Paul Beatty has became the first US author to win the Man Booker Prize for his novel “The Sellout”, which the novelist said should not be read as a “mono-directional” take on race. The jury behind the world’s most prestigious English-language literary award said the novel was a “shocking and unexpectedly funny” portrayal of Beatty’s native Los Angeles, using satire […]
» Read moreIn a big relief to the former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP State president B.S. Yeddyurappa, a special CBI court on Wednesday acquitted him and all other accused in the case of alleged receipt of illegal gratification from mining companies through the trusts managed by his family members.
» Read moreThis year, the Cauvery water sharing dispute cast a long shadow on the special services announced by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation during Dussera, but the company is hoping to recover at least some of its losses during Deepavali. On Tuesday, KSRTC announced that it would operate 1,500 extra buses in addition to its regular schedule. The extra services, […]
» Read moreA lorry fell from the rail-cum-road bridge on to the railway track below damaging railway high tension wires on Tuesday morning. According to railway and police authorities, a lorry, coming from Kovvuru, hit a stationary sand-laden lorry on the Rajamahendravaram Banana Market end on Tuesday and hit the parapet wall of the bridge. It overturned after hitting the wall and […]
» Read moreTelangana Congress leader Komatireddy Venkat Reddy said the AP government under the leadership of Chandrababu Naidu is 100 times better than KCR rule. Reddy said KCR failed in all fronts including fulfilling small promises where as Naidu is developing Andhra Pradesh leaps and bounds. KCR is misusing public money on new constructions, vastu and luxury. Central funds meant for farmers […]
» Read moreAndhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister N. Chinarajappa was on Tuesday injured in a lift accident at a hospital in Kakinada town, police said. The minister sustained injuries on his legs when the lift wire snapped as he was getting down from third floor of Sanjeevani Hospital. A police constable and a photographer accompanying him were also injured. The […]
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