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…
Hyderabad, Sep 5 (IANS) Telangana has achieved 21.96% growth rate in the first five months of current financial year, the state government said on Wednesday. The state’s revenues from April to August 2018 during financial…
Islamabad, Sep 5 (IANS) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Pakistan on Thursday to take decisive measures against terrorists threatening regional peace. In his meetings in Islamabad with Pakistani leaders, he “conveyed the need…
Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came under heavy fire across Maharashtra on Wednesday after its Mumbai MLA Ram Kadam publicly threatened to “abduct” women and bring them to their spurned…
Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) The Indian rupee plunged to a fresh record low of 71.75 to a dollar during the morning trade session on Wednesday. Around 10.40 a.m. the Indian rupee traded at 71.75 to…
Hyderabad, Sep 5 (IANS) A crucial meeting of the Telangana cabinet is likely to be held on Thursday to recommend dissolution of the state assembly to pave way for early polls. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar…
New York, Sep 4 (IANS) Amazon on Tuesday became the second US public company after Apple to hit the $1 trillion valuation mark. Last month, Apple became the first US company to become a $1…