Badminton Tourney – 2015 Begin

The All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament-2015 was inaugurated at the JNTUK Stadium here on Tuesday. The event would be continued for five days in which players from all the 29 States were participating. MLC Boddu Bhaskara Rama Rao declared the tournament open in the presence of Kakinada Rural MLA Pilli Anantalakshmi, Additional SP R. Damodar and badminton players form […]

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Nine dead in an RTC bus-lorry collision in Nalgonda

Nine persons were killed in a ghastly road mishap and several others sustained severe injuries at Indrapalanagaram village of Ramannapet mandal here on Wednesday. The Narketpally depot Telangana State RTC bus was proceeding to Nalgonda from Bhongir when a lorry coming in the opposite direction hit it leading to the accident. The passengers, sitting in the seats on the right […]

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After Nayantara Sahgal, poet Ashok Vajpeyi returns Sahitya Akademi award

A day after writer Nayantara Sahgal returned her Sahitya Akademi award against what she described “unmaking of India, poet Ashok Vajpeyi also handed back the prestigious literary honour to the government, criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not speaking up against the recent spree of violence. Mr. Vajpeyi said that “it’s high time that writers take a stand” to mark […]

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