for the knowledge they impart and the pujas they conduct for their yajmans (hosts). Whether it is a Ganpati Sthapna or a puja … Read more
HYDERABAD: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court took on file a writ plea against the state’s failure to take action against the for alleged noise pollution caused by Red Rhino Pub and Post Card Restaurant and Global Tapas Bar at Western Dallas centre, Hitec City road, in Hyderabad. The panel, comprising Chief Justice … Read more