Category: South

Telugu litterateur Nayani Krishnakumari passed away early on Saturday morning at her home in Hyderabad. She was 86. She was ailing for some time, according to family sources. Daughter of legendary writer Nayani Subbarao, she began writing stories with a history of Andhraites called Andhrula Katha when she was 18. Besides being a well known literary figure, she was an academic who taught in […]

Vemula Naga Mani Kumar, father of the University of Hyderabad research scholar Rohith Vemula who committed suicide, demanded on Tuesday that the government order an inquiry by a sitting judge into his death. Contrary to the claims that caste discrimination was behind the suicide, Mr. Mani Kumar told a press conference here that there was a bigger issue that needed […]

Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday launched a full frontal attack on the authority of the Karnataka government to move the Supreme Court against her acquittal in a disproportionate assets case, labelling it as an “interference in the internal affairs of Tamil Nadu” and a violation of the federal scheme enshrined in the Constitution. In a six-page document highlighting the major […]

Hyderabad: Four terror suspects have been arrested today by the National Investigation Agency in Hyderabad. NIA is also on the lookout for five other suspects. As part of national operation, the agency has arrested at least 25 terror suspects across the country.

The Executive Council of the University of Hyderabad that met on Thursday ‘terminated’ the action taken against the five research scholars of the University. The Council after taking into account the extraordinary situation prevailing on the University campus, and after discussing about the issue in detail, resolved to terminate the punishment imposed on the students concerned with immediate effect. Further, […]