Hyderabad: AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said the Congress party’s double standards have been exposed with the filing of a charge-sheet by the Congress-led Rajasthan government against Pehlu Khan, who was beaten to death by cow vigilantes in 2017. The Hyderabad MP said that instead of ordering a fresh probe into the incident and […]
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In a first, Hyderabad juvenile sentenced to double life imprisonment
Hyderabad: In the first judgement of its kind in India, a court in Hyderabad on Thursday sentenced a juvenile to double life imprisonment for sexual assault and murder of a 10-year-old boy, officials said. The 17-year-old was sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 5 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for aggravated penetrative […]
Nine-month-old raped, killed in Telangana town
Hyderabad: In a beastly incident, a youth raped and killed a nine- month old baby in Telangana’s Hanmakonda town, triggering massive protests by people who demanded that the guilty be hanged publicly. The incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday in the town in Warangal Urban district, about 200 km from Hyderabad. Police said […]
Hyderabad bar dancer stripped, thrashed for refusing sex
Hyderabad: A woman dancer at a bar here was allegedly stripped and thrashed by five colleagues, including four women, for refusing to have sex with customers, police said. The 25-year-old woman complained to the police that her colleagues chased her out of the bar late on Friday night, stripped her and thrashed her on the […]
Trying to ascertain cause of AN-32 crash: IAF chief
Hyderabad: Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa on Saturday said the Indian Air Force was trying to ascertain the cause of the recent crash of AN-32 aircraft in Arunachal Pradesh that killed 13 people. He said the IAF would also take steps to ensure such accidents do not recur. He […]
12 Telangana Congress MLAs seek merger with TRS
Hyderabad: Twelve Congress MLAs in Telangana on Thursday urged the state Assembly Speaker to merge Congress Legislature Party (CLP) with the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). The group of 12 members of Assembly belonging to the main opposition Congress called on Speaker P. Srinivas Reddy and submitted him a letter, seeking CLP’s merger with the […]
G. Kishan Reddy: From ordinary worker to Union minister (Profile)
Hyderabad: G. Kishan Reddy, who was sworn in as Union minister on Thursday, is one of the prominent faces of the BJP in Telangana. A three-time MLA, Kishan Reddy is a first-term MP from Secunderabad, one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana state capital Hyderabad. Having started his political career as an ordinary party […]
Modi shouldn’t lose voting right: Owaisi on Ramdev’s remark
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should not lose his right to vote just because he is the third child of his parents. The Hyderabad MP made the sarcastic comment on Yoga guru Ramdev’s suggestion that the third child should not be allowed to vote. While calling for population […]
Modi quietly oversaw lynchings of minorities: Owaisi
Hyderabad: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for removing fear among minorities, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said that he “quietly oversaw” mob lynchings of minorities in his first term. Owaisi also reminded Modi that he was opposing the minority character of Jamia Millia Islamia and the Aligarh Muslim University. “We can either be appeased […]
Jagan meets Andhra Governor, stakes claim to form government
Hyderabad: YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday met Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan and formally staked claim to form the government. Hours after he was unanimously elected as the leader by newly-elected legislators of the YSRCP at Amaravati, Jagan Mohan Reddy landed in Hyderabad to meet the Governor. Accompanied by few […]