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Balu Pulipaka

“We promised that we will end triple talaq and we did it. We said that Article 370 will be abolished, reservation for women, One Rank One Pension for soldiers and we fulfilled it. We promised to build Ram Temple and this is also being done. In Telangana, we promised to build Turmeric Board and it has been completed by the BJP government," he said. — PTI

BRS, Congress Fights is Just Drama: PM Modi

Modi attacked the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi and Congress and said they did not work for the Backward Sections or Dalits

26 Nov 2023 12:57 AM

Now-suspended BJP leader T. Raja Singh with supporters following his release, hours after his arrest over his alleged derogatory remarks on Islam and Prophet Mohammed, in Hyderabad, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (PTI Photo)

BJP suspends Raja Singh MLA after his arrest over Prophet remark

Raja Singh released on bail, Party issues 10-day showcause

24 Aug 2022 7:35 AM

Union Home Minister Amit Shah. (DC Image)

Next 30-40 years to be era of BJP: Shah

Identifying south India as the next region for its expansion, Shah said this will start from Telangana

04 Jul 2022 7:40 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, G. Kishan Reddy, BJP president J.P Nadda and others at a public meeting in Hyderabad. (DC)

PM asks BJP leaders to win over Muslims, Christians; allay fears

Modi moots Sneha Yatra, seeks 'double - engine' government in Telangana

04 Jul 2022 7:20 AM

Even if bees are affected at sub-lethal levels, their fall in health eventually contributes to the collapse of their colonies. (Representational Image/ Pexels)

Experts for study on bee population

Pesticides and other agrochemicals such as herbicides and weedicides are killing bees and other pollinators in intensively farmed areas

13 May 2022 3:37 AM

Afghans gather outside a restaurant, worrying about the current situation in their country, at Lajpat Nagar in New Delhi, Monday, Aug 16, 2021. (PTI/Kamal Kishore)

Afghans with ties to India fear for their safety

There are many Afghan nationals who over the decades have studied in India, held positions in past Afghan governments

17 Aug 2021 2:47 AM

In an interview with this newspaper, Jayesh Ranjan, talked about his call to IT employees to return to their offices, and how the IT sector could yet again emerge as the fulcrum on which lives of lakhs of people depended and how they could be turned around for the better.

Let bosses show the way, staff will follow suit, says IT secy

Return to office, not WFH, to save lives: Jayesh Ranjan

28 Jul 2021 5:13 AM

Studies, Justice Ramana said, had shown that knowledge and awareness was negligible in rural India on diabetes. (PTI)

CJI Ramana lauds doctors, chides Centre for ignoring healthcare

The government was not giving priority to the medical sector or issues of immediate concern, CJI said

02 Jul 2021 1:03 AM

Industrial strength belts, capable of handling loads of more than 5 tonnes, are being used on the legs of elephants. (Image sourced)

Now, painless restraints for captive tuskers

A wildlife vet from Maharashtra designs chain and pain free restraints for elephants

17 May 2021 9:25 AM

Claims that MNS was 'successful' in its campaign against Karachi Bakery, soon followed with its leader Haji Saif Shaikh, who led the stir, taking credit on Twitter for the closure of the bakery in Mumbai. (Twitter/@mnshajisaif)

Its good-bye for Mumbai's iconic Karachi Bakery

The bakery was in the eye of a nationalistic storm after MNS protested against its name, claiming that it has a Pakistani ring to it

05 Mar 2021 4:20 AM

Tiger spotted in Kumrum Bheem-Asifabad district in Telangana

Maneater tiger A2 from Maharashtra might be in Telangana for love

Big CAT was spotted crossing Pranahita river. It has almost turned a stretch of this river as its private swimming pool

22 Feb 2021 4:15 AM

'Everyone who has recovered from Covid-19 must get themselves tested for diabetes and have a thorough examination of their lungs after six months, which appears to be the threshold for these two diseases to begin manifesting in the survivors',says doctors. (Representational Photo)

Govt claims Covid not fatal but docs worried

Many Covid survivors develop diabetes; face heart, lung issues

25 Jan 2021 4:57 AM

Incidents involving animals in Schedule I of the Act, such as the tiger or the leopard and other big carnivores, will not fall under the purview of the new advisory. — Representational image

Allow panchayats to deal with problematic wild animals: National Board of Wildlife

Some states, such as Gujarat, already allow gram panchayats to take the decision on dealing with human-animal conflicts

08 Jan 2021 12:30 PM

Among the target groups to receive the vaccine are those older than 50 years, and this is where the electoral rolls, with their nearly comprehensive data pertaining to individuals — names, addresses, and their age — will become all-important (Representational Image: AFP)

India to use electoral data for jab

The first phase of the vaccination will cover healthcare, frontline workers, people from the general population who are over 50

04 Jan 2021 4:03 AM

India is not among countries collaborating on research into the airborne transmission of the coronavirus. (AFP)

India stands nowhere on Covid-19 research, says virologist

Despite having the third largest number of coronavirus cases, India is an outsider when it comes to research on how the virus is transmitted

07 Jul 2020 12:04 PM

Children of stranded migrant workers wait to board a special train to Bihar state from MGR central railway station after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Chennai. (AFP)

COVID-19 impact may kill 8 lakh kids in South Asia: Unicef

The bulk of these would occur in India and Pakistan, although Bangladesh and Afghanistan will also be affected, a recent report say

24 Jun 2020 11:24 AM

Telangana Tamilisai Soundararajan. (AA Photo)

Governor Tamilisai: Not happy with state government's response to queries on COVID-19

The former BJP leader says government's has been lukewarm to several letters written by her on the coronavirus pandemic

10 Jun 2020 8:12 AM

A woman wearing a face mask made from cloth sanitises her hand before boarding a train in Nizamuddin, New Delhi. PTI

Cloth masks effective only with distancing, says WHO

The use of cloth masks should always be accompanied by frequent hand hygiene and physical distancing

08 Jun 2020 2:17 AM

Electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. (AP)

Virus in India diverging from the one originated in Wuhan, scientists say

Scientists caution that low testing rate minimal genome submissions are major bottlenecks in the assessment of the evolution of SARS-CoV-2

20 May 2020 11:23 AM

Physical distance norms were thrown aside when free rations were supplied to staff of Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad on Monday, May 11, 2020. The hospital is the main designated facility for treatment of Covid-19 patients in Hyderabad. (AA Photo: SSR)

Hyderabad reports 79 cases, highest so far in a day

Sudden spike breaks a sequence of low daily numbers after the government changed its testing policy

12 May 2020 7:24 AM

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