Hyderabad: Another Intermediate student committed suicide in Telangana on Saturday, taking the toll to 20 since the Board of Intermediate Education last week announced the results, which were marred by goof-ups. In the latest incident, a 17-year-old girl immolated herself in Narayanpet district. Depressed after failing in one subject in the 12th standard examination, Sirisha […]
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Varanasi: 50 turmeric farmers from Telangana may contest against Modi
Hyderabad: Fifty turmeric farmers from Nizamabad district of Telangana plan to contest the election against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency to highlight their problems. After making their presence felt in Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency in April 11 election, a group of farmers on Tuesday announced their decision to take on Modi, who […]
IS case: Four detained in NIA raids in Hyderabad, Maharashtra
Hyderabad: The NIA on Saturday carried out searches at four places in Hyderabad and Maharastra’s Wardha and detained four people for questioining in connection with its investigation into the Abu Dhabi Islamic State module case, officials said. According to a senior NIA official related to the probe, the agency carried out searches at early in the […]
NIA picks up a youth in Hyderabad for ISIS links
Hyderabad: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday conducted raids at a few places in Hyderabad and arrested a youth for his alleged links with an ISIS module. The NIA sleuths picked up the accused after conducting searches at eight places in the old city of Hyderabad, police sources said. The NIA had also raided […]
Three Rohingyas arrested in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Hyderabad police on Wednesday arrested three Myanmar refugees for impersonating as Indians to secure Aadhaar and other identity cards. The refugees, known as Rohingyas, also obtained voter card, ration card and applied for Indian passport. Police said they were availing benefits under welfare schemes meant for Indian citizens. They were identified as Mohd Ibrahim, […]
Row over Hyderabad BJP MLA ‘copying’ Pakistani song
Hyderabad: Telangana’s lone BJP MLA Raja Singh landed himself in embarrassment after the Pakistan Army accused him of copying their song but he stood defiant saying he did not have to copy anything from a “terrorist state”. “Good to see even #Pakistan media is covering my song #HindustanZindabad. I’m more surprised that even a terrorist nation […]
Hyderabad voters indifferent as polling slumps below 40%
Hyderabad: Apathy of voters marked the polling for Lok Sabha constituencies in Hyderabad as the state capital recorded less than 40 per cent polling. Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency recorded the lowest polling in the state with 39.20 per cent turnout till 5 p.m. when the polling came to an end. The turnout was 39.49 per […]
Nizamabad may enter Guinness Book with record EVMs
Hyderabad: The Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency, where polling was underway on Thursday along with 16 other constituencies in Telangana, may make it the Guinness World Records for the maximum number of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used. With 185 candidates, a majority of them farmers, entering the fray, the Election Commission is using 12 EVMs in each […]
Mob lynching is Modi’s legacy: Asaduddin Owaisi
Hyderabad: AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said mob lynchings were a legacy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said Modi would be remembered in Indian history for mob lynching as the highest number of incidents occurred during his tenure. “These incidents will haunt Modi forever because as the Prime Minister he could not stop […]
Nizamabad to create history with 12 EVMs in each booth
Hyderabad: Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana is all set to create history in India’s parliamentary elections with polling to be conducted with 12 big-sized EVMs in every polling booth as the voters have to choose from a whopping 185 candidates. Nizamabad, going to polls along with 16 other Lok Sabha seats on April 11, will […]