New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday condemned Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s decision to dissolve the Telangana assembly, terming it “undemocratic” and said the party was ready for early elections. It called…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Calling the steep rise in diesel and petrol prices as Rs 11 lakh crore ‘fuel loot,’ the Congress on Thursday called for a ‘Bharat bandh’ on September 10, saying it…
Mumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) High global crude oil prices, along with fears over an escalation in the trade war and outflows of foreign funds from the country’s equity market segment pulled the Indian rupee to…
Hyderabad, Sep 6 (IANS) Telangana is heading for early elections as the state Assembly was dissolved on Thursday by the Governor on a recommendation by the state cabinet and in a swift move the ruling…
Tokyo, Sep 6 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and 300 injured after a powerful earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale rocked Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture on Thursday. Around 30 people were missing in…
Hyderabad, Sep 6 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Thursday said “political fragility” in the state was the reason for the recommendation for early dissolution of the Assembly and early elections. He decided…
Lucknow/Bhopal Sep 6 (IANS) Many places in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh on Thursday were affected by the Bharat Bandh called to protest against the changes made in the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention…
By Nivedita Singh & Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Their monumental fight against social stigma and oppression ended with a triumph on Thursday with the Supreme Court decriminalising homosexuality. And now a jubilant…
Hyderabad, Sep 6 (IANS) Telangana caretaker Chief Minister and TRS President K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday described Congress President Rahul Gandhi as the “biggest buffoon” in the country. “The whole country has seen how he…
Hyderabad, Sep 6 (IANS) Hours after dissolution of the Telangana state Assembly on Thursday, ruling TRS announced candidates for 105 constituencies. Caretaker Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) President K. Chandrasekhar Rao released the…
Hyderabad, Sep 6 (IANS) Nearly nine months before its term was to end, the Telangana Assembly was on Thursday dissolved by the Governor on a recommendation by the state cabinet. Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan accepted a…
Mumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) The Indian rupee breached the 72 per US dollar mark for the first time on Thursday. Around 1 p.m., the rupee traded around 72.05 per dollar, against Wednesday’s closing of 71.76…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday in a landmark decision decriminalised homosexuality by declaring Section 377, the penal provision which criminalised gay sex, as “manifestly arbitrary”. The top court delivering separate…
London, Sep 6 (IANS) Pakistan is expanding its uranium-enrichment and plutonium production facilities, triggering fears that it may become the 5th largest nulcear-weapon state and have 220 to 250 warheads within the next seven years,…
Hyderabad, Sep 6 (IANS) The Telangana cabinet will hold a crucial meeting on Thursday afternoon to take a decision on recommending dissolution of the assembly to pave way for early elections. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar…
San Francisco, Sep 6 (IANS) After Wednesday’s congressional hearings, Facebook and Twitter will now face questions from the Justice Department (DOJ) over allegations of political bias, an issue flagged by US President Donald Trump. In…
Washington, Sep 6 (IANS) An unnamed senior US administration official has assailed President Donald Trump’s “amorality” and reckless decision-making in an op-ed and said he or she is part of a “resistance” working to thwart…
San Francisco, Sep 6 (IANS) Google on Thursday launched a new search engine for the scientific community that will help them make sense of millions of datasets present online. The service, called Dataset Search, will…
Washington, Sep 6 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has once again threatened to shut down the federal government over border security this time. “If it happens it happens. If it’s about border security, I’m willing…
Hyderabad, Sep 5 (IANS) Telangana may be heading for early Assembly polls as a meeting of the state Cabinet likely to be held here early Thursday will recommend dissolution of the house. However, the suspense…