Chennai, July 11 (IANS) Fifteen people, including eight tourists from Tamil Nadu, were killed after a tourist boat carrying Indian visitors capsized off Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island on Saturday, turning what was meant to be a reward trip into a major tragedy.According to preliminary reports, the boat was carrying around 32 Indian tourists, including 17 from Tamil Nadu and others from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala when the accident occurred in waters south of Phu Quoc, a popular tourist desti…
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Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) Amid a series of earthquakes in the Marathwada region, Shiv Sena (UBT) on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Maharashtra government, accusing it of prioritising publicity exercises in Mumbai while ignoring growing seismic concerns in parts of the state.The criticism came through an editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamana, which alleged administrative apathy towards repeated tremors reported in Hingoli, Parbhani and Nanded districts.The Thackeray camp contrasted the …
Hyderabad, July 11 (IANS) A shocking multiple murder case has rocked Telangana’s Ranga Reddy district, where a 35-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and two young sons before targeting a teenage girl who had earlier filed a sexual harassment case against him, along with two of her family members. Police have launched a massive search operation to trace the accused, who remains absconding.According to investigators, the accused, identified as Rajkumar, allegedly began the killing spree on Fri…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast widespread rainfall across several parts of the country on Saturday, with heavy to very heavy showers expected over many northern, eastern, and central states, including Delhi-NCR. Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds are also likely in several regions as active monsoon conditions continue to influence weather patterns across India.According to the IMD, a low-pressure area over the northern parts o…
Chennai, July 11 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday forecast moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorms and strong winds over the Western Ghats districts of Tamil Nadu, while Chennai and a few other parts of the state may witness light thundershowers later in the day.According to the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Chennai, a trough extending at an altitude of around 0.9 km persists over the north Tamil Nadu coast.Another trough lies between 1.5 km and 3.1 km ab…
Hyderabad, July 10 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday predicted that the Congress would retain power in the state with a landslide victory in the 2029 Assembly elections.He said he believes the next Assembly elections will not be held in May-June 2029 but before the end of 2028.Asserting that the proposed delimitation would increase Lok Sabha seats in Telangana from 17 to 26 and Assembly seats from 119 to 182, he expressed confidence that the Congress would win 20 Lok Sab…
Bengaluru, July 10 (IANS) Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Friday criticised Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar for reportedly stating that Karnataka has given its consent to the proposed interlinking of the Krishna, Godavari and Cauvery rivers, questioning how the state could agree to such a project before its share of water had been determined. Addressing the media in Bengaluru, Kumaraswamy alleged that the Chief Minister was acting irresponsibly on a matter of vital importance to Karnataka’s ir…
Hyderabad, July 10 (IANS) In a significant boost to Telangana’s sports ecosystem, the Government of Telangana has officially thrown its weight behind the Archery Premier League (APL) ahead of its second season, deciding to build a robust sports ecosystem by hosting major events.Scheduled to be held in Hyderabad from October 8 to 18, the world’s only franchise-based archery league has been recognised among the state’s marquee sporting events, further strengthening Hyderabad’s emergence as a leadi…
Hyderabad, July 10 (IANS) AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday met Telangana Chief Secretary Sanjay Jaju and demanded that the State government consider issuing Permanent Residence Certificate (PRC) or Family Register Certificate to electors of the state in the ongoing SIR in Telangana. The Hyderabad MP said he, along with Faheem Qureshi, president and vice chairman of Telangana Minority Residential Educational Institutions Society (TMREIS), met the Chief Secretary and demanded that the Re…
Hyderabad, July 10 (IANS) Telangana’s Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries, Vakiti Srihari, on Friday laid the foundation for a freshwater fish export centre at Koheda in Rangareddy district and said the facility will increase fishermen’s income, providing them with permanent employment, and creating opportunities for international markets. He said that it is a matter of pride for Telangana that, for the first time in the country, such a modern export centre is being …