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Mumbai ferry tragedy toll 14, search on for kid

THE body of a 43-year-old man, who was among the two missing passengers after a Navy craft rammed into their ferry off the Mumbai coast, was found on Thursday.

Assam STF nabs 8 Bangla terror outfit operatives

THE Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police arrested eight operatives of terror outfit, Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), during simultaneous operations carried out in Kerala, West Bengal and Assam on the intervening night of December 17 and 18.

U'khand records tiger death decline, 8 this yr

UTTARAKHAND has witnessed a significant decrease in tiger mortality cases this year.

MP's Take Home Ration scheme: CAG flags ₹428 cr irregularities from '18-'21

IRREGULARITIES worth around ₹428 crore have been detected by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in the Take Home Ration (THR) scheme in Madhya Pradesh between 2018-2021.

SP's Sambhal MP booked for power theft at residence

THE troubles for Samajwadi Party's Sambhal MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq seem to be deepening as a fresh FIR in connection with power theft lodged against him on Thursday.

'Ideology remains same': Jogi's wife writes to Cong, proposes merger of party

THE regional outfit Janta Congress Chhattisgarh-J (JCC-J), floated by the first chief minister late Ajit Jogi in June 2016, owing to the declining political footprint across the state, has approached the Congress seeking a merger with the latter.

BJP tears into Rahul, says doesn't deserve to be LoP

ACCUSING Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of pushing and shoving its MPs on the Parliament premises, the BJP on Thursday said he does not deserve to be the Leader of Opposition after such \"indecent and shameful\" conduct.

Grim reality belies development plank, Gujarat schools lack toilets

DESPITE Gujarat's government championing its development narrative, unsettling data presented in the Lok Sabha on Thursday revealed glaring shortcomings in the state's basic infrastructure.

BJP MP writes to RS Chair, says LoP 'misbehaved' with her during House protest

BJP MP from Nagaland S Phangnon Konyak on Thursday alleged in the Rajya Sabha that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi came in her \"close proximity\" and shouted at her during a protest outside the Parliament's Makar Dwar which made her feel \"extremely uncomfortable\".

Shah vows dominance over J&K terrorism

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

I was physically pushed by BJP MPs, lost my balance & forced to sit down: Kharge

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, saying that BJP MPs pushed him on Parliament premises, and he lost his balance.

Tremors From The Long Night Of December 3

South Korea has clawed back most of the economic losses caused by the shocking declaration of martial law. Its next president is likely to be colder to the West, warmer to China

Cross complaints: Case registered against Rahul for 'injuring' 2 BJP MPs

DELHI Police registered an FIR against Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and other Congress MPs following a scuffle on Parliament premises on Thursday, hours after BJP and Opposition party members filed cross complaints alleging assault.

FOR GRACE IN LEGAL EVOLUTION

HE recent decision of a nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court, in Property Owners Association vs State of Maharashtra, which interprets Article 39(b) of the Constitution, represents a noteworthy development in the complex and often contentious history of property rights in India.

FOR A LEGEND NTR panel seeks land for 100-ft statue, centre

NTR Literature Committee has urged Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to allot land in Hyderabad for installing a 100-ft NTR statue and establishing the NTR Knowledge Centre.

HC reserves orders on ICAI plea against Vijaysai Reddy

The Telangana High Court has reserved orders on a writ appeal filed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) challenging the decision of a single judge to grant relief to YSR Congress MP V Vijaysai Reddy in disciplinary proceedings initiated against him by ICAI's disciplinary directorate.

Superfine rice through FP shops soon

REITERATING the state government's decision to supply superfine variety of rice after two months instead of coarse variety to all ration card holders through Fair Price Shops, Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy confirmed that new ration cards would be distributed after Sankranti.

CM makes urgent decisions, Cabinet nod comes after: Somesh to panel

Ex-CS delays appearance before commission, angers retired judge

'Balagam' Mogilaiah dies at 68

POPULAR Telugu folk artiste Balagam Pastham Mogilaiah passed away at 68 with kidney and heart-related ailments on Thursday morning at his son's residence in the Kashibugga area, Warangal.

Uttam to MLAs: Ensure smooth land acquisition

POINTING out that some of the irrigation projects have been held up due to delay in land acquisition, Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Thursday urged MLAs from across the political spectrum to extend support to the state government to acquire the lands required and meet the deadlines set for completion of the projects.

CANCEL ORR TENDERS BEFORE PROBING THE CASE: KTR

Former minister vows to fight allegations legally and politically in a peaceful manner

BRS hastily awarded ORR lease tenders to pvt firm: CM

BRS hastily awarded ORR lease tenders to pvt firm: CM

HARISH SHOWED WRONG DEBT POSITION TO OBTAIN LOANS BEYOND FRBM LIMIT: BHATTI

DEPUTY Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka accused former finance minister T Harish Rao of showing wrong debt position of the state in Budgets presented by him during the BRS regime with a view to obtain more loans, beyond the permissible limit under the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act.

Son in trouble, KCR faces litmus test to keep flock together

IN the wake of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) listing BRS working president KT Rama Rao as A1 in the Formula-E Race case, the pink party is likely to face rough weather going forward.

CONGRESS GOVT WILL TAKE OVER ₹6L CR LOANS IN NEXT 5 YEARS, PREDICTS HARISH

STATING that the debt position of the then BRS government was ₹4,17,000 crore, former finance minister T Harish Rao on Thursday said that the Congress government had taken loans to the tune of ₹1,27,208 crore in just one year.

Protests as HYDRAA razes shops in 1st floor of apartment complex

AMIDST tight police security, enforcement teams from HYDRAA, along with Manikonda municipal town planning officials, demolished shops within Anuhar Morning Raga Apartments at Alkapuri in Manikonda on Thursday morning.

Robotic capsule for endoscopy launched at AIG Hospitals

AIG Hospitals on Thursday launched PillBotT, a remote-controlled (robotic) disposable endoscopy capsule technology developed by US-based medical innovator Endiatx.

CM EXHORTS WRITERS TO SHARPEN PEN AGAINST SOCIAL EVILS

Armed Peasant Struggle and the 1st and 2nd phases of Telangana movement have been distorted to some extent: Revanth

Healthcare tech firm announces launch of its ecosystem

ACIANA, a health-tech innovator, announced the launch of its 'healthcare ecosystem', a first-of-its-kind integrated healthcare platform powered by advanced genetic insights and AI-driven analytics, in the city on Thursday.

Risky disposal of biomedical waste by Adilabad sanitation workers

IRREGULARITIES in the collection and disposal of biomedical waste—needles, syringes, saline bottles, pipes, parts of human bodies and foetuses—have been observed in the erstwhile Adilabad district.