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Mumbai: Popular television actor and Khatron Ke Khiladi fame Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya met with an accident on April 18, as confirmed by her husband Vivek Dahiya and her team on Instagram. Vivek shared a photo of Divyanka’s X-ray on Instagram, revealing that she sustained a fractured arm in […]

In a tragic incident, two members of a family were killed and four others sustained injuries in a road accident after an SUV rammed into a lorry on the Outer Ring Road near the Kolluru exit in the early hours of Friday. The victims, residents of the Old City in Hyderabad, went to Karnataka for […]

Hyderabad: Two men in Telangana were awarded 20 years of rigorous imprisonment in two separate cases for raping minor girls. Along with awarding serious punishments to the culprits, the courts also delivered compensations to the victims. First case In the first case, a 29-year-old man from Nalgonda […]

Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices tanked in early trade on Friday, taking their losing streak to the fifth day running, as escalating tensions in the Middle East weighed heavily on investors’ sentiment. Fresh foreign fund outflows, uptick in Brent crude oil prices and decline in IT stocks also […]

Mumbai: Director Sandeep Reddy Vanga, who delivered the Ranbir Kapoor-starrer blockbuster ‘Animal’ last year, doesn’t take criticism lightly. The director has slammed actor Adil Hussain for his remarks on the 2019 film ‘Kabir Singh’ starring Shahid Kapoor in the […]

Chennai: Amidst the fervour of electoral democracy, Tamil Nadu marked the beginning of the Lok Sabha polls today, with superstar Rajnikanth being one of the early voters The 72-year-old recipient of the Padma Vibhushan award made his way to a polling station clad in all-white attire. Rajnikanth was […]

Iranian state media reported that air defences in the central city of Isfahan had intercepted three drones, resulting in explosions and the suspension of flights in several areas, including Tehran and Isfahan. In Isfahan province, Iran, various nuclear facilities are located, including Natanz, […]

Mumbai: The rupee depreciated 6 paise to 83.58 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday, weighed down by a negative trend in domestic equities and elevated crude oil prices. Forex traders said the strength of the American currency in the overseas market also dented investor sentiments. At the […]

Hyderabad: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Hyderabad has once again issued a heat wave warning for Telangana as temperatures in some districts have exceeded 45 degrees Celsius. Even in Hyderabad, temperatures surpassed 42 degrees Celsius yesterday. IMD Hyderabad issues heat wave warning […]

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Friday, April 19, remarked that the Congress party failed Telangana in over 120 days of its rule after coming to power late last year after its success in the Assembly polls. “Betrayal thy name is Congress! The […]

New Delhi: As polling began in the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Friday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi urged voters to strengthen democracy and open ‘Mohabbat ki Dukaan’ in every corner of the country by defeating hatred. “Today is the first phase of voting! Remember, each […]

Chennai: Polling began at 7 AM on Friday in all the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu for the 2024 general election, amid tight security arrangements. People arrived at the polling stations enthusiastically and waited for their turn to vote, with personnel of the state and central police […]

Washington: US officials have met Israeli leaders to discuss the situation in the embattled city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has confirmed. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to launch an Israeli ground assault against […]

Hyderabad: A total of 42 nominations were filed on the first day in Telangana for next month’s Lok Sabha elections. The election process was set in motion on Thursday with the Election Commission of India issuing notification for the polling in all 17 Lok Sabha constituencies scheduled to be […]

United Nations: The US vetoed a resolution in the UN Security Council on a Palestinian bid to be granted full membership of the United Nations. The 15-nation Council voted on a draft resolution Thursday that would have recommended to the 193-member UN General Assembly “that the State of […]

Nagpur: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat voted at a polling booth near Reshimbagh, here on Friday morning. The RSS chief was among the earliest to arrive at a polling station. He waited for nearly 15 minutes before the polling started, entered to cast his vote and […]

New Delhi: Voting for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 began on Friday across 102 parliamentary constituencies spread over 21 states and Union Territories as the mega seven-phase electoral exercise commenced at 7:00 am. Voters will exercise their franchise until 6:00 pm. Voter turnout […]

London: The UK has announced sanctions on a further seven individuals and six entities who it said “enabled Iran to conduct destabilizing regional activity, including its direct attack on Israel”. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday that the UK has sanctioned the ringleaders of […]

In the run-up to the Lok Sabha Elections, Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar constituency and adjacent areas have killed at least nine BJP workers. The last such attack on a BJP worker was reported within 48 hours before he constituency goes to polls. According to reports, BJP’s deputy […]

Hyderabad: The Afzalgunj police on Thursday booked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh for carrying out an authorised rally during the Sri Ram Navami procession a day earlier on April 17 without prior permission. The legislator, who sang Islamophobic songs as always, was booked […]

Bengaluru: As temperatures soar in Davanagere district, the arecanut heartland, there’s a silver lining for farmers as the price of arecanut has surged past Rs 50,000 per quintal. This unexpected rise in prices has brought smiles to the faces of growers who had been grappling with various […]

Bengaluru: The High Court has extended the stay order, initially granted to the late former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, preventing the Tamil Nadu government from taking possession of her gold ornaments allegedly acquired illegally. These ornaments are currently under the supervision […]

Hyderabad: It has been almost three years since the construction of the Uddamgadda overpass (over the railway crossing) began, but the project remains incomplete. The delay has been causing hardships to local commuters in the old city of Hyderabad, who will be escape from their daily traffic […]

Mullanpur: Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma produced gritty knocks on a sluggish wicket to fire Mumbai Indians to 192/7 against Punjab Kings in their Indian Premier League contest here on Thursday. Suryakumar found his rhythm after a slow start to finish with 78 off 53 balls whereas left-handed […]

Bengaluru: As the Lok Sabha elections approach, Karnataka is witnessing an unprecedented surge in the illegal flow of liquor, with enthusiasts also feeling the election fervour. Despite the vigil by Election Commission, Excise Department, and police, illegal transportation, stocking, and […]

Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday triggered a controversy by calling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Amravati Lok Sabha seat Navneet Rana a “dancer”. Rana, an actor-turned-politician, was elected from Amravati in eastern Maharashtra as an independent in […]

Bengaluru: A startling revelation has come to light nearly 17,00 fake doctors have been identified in the AYUSH department in Karnataka. Shockingly, despite these discoveries, no significant action has been taken against them so far.While the responsibility to take action against these fake doctors […]

Hyderabad: A retired teacher, who was always keen on visiting Golconda fort and Qutub Shahi tombs during his childhood, laments that his grandchildren don’t feel the same way. “When I was young, I was excited to visit all these places, but my grandchildren just watch a YouTube video […]

Mumbai: Actor Sahil Khan was questioned on Thursday for more than four hours by the Mumbai Crime Branch’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed in connection with the Mahadev betting app case, an official said. Khan appeared before the SIT at around 1 pm as per a court order and left at […]

New Delhi: Meta on Thursday introduced Llama 3, its next generation of open source large language model (LLM) in the AI era. The company launched first two models of the next generation of Llama which are available for broad use. Also ReadMeta’s Oversight Board seeks public view on […]

Washington: Indian-American attorney and activist Kiran Ahuja has announced that she will step down as the Director of the Office of Personnel Management next month. “Serving in the Biden-Harris administration, and in support of the 2.2 million federal workers who dedicate themselves to the […]

New Delhi: NCB deputy director general (DDG) Sanjay Kumar Singh, who headed an SIT that gave a clean chit to actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son in the drugs-on-cruise case, has taken VRS. The 1996-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from the Odisha cadre is currently heading the Narcotics […]

Kolkata: BJP MP Jagannath Sarkar, vying for re-election from West Bengal’s Ranaghat, on Thursday alleged that his car was vandalised by TMC ‘miscreants’ near his residence at Nimtala village in Nadia district. Sarkar claimed that he was attacked by his neighbours, all TMC members, […]

Raipur: A frontal group of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) on Thursday released a statement giving the names of 27 of the 29 ultras who were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kanker in Chhattisgarh on April 16. A top police official said the Naxalites were in disarray […]

Islamabad: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday said that Saudi Arabia had no role in the regime change operation that led to his ouster in 2022, according to the head of his party-backed Sunni Ittehad Council. Khan, 71, was removed from power in April 2022 and he […]

Kannur: Intensifying the Congress’ election campaign, senior leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday launched a scathing attack on BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over various issues including unemployment and inflation and said the whole idea of the saffron party was to create instability and […]

Nagpur: Members of two communities clashed and targeted one another with stones over rumours of tearing of a flag and banner during a Ram Navami procession in Nagpur on Wednesday night, the police said. The police have booked nearly 150 persons from both groups and arrested 24 of them in connection […]

Imphal: Tight security arrangements have been put in place for the first of the two-phased Lok Sabha elections in Manipur, which had been rocked by ethnic violence over the last one year, officials said on Thursday. The Inner Manipur Lok Sabha seat, which comprises 32 of the 60 assembly segments in […]

Vijayawada: A Vijayawada court on Thursday sent a youth who had hurled a stone at Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy to judicial custody for 14 days. Police produced Satish before the Principal Junior Civil Judge’s Court, which sent him to judicial remand till May 2. Also […]

Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s son B.Y. Raghavendra on Thursday filed his nomination from the Shivamogga Parliamentary constituency in Karnataka for the Lok Sabha polls. Raghavendra is a sitting MP from the Shivamogga LS seat. Also Read2024 LS polls kicks off on […]