March 01, 2024 09:12 pm | Updated 09:12 pm IST - HYDERABAD Three days after the Intermediate Public Examination began on February 28, the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) has decided to give candidates five-minute grace period for entering the centre. “Intermediate first and second-year candidates should reach the exam …...Read More
Five-minute grace for Inter exam candidates in Telangana
Maha Sivaratri Brahmotsavams begin in ancient Saivite shrines across Rayalaseema region in Andhra Pradesh
March 01, 2024 09:10 pm | Updated 09:10 pm IST - TIRUPATI/NANDYAL The ancient Saivite shrines across Rayalaseema reverberated with ‘Sivanama Smarana’, with the beginning of the annual Brahmotsavams on Friday. At Kapila Theertham in Tirupati, the festival began with the hoisting of the sacred flag ‘Nandi Dhwajapatam’ atop the …...Read More
Senior journalist Ram Managuli passes away
March 01, 2024 09:09 pm | Updated 09:13 pm IST - Belagavi Senior journalist Ram Managuli, 64, passed away in Bagalkot on Friday. The writer was ailing for sometime. He had served as the Chief of Bureau of the Kannada daily Samyukta Karnataka, apart from running his family-owned daily. He …...Read More
Death of veterinary student: 3 more arrested
March 01, 2024 09:08 pm | Updated March 02, 2024 12:15 am IST - KALPETTA The Vythiri police arrested three more accused on Friday in connection with the death of J.S. Siddharth, a junior veterinary student of the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pookode, in Wayanad. The arrested were …...Read More
Vivekananda Reddy’s murder: daughter Sunitha flags ‘lapses’ in CBI probe
March 01, 2024 09:07 pm | Updated 09:08 pm IST - KADAPA In a sudden twist to the prolonged CBI inquiry into the murder of former Member of Parliament Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy, his daughter Sunitha Narreddy has raised serious objections over the alleged lapses in the probe. In the same …...Read More
Drought shrinks inland fisheries output by over 30%
March 01, 2024 09:07 pm | Updated 09:07 pm IST The severe drought this year has hit inland fisheries hard across the State as tanks and lakes are drying up. Officials in the Directorate of Fisheries say both production and sowing of inland fish have reduced by around 30% this …...Read More
Unified greater city corporation on the drawing board, through merger of all ULBs within HMDA
March 01, 2024 09:04 pm | Updated 09:04 pm IST - HYDERABAD The State government is seriously considering major reorganisation of the city’s municipal limits through integration of all the urban local bodies within the limits of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA). It is reliably learnt that the Municipal …...Read More
Prakash Raj takes a dig at Congress
March 01, 2024 09:03 pm | Updated March 02, 2024 02:31 am IST - MYSURU A bitter critic of the BJP, multilingual actor Prakash Raj took a dig at the Congress on Friday, March 1. Addressing a session on “The Aspirations of Democracy” on the inaugural day of the two-day …...Read More
400-seater office of U.S. IT firm Forsys in Hyderabad opened
March 01, 2024 09:03 pm | Updated 09:03 pm IST - HYDERABAD California-based IT firm Forsys has opened a 21,000 sq.ft., 400-seater office, established at $2 million, in Hyderabad. The company, with a headcount of 200, intends to hire 450-500 more employees by 2026. It plans to invest up to …...Read More
Boy, 11, riding bike dies after collision with bin lorry in Edinburgh
An 11-year-old boy has died following a collision with a bin lorry in Edinburgh. The schoolboy was riding his bicycle when the crash occurred on Whitehouse Road at around 8.20am on Friday. Police Scotland said the incident happened near to the junction with Braehead Road. Emergency services attended, but he …...Read More
