Visakhapatnam: Andhra Congress president Y S Sharmila’s indefinite hunger strike in support of dismissed Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) contract workers was foiled on Wednesday by police, hours after commencement, a party source said. Sharmila protested, demanding the reinstatement of 2,000 contract workers. “Police came and foiled Sharmila’s hunger strike around 9 PM,” a Congress source…
Tirupati: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), the official custodian of the famous Venkateswara temple here, is exploring the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and facial recognition technology to enhance the pilgrimage experience, said an official on Thursday. TTD executive officer (EO) J Syamala Rao said the temple body will employ these technologies to authenticate genuine…
Hyderabad: Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Wednesday said that the elimination of 27 Maoists in Chhattisgarh—including the organisation’s general secretary Nambala Keshav Rao—and the arrest of several ultras as part of an anti-Maoist operation, is a “decisive strike” in the country’s war on Naxalism. He hailed the security forces for…
Hyderabad: BRS Working President K T Rama Rao on Wednesday alleged that the notice issued to party president K Chandrasekhar Rao by the judicial commission probing the Kaleshwaram irrigation project is a “diversionary tactic” by the Congress government. Speaking to reporters in Nalgonda, he claimed that Congress MLAs and contractors themselves are talking about “20…
Hyderabad: In a strongly worded rebuttal to what it described as “deliberate distortion and dangerous rhetoric,” the Telangana unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday condemned the Congress party’s attempt to malign India’s External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar. The BJP called out senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and his loyalist Pawan Khera…
VV Subramanyam One of the doyens of news photography from the Telugu-speaking States, P.V. Sivakumar, passed away in Hyderabad on Sunday afternoon following a massive heart attack. He was 66 and is survived by his wife, son, and daughter-in-law. Popularly known as Siva in media circles, he was an integral part of the journalistic fraternity,…
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Saturday condoled the sudden demise of veteran photojournalist P.V. Shiv Kumar. In a social media post, the CM extended heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family, remembering Shiv Kumar as an exceptional professional and a respected figure in the field. A Hyderabad native, Shiv Kumar had an illustrious career…
Hyderabad: The BJP is winning elections consistently because the opposition is a failure (nakaam) and because it has consolidated the Hindu votes, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has said, rejecting suggestions that he cuts into anti-Modi votes. “How can you put the blame on me, tell me?” Owaisi said in an interview to PTI Videos on…
Hyderabad: A major fire broke out in Hyderabad’s old city, in a building on Gulzar House Road near the historic Charminar. At least six people have lost their lives, including three women and two children, who succumbed to their injuries while undergoing treatment. More than ten fire engines were rushed to the spot to douse…
New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh minister Nara Lokesh, along with his family, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, officials said. During the meeting, the prime minister unveiled the first copy of ‘Yuvagalam’, a coffee-table book chronicling Lokesh’s 3,132-km padayatra across Andhra Pradesh ahead of the 2024 Assembly elections, an official statement said. Modi signed…
