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Telangana CM orders action in excise cop death linked to ganja-laden car
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday, February 1 directed the police to take strict action against those responsible for the death of excise constable Gajula Soumya. The 25-year-old constable…
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Union Budget 2026: Hyderabad emerges as high-speed rail hub
Hyderabad: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, February 1, proposed seven high-speed corridors among various cities, including Hyderabad, and a new dedicated freight corridor between Dankuni in West Bengal and Surat…
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Education, skills and employment at heart of Union Budget 2026
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, February 1, described the Union Budget 2026–27 as a “yuva shakti–driven Budget,” with a renewed focus on education, skills, creative industries and employment pathways. Presenting the…
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Cabinet approves Union Budget 2026-27
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday, February 1, approved the Union Budget 2026-27. Following the approval, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her ninth record…
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Kin await ex-gratia months after Hyderabad Umrah pilgrims died in Madinah
Hyderabad: Nearly two months after the tragic bus fire incident in Saudi Arabia that claimed the lives of 45 Umrah pilgrims from Hyderabad, the families of the victims are still waiting to…
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Octogenarian woman who urged Hizbul Mujahideen son to surrender dies
Kishtwar: An octogenarian woman who had repeatedly appealed to her Hizbul Mujahideen commander son through social media to shun violence and surrender died in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, with her last…
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Jumbling system introduced for Telangana Inter practical exams
Hyderabad: The Telangana Board of Intermediate Education (TG BIE) is set to introduce the jumbling system for the upcoming practical exams starting Monday, February 2. Under the new arrangement, students from one…
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Engineering student dies by suicide at Hyderabad campus
Hyderabad: In a tragic incident that was reported at the SVKM NMIMS Hyderabad campus located in Jadcherla, a first-year engineering student died by suicide on Saturday, January 31. He took the extreme…
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FM Sitharaman to present Union Budget 2026-27 in Parliament today
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for 2026–27, marking a historic moment as it is being delivered on a Sunday for the first time in independent India’s…
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Hyderabad: Prashant Bhushan links SIR to ‘Hindu Rashtra’ agenda
Hyderabad: Senior Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan on Saturday, January 31, alleged that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was being used as a tool to turn India into a…
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Iran port explosion kills one as Hormuz drill looms
Dubai: An explosion tore through an apartment building Saturday, January 31, in Iran’s port city of Bandar Abbas, killing a 4-year-old girl as local media footage purportedly showed a security force member…
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YSRCP’s Ambati Rambabu arrested in AP over ‘derogatory remarks’ on CM
Guntur: Andhra Pradesh Police on Saturday arrested senior YSRCP leader and former minister Ambati Rambabu here, following his alleged derogatory remarks against Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. TDP cadres ransack Rambabu’s house…
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Firing outside Rohit Shetty’s house, heavy security deployed
Mumbai: In a shocking incident, four bullets were reportedly fired outside filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s residence in Juhu, Mumbai, on Friday night. The news was first shared by popular paparazzo Viral Bhayani on…
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US Embassy in India pauses social media operations amid govt shutdown
Amid the partial shutdown of the US government that started on Saturday, January 31, the social media account of the US Embassy in India announced that it will pause its operations, except…
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Sanitation worker’s children visit IIT Hyderabad to inspire academic ambition
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Saturday, January 31, organised an exposure visit for the children of sanitation workers at the IIT Hyderabad campus, Kandi. The visit was aimed at…
