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Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday, September 31, urged all 60 MPs from Telugu-speaking states to vote according to their conscience in the upcoming vice-presidential election, saying the very identity of Telugu people in national politics was at stake. He called upon all the political parties to support INDIA bloc candidate and former Supreme Court judge, B Sudershan Reddy, for the vice-president’s post. “Save India’s democracy from ‘Vote Chori’,” he said. Addressing media persons at a joint press conference of Congress, Communist Party of India (Marxist), and Communist Party of India (CPI) state presidents in Hyderabad on…
Mumbai: The administration will implement the Bombay High Court directives on Manoj Jarange-led Maratha quota protest, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday. This assurance comes shortly after the HC noted that Jarange and his supporters have prima facie violated the conditions. A bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Gautam Ankhad stated that since the protesters do not have valid permission to continue the stir, it expects the state government to follow the due procedure laid down in law by initiating appropriate steps. The government shall also ensure that no more protesters, as claimed by Jarange, shall enter the city…
Kochi is celebrated for its spice markets, historic streets, and bustling backwaters. But away from the tourist trail, hidden in the quieter corners of Fort Kochi, survives a craft that has outlived centuries, the making of combs from the horns of cows and buffaloes. Once an everyday grooming essential in Indian homes, these horn combs are today prized for their durability, natural charm, and sustainable origin. On the way to Fort Kochi, near the bus stand, one is sure to spot a lone artisan at work, busy cutting, chiselling, and polishing what looks like a rock-hard material. Spread before him…
Mumbai: Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma and Manoj Bajpayee have reunited after almost three decades of their film “Satya” for the upcoming horror comedy titled “Police Station Mein Bhoot.” Speaking about the project, RGV said: “Working with Manoj again after Satya is both nostalgic and thrilling. Fear becomes most frightening when it challenges the highest authority of safety, and a police station is the ultimate symbol of power.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Manoj Bajpayee (@bajpayee.manoj) Along with Manoj, the film will also star actress Genelia Deshmukh. “With Manoj’s intensity and Genelia’s vulnerability, this story will push…
Hyderabad: Chandanagar police arrested a five-member gang involved in child trafficking across Hyderabad, Cyberabad, and Sangareddy districts on Monday, September 1. A total of Rs 5 lakh cash was recovered from the gang. Based on a missing complaint of a four-year-old boy, Akhil, who was last seen in Lingampally on August 26, police formed special teams and traced the accused, Chilukuri Raju. He confessed to abducting and selling children to childless couples for the past four years. Raju, a resident of Patancheruvu, reportedly identified children under five years of age loitering near railway stations and isolated areas, from where he…
Hyderabad: Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday, September 1, announced that a Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) office will be operational in the Old City from September 16. Owaisi thanked India’s Ministry of External Affairs for addressing this long-pending request. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president announced on X, “I’m pleased to announce that a Passport Seva Kendra will begin operations in Hyderabad’s Old City on September 16, inaugurated by a Union Minister. Accessible to all from South Hyderabad, it fulfils a longstanding demand.” Also ReadHyderabad: Demand for Passport Seva Kendra in Old City remains unfulfilled The Passport Seva Kendra…
Hyderabad: Four people were killed and as many injured when a private bus they were travelling in hit a trailer truck from behind in Mahabubnagar district in the early hours of Monday, police said. The accident occurred at around 2.15 am in a place that falls under the Addakal police station limits, they added. Also ReadBus crashes into house in Telangana’s Mahabubabad, driver killed Three people died on the spot and five people injured in the accident were shifted to a hospital, and one among them succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment, a police official said. The bus with 32…
Sixteen FIRs have been filed against activist and former member of the planning commission, Syeda Hameed, over her recent remark on Assamese Muslims and Bangladeshis in India. According to a report by Muslim Mirror, the FIRs have been filed across 16 districts of Assam. “We are demanding her arrest for her anti-Asaam and communal statements our workers will continue to file complaints in various police stations,” Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) spokesperson Jiyaur Rahman said. On August 24, while attending an event, Hameed gave a statement,” If Bangladeshis live in Assam, then what is the problem?” Her statement stirred protest from…
A Palestinian journalist working for Al-Quds Today TV was killed along with her husband and children in an Israeli airstrike that targeted their apartment in Gaza City on August 31. The victim, identified as Islam Abed, is the latest journalist to lose her life in the conflict. Her death brings the total number of journalists killed in the Gaza Strip since the outbreak of conflict on October 7, 2023, to 247, according to the Gaza Media Office. Also ReadIsrael claims it killed Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida ارتقاء الصحفية "إسلام عابد"، مراسلة قناة "القدس اليوم"، في مدينة غزة. pic.twitter.com/TTY5vDyYUA— شبكة قدس…
Hyderabad: Tucked away near Falaknuma railway station in Hyderabad’s Old City, around 100 Muslim families of dholak makers have been living and working for nearly a decade. Every year, during Ganesh Chaturthi, these families get busy making dholaks of varied sizes at their modest tenements. The dholaks are sold across the city during the ten-day Hindu festival, finding buyers, irrespective of who had manufactured them. Mohd Munawwar, who is from Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, moves around the city on his moped, selling the dholaks. “Many of my buyers are Hindus. Dholaks are musical instruments and used in devotional programs that…