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Hyderabad: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi urged voters to treat the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as a “life and death” issue and asked them to cooperate with Booth-Level Officers (BLOs). While addressing an Eid program held at party headquarters, Darussalam, on Friday, May 29, the AIMIM president informed citizens that SIR will begin on June 25 in the state. The BLOs will visit the houses and give the enumerator form at the voters’ residences or directly to the voters themselves. The Hyderabad MP asked voters who are unable to read to verify their forms…

Hyderabad: A free Quranic Arabic course aimed at helping women and girls understand the Quran through Arabic language learning will begin in Hyderabad on June 6. The programme, titled Learning Arabic: Language of the Quran, will be conducted by Ustadha Izzath Uroosa, an Arabic educator with nearly 35 years of teaching experience and author of the book of the same name. Weekly classes in Banjara Hills The in-person sessions will be held every Saturday from 11 am to 1 pm at Hyder Manzil, Green Valley, Banjara Hills. Participants will study from Learning Arabic: Language of the Quran through a structured…

Dharwad: A day meant for relief from the intense summer heat ended in tragedy after three boys drowned while swimming in a lake near Singanahalli village in Dharwad taluk. The incident has left the entire village in grief and mourning. The victims were identified as Abbas Vatnal, 12, Aslam Vatnal, 10, and Subhani Bagojikoppa, also ten. Abbas and Aslam were siblings from Singanahalli village, and Subhani hailed from nearby Bailhongal village in Belagavi. The boys had gone to the lake during the day to swim and cool off from the rising temperatures. During the outing, all three reportedly slipped into…

Bengaluru: In a city known as India’s technology capital, a Bengaluru woman has taken an unconventional path by leaving her lucrative IT career and choosing to earn her livelihood as an auto-rickshaw driver. Her decision, driven by the desire for a stress-free life, has now sparked widespread discussion on social media. The woman, who previously worked in the software industry, said she was struggling with constant work pressure, tight deadlines and long working hours. Despite earning a comfortable salary and enjoying the benefits associated with a corporate career, she found it increasingly difficult to maintain a healthy work-life balance. View…

Mysuru: Amid the political developments following the resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the Karnataka State Backwards Classes Awareness Forum has demanded that MLC Dr Yathindra Siddaramaiah be appointed as Deputy Chief Minister in the new Congress government. Addressing a meeting held at Jaladarshini Guest House in Mysuru, forum president KS Shivaramu said Siddaramaiah’s resignation had caused concern among AHINDA communities comprising minorities, backward classes and Dalits. He urged the Congress high command to ensure adequate representation for AHINDA leaders in the new government and to safeguard the interests of communities that had strongly supported the party. “Siddaramaiah used politics as…

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Friday, May 29, held Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) guilty of contempt of court for its demolitions in Kukatpally and directed it to restore the land to its previous state within 24 hours. If the agency failed to do so, the petitioner was allowed to carry out the work, and all expenses would be extracted from HYDRAA officials’ personal funds. The court also heavily censured HYDRAA, stating its conduct represents a recurring modus operandi of “demolish first, fence and fix boards next, and seek justification thereafter, treating the orders of the…

Hyderabad: Ankita Lokhande’s Abu Dhabi vacation pictures have once again opened up a familiar internet debate: why does a simple mosque dress code turn into a controversy when a female celebrity follows it? For visitors, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque has clear clothing rules. Women are expected to wear loose, ankle-length clothing and cover their hair with a headscarf. Yet, every few months, an actress covering her head there becomes a talking point online. 1. Ankita Lokhande Ankita Lokhande recently shared pictures from her Abu Dhabi vacation with husband Vicky Jain. In a few photos, she was seen covering her head,…

Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Saturday, May 30, rolled out an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based system to deliver weather alerts to farmers across the state. The Agriculture Department is implementing the Telangana Weather Advisory Program in collaboration with the Development Innovation Lab India (DIL India) and Evidence Action organisations. It was officially launched at the Secretariat on Saturday, with Agriculture Minister Thummala Nageswara Rao himself issuing a weather advisory on upcoming seasonal winds and rainfall. He suggested developing a platform that enables farmers to ask questions about weather conditions and agricultural guidance through voice messages. Also ReadSudden rains in Telangana…

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has granted anticipatory bail to the mother of the prime accused in a case involving allegations of rape, harassment and forced religious conversion. The order was passed by a vacation single-judge bench headed by Justice R Nataraj while hearing a petition filed by the accused’s mother seeking protection from arrest. The court observed that the petitioner was merely the mother of the first accused and that no direct role of hers in the alleged offences had been established at this stage of the investigation. The bench further noted that the offences alleged against her do…

Hyderabad: The opposition parties, especially the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) have been strongly opposing the establishment of Telangana Rythu Discom, a new power distribution company by the state government. Their argument has been primaril;y focused on the intent of the state government. The public hearing conducted by the Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) on the application filed by the state government on Friday, May 29, seeking license for the establishment of a new and third discom bore the witness to arguments made by the opposition parties and the ruling Congress. Especially the BRS contingent went ballistic to oppose the setting up…