Hyderabad, Telangana: CM Revanth Reddy says, “When the voting age was 21, the minimum age to contest Assembly and Parliament elections was 25. Today, the voting age is 18. I want to reduce the minimum age for contesting elections from 25 to 21. Because, at the age of 21, young people can become IAS and…
Vijayawada: The ongoing protests surrounding the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) took a political turn in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday. Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan claimed the student-led agitation has been co-opted by “divisive forces,” drawing immediate and fierce condemnation from the state’s CPI(M) leadership. In a detailed statement released on social media, the Deputy Chief…
Hyderabad: Launching a scathing attack on the previous BRS government over alleged negligence in the recruitment of jobs and paper leaks, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has urged the unemployed youth not to fall into the trap of the regional party. Speaking at the birth anniversary of late poet Ande Sri at Ghatkesar near…
Hyderabad: A private school teacher in the city has been terminated after a row erupted over her allegedly assigning Islamic religious practices as homework to a Hindu student, officials said on Thursday. The family members of the child alleged that the teacher assigned such work to the boy and filed a police complaint. Union Minister…
Hyderabad: Union Minister Ramdas Athawale has expressed confidence that the Women’s Reservation Bill and the Delimitation Bill will be passed during the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament. He said that in the previous Parliament session, the Constitution amendment bills were defeated by the Congress, the Samajwadi Party, and the TMC. Now the NDA has a…
Picchukalanka (Andhra Pradesh): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday said that 117 new gates are being fixed at over Rs 150 crore for the Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage in Dowleswaram for its protection. Addressing a public meeting here in Dr B R Ambedkar Konaseema district, the chief minister observed that the barrage…
Tirupati: A Hyderabad-based apparel retail firm donated Rs 4.4 crore to the TTD’s Balaji Institute of Surgery, Research and Rehabilitation for the Disabled (BIRRD) Trust on Monday. The donation demand drafts were handed over by the firm’s Chairman Potti Venkateswarlu and Directors S Rajamouli, T Prasada Rao, and Potti Malathi Lakshmi Kumari to TTD Chairman…
Hyderabad: The second edition of VETCONVERGENCE 2026, the Vice-Chancellors’ Conclave organised by the Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University (MAFSU), Nagpur, with the support of the Indian Poultry Equipment Manufacturers Association (IPEMA)–Poultry India, concluded in Hyderabad after two days of deliberations on strengthening collaboration between academia and industry. Held at Hotel AVASA on July 10…
Visakhapatnam: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday lauded the Indian Navy for safeguarding the country’s maritime interests, asserting that India stands as the primary guarantor of peace and stability in the Indian Ocean Region. Addressing naval personnel on the eve of the commissioning of Mahendragiri, the sixth Project 17A indigenous stealth frigate, he said the…
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Friday offered a second extension of time (EoT) until this year-end for the completion of works at nearly Rs 5,000-crore Ramayapatnam Port without any levy of liquidated damages. The work was entrusted to the joint venture of Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd (NECL) and Aurobindo Realty Ltd (ARIPL) with June…
