New Delhi: The Indian Railways on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with State Bank of India to provide significant insurance cover for its employees and their families, an official statement said. Under the MoU, signed in the presence of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, employees who maintain salary accounts with SBI will get accidental…
Aizawl: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Mizoram and Manipur on September 13, officials in Aizawl said. PM Modi will first visit Mizoram to inaugurate the new Bairabi-Sairang railway. Multiple officials of the Mizoram government said they have received information that from Aizawl, the PM will fly to Manipur, his first visit since…
Chandigarh: The devastating floods in Punjab have claimed 29 lives so far, the maximum in Pathankot district, besides impacting the lives of more than 2.56 lakh people, officials said on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday evening spoke to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, inquired about the flood situation and assured him of every…
Struck was the daughter of Janaka—not by weapon or wound, but by the blow of unbearable words, falling in Rama’s camp as a thunderclap upon a cloudless sky. Her spirit reeled, not at suspicion, for she felt none in his heart, but at something more grievous—a storm of anger, compulsion, or sorrow, whose source she…
Shri Siddhivinayak Gundacha Ganapati Temple is located at Kasba Peth, one of the oldest and most historic parts of Pune city, Maharashtra. The temple is believed to date back to the Peshwa era, and historical records suggest that the idol originally found here belonged to the 12th or 13th century. However, since the old idol…
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday approved IBM’s proposal to install a 133-qubit, 5K-gate quantum computer at the Amaravati Quantum Computing Centre (AQCC). The Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) had earlier allotted 50 acres for developing a “Quantum Valley” to benefit universities, startups, and industries through advanced research programmes in deep technologies and quantum…
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday criticized the Congress-led Revanth Reddy government for what it termed as a “too little, too late” move in ordering a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the massive Kaleshwaram project scam. BJP’s chief spokesperson and media in-charge N.V. Subash said the party had consistently demanded a…
Corrigendum This is in reference to a 17-page legal notice (received today, Sept 1, 2025, Monday, around 5.45 pm) served on Orangenews9 concerning alleged financial irregularities in the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), particularly with reference to the article “Who Ruined Hyderabad Cricket – Part XIII,” which mentioned former Test cricketer and ex-President of HCA, Mr….
Hyderabad: Alleging that his rival and ruling NDA nominee C P Radhakrishnan is “not speaking”, Opposition’s Vice Presidential candidate B Sudershan Reddy on Monday said a healthy debate would have taken place had he spoken. Addressing a press conference, which was also attended by Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and the ruling Congress leaders,…
Tianjin (China) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was offered a lift by Russian President Vladimir Putin in his AURUS limousine to reach the venue of their bilateral talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit here on Monday. “The two leaders continued their one-to-one dialogue on the way to the hotel, where they…
