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Hyderabad: Heavy rains yesterday turned many areas and roads in Hyderabad into lakes, leading to a flood-like situation in the city. The rains inundated low-lying areas and disrupted normal life. The weather conditions in the city and other districts of Telangana have also claimed the lives of at least seven people. Rains claim life in Hyderabad In Hyderabad, a person was washed away in floodwaters early Tuesday due to heavy rains. His body was found in the Parsigutta area of the Musheerabad constituency. He was identified as Vijay, 43 years old. Of the seven people who died due to the…
Akola: Amid the raging controversy over the sexual abuse of two girls in Badlapur’s reputed school, a 42-year-old schoolteacher was arrested in Maharashtra’s Akola district for repeatedly molesting six Class 8 girl students for the last four months and forcing them to watch adult films. According to the police, the accused, identified as Pramod Sardar, showed obscene videos on his mobile phone before inappropriately touching the students. This took place in the Zilla Parishad school premises of Kazikheda village, 40 km from the city. The incident came to light after one of the victims dared to call the 1098 child…
Cairo: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Canadian counterpart Melanie Joly have discussed efforts to facilitate a ceasefire in Gaza. During a phone conversation on Tuesday, the two ministers exchanged views on developments in the Middle East, especially the situation in the Gaza Strip, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Abdelatty reviewed Egypt’s efforts to contain the ongoing escalation in the region and to facilitate a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Xinhua news agency reported. The two diplomats stressed the need for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza and urged the international community to help achieve a comprehensive…
District police chief Girija Shankar Jaiswal has sought disciplinary action in the matterRaipur: In a replay of the pigeon scene from web series Panchayat, a pigeon released by a senior police officer at an Independence Day event in Chhattisgarh”s Mungeli dropped to the ground instead of taking flight. The bird, it is learnt, was sick. District police chief Girija Shankar Jaiswal has now sought disciplinary action against those responsible for the awkward situation.A video of the moment, when the officer releases the bird and it goes down instead of up, has gone viral and sparked a meme fest. Many social…
San Francisco: Tech giant Google will face a class-action lawsuit in the US over alleged data collection via Chrome browser without users’ consent, a court here has ruled. A federal appeals court in the state of California reversed a December 2022 ruling that dismissed the earlier case against Google. Also ReadGoogle working to fix ongoing Search rankings glitch The lawsuit, filed in 2020, alleged that Google collected data from Chrome users, regardless of whether they enabled Chrome sync. “The panel reversed the district court’s summary judgment in favour of Google, LLC, in a class action alleging that the company surreptitiously…
Revanth Reddy and KTR have exchanged sharp barbs over the statue issue in TelanganaHyderabad: The Congress government”s decision to install a statue of former Prime Minister, late Rajiv Gandhi, in front of Telangana secretariat has set off a heated exchange between Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and former minister KT Rama Rao.Mr Reddy has said that a statue of Mr Gandhi would soon be installed on the secretariat premises. A statue of ‘Telangana Thalli’ – the state’s mother goddess – will also be installed at the secretariat, he has said.Mr Rao, popularly known as KTR, has said the spot chosen…
The PM’s two-day visit from August 21-22 will focus on strengthening bilateral relations.New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Poland today, marking the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the country in 45 years. The visit coincides with the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Poland.The last Indian Prime Minister to visit Poland was Morarji Desai in 1979. “Leaving for Warsaw. This visit to Poland comes at a special time- when we are marking 70 years of diplomatic ties between our nations. India cherishes the deep-rooted friendship with Poland. This is…
Thane: In the wake of a massive protest at Badlapur in Maharashtra’s Thane district over the alleged sexual abuse of two kindergarten girls, internet services in the town were suspended while most schools remained shut on Wednesday, officials said. At least 17 city police personnel and around eight railway cops were injured in the incidents of stone-pelting at the railway station and other parts of Badlapur during the protest on Tuesday and the investigators have arrested 72 persons in connection with the violence, they said. Also ReadSexual assault of 4-yr-old girls: Protesters in Badlapur storm school building According to officials,…
This incident comes just days after two four-year-old girls were sexually assaulted.Akola: A school teacher in Maharashtra”s Akola district has been arrested for molesting six girl students and exposing them to obscene videos, police said. The accused, Pramod Manohar Sardar, who taught at the Zilla Parishad School in Kazikhed village, was taken into custody Tuesday evening. Superintendent of Police (SP) Bachchan Singh, leading the investigation, confirmed the arrest and the charges against Sardar. “We received a complaint regarding the molestation of six schoolgirls by their teacher, Pramod Manohar Sardar. He was immediately arrested, and the statements of the victimized girls have been…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has embarked on a three-day visit to Poland and Ukraine to lay the foundation for stronger bilateral ties with the two nations. He will first arrive in Poland on Wednesday, marking the first visit of an Indian Prime Minister in 45 years. The visit coincides with the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between both countries. “My visit to Poland comes as we mark 70 years of our diplomatic relations. Poland is a key economic partner in Central Europe. Our mutual commitment to democracy and pluralism further reinforces our relationship,” the Prime…