Qayam Ali Tank Bund (Hussain Sagar) which is a favourite spot for tourists and hangout place for locals unfortunately has become a ‘prime spot’ for those who want to commit suicides. According to Police Department estimates, about 100 to 120 (both men and women) attempt suicides in the lake.
Film actress Neetu Agarwal, who is an accused in the red sanders smuggling case along with her husband who is a kingpin in the racket, on Sunday claimed that there is a “threat” to her life from the followers of smuggler Mastan Vali, and asked the govt to provide security.
Ms. Agarwal told the media at the Rudravaram police station on Sunday that she had no idea that her husband Masthan Vali was involved in the smuggling of red sanders. she said, “Mastan Vali had cheated me by using my bank accounts for conducting his illegal financial transactions.
The Telangana government’s ambitious ‘KG to PG free education’ scheme will not be implemented this academic year, as the government wants to take at least one year to modalities of the scheme.
According to Education Minister Kadiyam Srihari the scheme would be implemented from the next academic year 2016-17.
A 54 year-old woman who was travelling from Goa on a Laxmi bus was allegedly harassed after being suspected of carrying beef with her.
According to sources Sherry Pereira from Mumbai has allegedly harassed by the police at Kharepaten check post in Maharashtra at 2 am on Sunday. She has maintained that she was carrying pork for her pregnant daughter.
NASA has formally certified US-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation’s (SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket to launch the most ambitious science missions.
The Falcon 9 is now certified by NASA as a “Category 2” launch vehicle. SpaceX has successfully launched six re-supply missions to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the NASA contract.
NASA and SpaceX began pursuing the certification of the Falcon 9 in 2012. SpaceX won an $82 million contract to launch the Jason 3 mission — a project jointly funded by the US and France to measure sea roughness.
A benchmark index of the Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip BSE Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading 117.52 points or 0.43 percent up during the afternoon session on Monday.
The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) also was trading 40.90 points or 0.50 percent up at 8,303.25 points.
The Sensex of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 27,416.97 points, was trading at 27,441.52 points (at 1.20 p.m.) — up 117.52 points or 0.43 percent from the previous day’s close at 27,324 points.
Regular use of the common painkiller aspirin may help slow the progression of early emphysema, a lung disease that primarily causes shortness of breath, says a new study.
“Other than smoking cessation and avoidance, there are no known methods for reducing the risk of developing emphysema,” said researcher Carrie Aaron from Columbia University Medical Centre in New York, US.
Indian mobile-phone sales have dropped for the first time in 20 years, raising the question: Is a slowdown at hand for the world’s fastest-growing smartphone market? Mobile sales dropped 14.5 percent the first quarter (Q1, January-March) 2015, on a quarter-to-quarter basis, compared to Q4 (October-December) 2014 — from 62 million handsets in Q4 2014 to 53 million handsets in Q1 2015, according to a report of CyberMedia Research, a consultancy.
Draupadi Murmu on Monday took oath as the ninth governor of Jharkhand, the first tribal woman to occupy the position in the state.
She was administered the oath of office at Raj Bhawan by Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice Virendra Singh. She succeeded Syed Ahmad, who has been shifted to Manipur.
Chief Minister Ragjubar Das and others were among those present at the ceremony.
A Delhi court has dismissed a plea of husband and mother-in-law of a woman challenging framing of charge of dowry harassment against them, holding that there were specific allegations in the complaint which prima facie made out a case against them.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that Maharana Pratap was a true national hero who valiantly fought to defend his motherland.
Addressing a gathering at Pratapgarh in Mewar region of Rajasthan after unveiling a statue of Maharana Pratap, Singh said that he not only inspired the Indians, but his name also became a source of inspiration for people living in other countries.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today welcomed Rajasthan government’s decision to include a chapter on iconic figures like Maharana Pratap in school textbooks and said he would urge the HRD minister to consider inclusion of such chapters in CBSE syllabus.
He said the Centre has decided to celebrate the 475th birth anniversary of Maharana Pratap, the 16th century Rajput ruler of Mewar, all over the country in a big way and a committee has been formed for then same at the central level.
Eight pilgrims were feared washed away and around 200 others trapped after a flash flood in a jungle river while on their way to a temple in nearby Chathuragiri hills today, officials said.
The pilgrims proceeding to the famous Lord Shiva temple in Chathuragiri near Watrap in Virudhunagar District to offer worship on the auspicious newmoon day were trapped as the jungle river suddenly swelled into a raging torrent following incessant rains.
A Maharashtra bride who got a “toilet” as her wedding gift from her kin as she preferred it over jewellery will now be given a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh by a sanitation NGO for taking a stand on the issue.
Inspired by ‘Swachch Bharat’ campaign, the woman from Akola district insisted on a toilet in her in-laws’ house, placing basic sanitation needs much ahead of other wedding presents.
Lauding the inspiring step by Chaitali Galakhe of Andura village in Balapur tehsil of Akola district, Sulabh International today announced Rs 10 lakh cash award for her.
With Parliament approving the historic Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh, the RSS has demanded that it should be followed up by sealing of borders to check illegal immigration from the eastern neighbour.
While welcoming the Indo-Bangladesh deal as “landmark”, the RSS warned the Government of a “Jammu and Kashmir-like imbroglio on India’s eastern border” if illegal immigration from Bangladesh is not checked.
Placed on an equal footing on the league table, Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad face each other in a must-win IPL cricket match with a play-off berth at stake here Sunday.
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Both sides have 14 points each from 13 matches and a win in their last league match tomorrow at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium at Uppal is a must for either team to qualify for the play-offs.
The nation’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has created a separate company, SBI Foundation, to carry out its massive CSR initiatives and hopes to get it “running” from July.
“We have been spending over 1% of our profit on CSR even before the new law on corporate social responsibility (CSR), mandating every company to spend 2% of its profit on such activities, came into effect. This is despite the fact that we are not legally bound to do so as we are not governed by the Companies Act.
The future of communities around the world will be determined by the efforts to achieve a high quality of life for older citizens, says a new study.
Age-friendly communities are designed to promote “aging-in-place”, which is the ability to live in one’s own home and community safely and independently regardless of age or income.
Developing cities that meet the interests of all generations should be an important goal for economic and social policy.
A 22-year-old woman working with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), was killed after she was hit by an unknown vehicle in Goregaon East, police said on Sunday. The incident took place on Wednesday night and the victim kept lying on the road unattended for about half an hour after she was hit by the vehicle, they said.
A 30-year-old former Afghan military captain from Kandahar, who lost his hands while defusing mines in the war torn country, now has two Indian hands by a successful transplant carried out at an institute in Kochi.
The donor was a 54-year-old brain dead accident victim from Kerala, perhaps, the first case of twin-hand transplant on any citizen in Afghanistan.
Jamiat Ulema-I-Hind on Saturday said the community would fight against communal forces to create fear among the minorities even as it urged the Centre and states to firmly deal with such elements.
Speaking at the general session held at Ramlila Maidan, Jamiat Ulema-I-Hind chief Maulana Arshad Madani said, “The community that could fight against the British (who believed sun never sets in their empire), will not bow down in fear of something that small groups are trying to create within the country.” He, however, said the community won’t overreact even when provoked.
A 3-year-old boy shot his 1-year-old sister in the face as the two were in a car in the parking lot of a daycare in USA.
According news release said the shooting happened in the parking lot at 4:30 Friday afternoon in Venice, a small city south of Sarasota on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Officials say the children were alone in the car while their mother was talking to people in the parking lot. A report said the boy picked up a handgun in the car and fired it, striking his sister. Only one shot was fired. It was no known from where the boy got the gun, officer added.
Gold prices recovered smartly at the domestic bullion market here today on fresh buying by jewellery stockists and retailers amid ongoing seasonal demand on the back of firm global cues.
Silver shot up and retraced the Rs 40,180 per kg level after 3-1/2 mths on heavy speculative buying, coupled with sustained industrial offtake.
Silver had last touched Rs 40k-level and ended at Rs 40,040 as on January 28, 2015.
Standard gold (99.5 purity) climbed Rs 155 to close at Rs 27,445 per 10 grams from Friday’s closing level of Rs 27,290.
Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi today demanded a complete ban on all forms of labour involving children below 14 years, against the backdrop of Union Cabinet’s nod to amend child labour law to allow them to work in family enterprise.
The Telangana Board will declare the Telangana SSC class 10th (X) result on Sunday, May 17. The results will be announced on the official websites of the board – bsetelangana.org andbse.telangana.gov.in
The results of the same will be declared soon on the official website on May 17. Students can log on to the official website of Telangana Board to check their Class 10th (X) Matric Board results online at Bsetelangana.org, Bse.telangana.gov.in& Manabadi.co.in.