Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday decided to drop all further action against retired IPS officer A B Venkateswara Rao after the high court quashed an FIR and a chargesheet filed against him. Rao, who had served as Additional Director General of Police (intelligence), was booked under Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 420 (cheating), 409…
New Delhi: India on Tuesday called on Bangladesh to reconsider its decision to demolish the ancestral property of noted filmmaker Satyajit Ray and offered help to preserve the iconic building as it symbolises Bangla cultural “renaissance”. Describing the move to demolish the “landmark” building in Mymensingh as a matter of “profound regret”, New Delhi also…
A host of simian warriors, valiant and swift, rose like birds of fire into the vault of the sky, seeking the shadowy lair of Indrajit, son of Ravana—the wielder of dark arts—whose unseen arrows rained torment upon their hosts and struck even the noblest among them. Below, amidst the earth soaked in crimson grief, Rama…
Shri Uddana Veerabhadraswami Temple is located in Hale Nijagal, a small village near Nelamangala, around 58 km from Bengaluru, Karnataka. The temple is situated on a rocky hillock and can be accessed by climbing approximately 100 stone steps. The temple is dedicated to Lord Veerabhadra, a fierce and powerful form of Lord Shiva. Here, he…
New Delhi: (Jul 15) The execution of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse on death row in Yemen, has been postponed by Yemeni authorities, government sources said on Tuesday. The execution was scheduled for Wednesday. Priya, hailing from Kollengode in Kerala’s Palakkad district, has been found guilty of murdering a Yemeni citizen in July…
Lucknow: A Lucknow court on Tuesday granted bail to Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi after he appeared in a defamation case filed over his purported remarks on Army personnel, his lawyer said. The case relates to alleged defamatory remarks against Indian soldiers made during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in 2022, Gandhi’s counsel, advocate…
Lahore: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday reaffirmed Islamabad’s commitment to deepening its “enduring friendship” with China and advancing shared regional goals during a joint meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Dar was among the foreign ministers and heads of standing bodies of the 10-member Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) whom Xi met…
Amaravati: YSRCP chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday assured farmers from Karedu village in Nellore district that he stood firmly with them in their protest against the state governemnt’s decision to allocate land to a private company. Farmers from Karedu village have opposed the TDP-led government’s decision to allot land to Indosol Pvt…
Hyderabad: As part of its commitment to promoting grassroots sports and nurturing young athletic talent, NTPC Southern Region Headquarters (SRHQ) today distributed 38 complete sets of sports kits to the Telangana Softball Association under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. Each kit comprised a pair of track suits, T-shirts, caps, shoes, and socks. The initiative…
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, on Tuesday, launched a scathing attack on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for the latter’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, alleging that he had been attempting to destroy India’s foreign policy by running what he called a “full-blown” circus. The union…
