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Bajji vendor woman, once domestic help, wins in Telangana municipal polls
Hyderabad: A woman who recently began running a small bajji cart in her locality has been elected as the corporator from Ward 19 of Asifabad municipality in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district after…
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Independent candidates hold balance in multiple Telangana ULBs
Hyderabad: Independent candidates have secured a significant presence in Telangana’s municipal elections, winning 181 seats across municipalities and emerging as decisive players in several urban local bodies where no party obtained a…
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Telangana: Two reactors explode at lab in Yadadri, no casualties
Hyderabad: Panic prevailed in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district on Friday, February 13, after two reactors exploded at a laboratory, no casualties were reported in the incident. The incident occurred at Brundavan laboratories, a…
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Women outnumber men as Telangana municipal poll winners; 1,638 elected
Hyderabad: Women have outnumbered men as winners in Telangana’s municipal elections, with 1,638 women elected compared to 1,356 men, according to data released by the State Election Commission (EC). Women account for…
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1,019 homemakers win in Telangana municipal polls
Hyderabad: As many as 1,019 homemakers have been elected in Telangana’s recently concluded urban local body (ULB) elections, according to data released by the State Election Commission (EC). The figures cover municipalities…
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Pothole related road deaths surge 53 pc in 5 yrs, 9,438 killed nationwide
New Delhi: Deaths caused by pothole-related road accidents have risen by 53 per cent over the past five years, with 9,438 people killed across the country between 2020 and 2024, the government…
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Telangana HC pendency rises to 2.33 lakh cases: Union Law min
Hyderabad: The number of pending cases in the Telangana High Court has risen by 0.82% over the past two years, while pendency in subordinate courts increased by 6.12%, Union Law Minister Arjun…
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Trump says change in power in Iran ‘would be the best thing that could happen’
Washington: President Donald Trump has said that a change in power in Iran “would be the best thing that could happen” as the US administration weighs whether to take military action against…
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Telangana civic polls: BRS candidate loses by 2 votes in Gadwal
Hyderabad: A Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) candidate, Jayamma, who had won by a very thin margin in the eighth ward of Gadwal municipality elections in Telangana on Friday, February 13, reportedly lost…
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USA thrash Netherlands by 93 runs in T20 World Cup
Chennai: Young Saiteja Mukkamalla struck a classy half-century, while left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh bowled with heart and precision as the United States defeated the Netherlands by 93 runs to secure their first…
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Under new GHMC limit, AIMIM may become not just kingmaker but the king
Hyderabad: The newly reorganised Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will likely help the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in increasing its hold and number of wards in the next election. The AIMIM…
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Humanity the only religion: Maharashtra sarpanch declares village caste-free
Mumbai: Soundala village in Maharashtra‘s Ahilyanagar district convened together and declared itself “caste-free,” claiming to live as per the Preamble of the Constitution. At a special Gram Sabha on February 5, sarpanch…
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Saudi Arabia opens Makkah’s real estate market to foreign investors
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia is opening up Makkah’s real estate market to foreign investors as part of a wider strategy to attract capital and diversify its oil-dependent economy, according to a Bloomberg report.…
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Despite losses, BRS a key force in Telangana municipal polls, says KTR
Hyderabad: Despite the Congress winning over 60 out of the 116 municipalities in Telangana, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Friday, February 13, said that the verdict…
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Support pours in for vendor targeted over ‘food jihad’ during Medaram Jatara
Hyderabad: A Muslim street vendor from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, was made to eat his own food to prove he was not committing “food jihad” before a group of YouTubers during the Medaram…
