4 Held For Kidnapping Make-Up Artiste Over Monetary Dispute

Hyderabad: Banjara Hills police on Friday declared the arrest of four persons for kidnapping a make-up artiste who works in Tollywood on Thursday. The victim was rescued in Nalgonda, while the accused were taking him to Chennai.

Cops Arrest Four Inter-State Peddlers, 80kg Ganja Seized

Hyderabad: Taskforce police arrested four inter-state ganja peddlers and seized 80 kilos ganja from their possession.

Earthmover runs amok in Jubilee Hills, 2 injured

Hyderabad: Four vehicles, including two high-end cars were damaged and two persons sustained minor injuries in a road accident when an earthmover ran amok at road number 36 in Jubilee Hills on Friday.

Straight fight between TMC, BJP in Bengal

Kolkata: The poll date announcement on Friday has set the stage in Bengal for an exciting end-game to a contest that could end in a photo-finish.

Stage set for a do-or-die battle between EPS, Stalin

EPS Has Graduated The Art Of Managing Political Brinkmanship

Illegal Constructions Continue To Flourish

Hyderabad: Illegal constructions continue to flourish in parts of city. Deviations in construction by raising double the number of floors allowed are seen in parts of Kondapur in Serilingampally circle, parts of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation’s (GHMC) Kukatpally zone and Malakpet circle (Old City).

Motorists Protest Late Fee For Docu Renewal

Hyderabad: Motorists who could not renew the motor vehicle documents due to Covid-19 pandemic, the lockdown or other reasons, are now caught in a difficult situation as they are being imposed with a penalty, despite an advisory from the Union government to extend the validity of all motor vehicle documents till March 31.

Akhand Bharat Possible, Will Be Good For Pakistan, Says Bhagwat

Considers Pak, Afghanistan As ‘Our Own’

HC Asks TTD To Submit Its Property Details

Vijayawada: The high court on Thursday asked the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) to submit details of the resolutions passed by the temple body’s trust board on the measures initiated to safeguard the temple’s movable and immovable properties. It also sought details of the properties published in the temple body’s website.

Australia Passes Law To Make Facebook, Google Pay For News

Canberra: Australia’s law forcing Google and Facebook to pay for news is ready to take effect, though the laws’ architect said it will take time for the digital giants to strike media deals.

Why Government Must Make Google, Facebook Pay For Content

As the world’s largest democracy, as its second-largest online market, as a soon-to-become fastest growing major economy, India should have taken the lead on making Google and Facebook – two alarmingly dominant global super-monopolies – pay a fair share of earnings they make from domestically produced news content on the internet.

'This Is A Movement, Led Entirely By Farmers ... Accepting Demands Of Your Own People Does Not Mean Defeat'

Farmers of Haryana have been integral to the protests against the central farm laws. Deepender Singh Hooda, a member of the Congress party and a Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana, spoke to Amin Ali about the protests and his party’s position on the fallout:

HC Bars Outsiders From Using Newly-Laid Road On UoH Campus

Hyderabad: Finding fault with the state, revenue authorities and GHMC for behaving in a high-handed manner against the University of Hyderabad (UoH), the high court on Wednesday said a road laid forcibly in the varsity should not be used by outsiders.

Over The Top

Giroud’s Bicycle-Kick Goal Gives Chelsea The Advantage

Allowing Pvt Hosps To Vax Will Boost Process: Guleria

New Delhi: The director of AIIMS, Dr Randeep Guleria, has welcomed the Centre’s decision to allow private hospitals to vaccinate people against Covid-19. The move will help expedite the immunisation process, he said on Wednesday.

Vax Needs Online & Offline Solutions

‘List Created By Co-Win Has Duplications’

I'd Love To Perform, But It's Not The Right Time To Do So Yet: Armaan

The singer talks about his upcoming music, his recent releases and why he won’t be on stage just yet

No Evidence So Far To Link Surge In Covid Cases To New Variants: ICMR

India Has Sequenced 3.5K Strains So Far

Nila Madhab Panda's Odia film Kalira Atita enters Oscars

Indian director Nila Madhab Panda’s Odia film Kalira Atita (Yesterday’s Past) made its entry into the Oscar race.

BJP Sweeps Polls To All 6 Guj Municipal Bodies

Ahmedabad: The BJP on Tuesday swept elections to six municipal corporations in Gujarat by winning 483 out of 576 seats.

PM Modi Attacks Didi Over ‘Cut Money', Promises ‘Parivartan'

Alleges State Not Utilising Central Funds

Ramchander: PV Legacy May Work In Karimnagar, Not Here

Hyderabad: Sitting MLC and BJP candidate for Hyderabad-Rangareddy-Mahbubnagar graduates MLC constituency N Ramchander Rao on Monday exuded confidence of winning the seat comfortably and said he was not unduly bothered by his TRS rival, former PM PV Narasimha Rao’s daughter Surabhi Vani Devi.

Stop Behaving Like Aliens, Divide Staff: HC Tells T, AP Inter Boards

Hyderabad: Coming down heavily on top officials of Boards of Intermediate Education of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for not evincing interest in the division of employees, Telangana high court on Monday described them as selfish persons who are only bothered about their salaries and perks.

At Assam Rally, PM Hints At Poll Dates For Four States By March 7

Guwahati/Kolkata: PM Narendra Modi on Monday hinted at the possibility of the Election Commission announcing poll dates for four states — Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala – and the Union Territory of Puducherry in the first week of March.

‘India Didn't Lose An Inch Of Land To China'

Salem: Giving a strong “nationalist” pitch to BJP’s campaign for assembly polls in five states, including Tamil Nadu, defence minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the country had not lost an inch of land in the disengagement agreement with China in eastern Ladakh even as he accused Congress of insulting the bravery and courage of Indian soldiers who died fighting the Chinese in Galwan Valley last year.

India's Weekly Covid Cases Up 31%, First Rise Since Nov

India's Covid-19 caseload crossed 11 million on Sunday, with the last one million cases coming in the second-longest period yet of 65 days. However, the pandemic has surged again in the last seven days, with cases in this period registering a rise for the first time in 15 weeks.

Musi Revival: Citizens Can Breathe Easy Along River

Hyderabad: Musi at LB Nagar, which used to be one of the dirtiest places in the city and avoided by people due to poor sanitation, has now turned into a lung space with a walking and cycling track and greenery. Musi is finally getting a facelift after decades as till date most projects merely remained on paper.

SC Is Global Leader In Virtual Hearings Amid Pandemic

New Delhi: During the pandemic lockdown, from March last year when operations in all courts were abruptly shut down, till January, the Indian judiciary achieved a record of conducting 66.8 lakh case hearings through video conferencing. The Supreme Court, according to the law ministry, became the global leader with 52,353 virtual hearings during this period.

Centre Asks States To Increase RT-PCR Tests

New Delhi: In the wake of sudden rise in Covid-19 cases in some states, the Centre has suggested increase in RT-PCR tests, stringent monitoring of mutant strains, while also advising states to refocus on strict surveillance and adopt stringent containment measures in districts that are reporting high number of positive cases.

Rising Fuel Prices A ‘Dharm Sankat', Says Sitharaman

‘Centre, States Need To Sit Together And Find A Way Out’