Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has warned the Opposition parties that he would file defamation and criminal cases if the parties make false allegations against the TRS government, former Karimnagar MP Ponnam Prabhakar has filed a complaint against the Chief Minister with the police for ‘cheating’ the people of Telangana region in general and Karimnagar district, in particular. The Chief […]
» Read moreThe Government, in a press release, said it would waive off short-term and long-term crop loans sanctioned by cooperative society to small and micro farmers. The Government said it would incur an additional expenditure of Rs. 5,780 crore. The previous Government had sanctioned interest-free crop loan to the tune of Rs. 20,786 crore to 46.44 lakh farmers. Jayalalithaa had also […]
» Read moreAt least 17 girls aged between five and 12 were killed and several reported missing in a fire that swept through the dormitory of a private school for children of hill tribes in northern Thailand, police said today. Five school girls were reported injured in the fire which broke out at the two-storey building of Pithakkiart Witthaya School in Chiang […]
» Read moreMilitants killed three policemen in two separate attacks in Srinagar on Monday. Hizbul Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for both the attacks. “Militants fired at the personal security guard of a protected person in Tengpora area of Srinagar city,” a senior police officer said. “The injured policeman later succumbed to bullet injuries. The militants also snatched the service rifle of the […]
» Read moreFive—time world champion M C Mary Kom and Asian Games bronze—medallist L Sarita Devi failed to qualify for the Olympics after they went down in their respective second round bouts of the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships here today. Mary Kom (51kg), who was a bronze—medallist at the 2012 London Olympics, lost 0—2 to Germany’s Azize Nimani, while Sarita (60kg) […]
» Read moreThe Left Democratic Front (LDF), to be headed by CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Pinarayi Vijayan, would be sworn in on Wednesday, May 25. Talking to reporters after a surprise visit to the Cantonment House, the official residence of Leader of the Opposition in the outgoing Assembly and CPI (M) veteran V.S. Achuthanandan a short while ago, Mr. Vijayan said the […]
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