U.S Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker met Minister of State for Power (Independent Charge) Piyush Goyal here today. Yesterday, Pritzker had expressed her eagerness to support and partner with India to bolster mutual economic ties at an event in Mumbai.
Pakistan has deployed at least five companies of the army in various parts of Islamabad to aid civilian law-enforcement agencies in securing the capital for the next three months. According to Dawn, the federal government”s decision to deploy the army in Islamabad under Article 245 of the Constitution is in effect from today.
Labelling Formula 1”s technical regulations as “restrictive”, Adrian Newey, the Red Bull design chief warned the sport risks becoming “GP1”.
Inaugurating Institute of Metro and Rail Technology here on Friday, Telangana IT Minister K. Taraka Ramarao said the TRS government was committed to construction of Metro Rail in Hyderabad.
Festivals play an important role in bringing together people and fostering a spirit of brotherhood. The holy festival of Eid was recently celebrated across the northeast with much fervor. A large number of Muslims gathered at the Gedu Mia mosque in Agartala to offer prayers on Eid-ul-fitr, the end of holy month of Ramzan.
They exchanged greetings and embraced each other. The message was to promote peace and tranquility in the region and the entire country. “This is a festival of brotherhood, happiness and together for everyone and every Indian,” said Sofikul Rehman, a local.
Issuing a clarification on his statement of stopping the migrant influx into Delhi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament Vijay Goel today said he had been misquoted, and added what he meant was that if each state was more developed, people would not have to come to the national capital to look for a livelihood or to stay.
The National Human Rights Commission has sent a notice to the Delhi Government over the birth of a child outside government hospital due to negligence of hospital authorities.
Trinamool Congress MP and Advocate Kalyan Banerjee said that the interim-order passed by single judge of the Calcutta High Court against Member of Parliament (MP) from Bengal”s Krishnanagar, Tapas Pal, for his alleged rape remarks has been extended till August 14th.
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“The hearing has concluded, and the judgment will be passed on 13th August. As of now, the court has extended the interim order extended till 14th,” said Banerjee. Yesterday, the Kolkata High Court had extended the interim order on Pal till Monday.
Railway Recruitment Cell, South Central Railway, Secunderabad will conduct written examinations on November 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th (Sundays) at Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Guntur, Tirupati and Nanded for recruitment to the erstwhile Group- D posts in Pay Band-1. These posts were notified vide Employment Notification No. RRC/SCR/Group-D/1/2013 dated. 30.08.2013.
After a steadfast refusal to accept a long-standing truce, Israel and Hamas have agreed to abide by an unconditional 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza from 05:00 GMT on Friday.
If rumors are to be believed, customers may have to wait till October to get their hands on the latest iPhone 6 from the Apple family.
The iPhone was earlier expected to be launched in September as it has been the month for the launch of all the previous iPhones by Apple for all these years, reported CNET. An unnamed source has hinted that the new mobile phone may hit the markets on October 14.
Chief Postmaster General of Andhra Pradesh Circle will be conducting ‘89th ‘Dak Adalat’ to hear the complaints and grievances of the public relating to postal services on August 13, 2014. The Dak Adalat will be held at 11.00 a.m. at the Conference Hall, Second Floor, Office of the Chief Postmaster-General, AP Circle, Hyderabad.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi today occupied the second row of Lok Sabha for quite some time as RJD member Pappu Yadav and Jyotiraditya Scindia of Congress were occupying the front bench when she entered the House. Though Scindia and Yadav left for their seats after seeing her, Gandhi preferred the second row.
When Yadav tried to show a newspaper like a placard to her, she chose to ignore it. Later, for some time she was seen talking with Saugata Roy of TMC. PTI
Weakness in global stock markets and a strong US currency pulled down the rupee by a whopping 63 paise to end at over four-month low of 61.18, logging its worst weekly loss since January 24.
Importers and some banks bought dollars and short-sellers covered their positions on hopes of further hike in the dollar value after US Fed recently trimmed its monthly economic stimulus by USD 10 billion. The dollar too gained against most peers as the American economy grows stronger.
Telangana Congress MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy today alleged that AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu was enacting another drama in the name of paying 58% fees reimbursement for students.
Speaking to mediapersons at the CLP conference hall here on Friday, Ponguleti alleged that Chandrababu Naidu was trying to blame the Telangana State Government by issuing a notification with regard to EAMCET Counseling. He sought to know whether the AP CM cannot bear the fees of his State students.
Telangana BJP president G Kishan Reddy today criticized Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao’s attitude towards reimbursement of tuition fees to students.
Speaking to mediapersons here, Kishan Reddy has alleged that the TRS government was trying to play with the lives of students taking advantage of loopholes in fees reimbursement scheme. Stating that there are problems with the 1956 cut-off year, he said the people were put to hardship due to the belligerent attitude of the TRS government, which was trying to divert attention of the people from its inefficiency, Reddy said.
Expressing serious concern over successive governments indulging in corrupt practices and looting public money through false implementation of welfare schemes, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao today said it is shame on the part of the governments securing wrong data and bogus details.
Speaking at a meeting for Comprehensive Household Surveys at HICC here, the Chief Minister said the TRS government would start distributing land to Dalits from August 15 and cover all districts in a phased manner by collecting accurate details of people with ration cards, land, assets and others.
In a massive exercise to ascertain the socio-economic conditions of four crore people in Telangana, about four lakh employees will conduct the Intensive Household Survey in a single day.
The survey, aimed at weeding out fake beneficiaries of government welfare schemes, will cover 84 lakh households in all 10 districts of Telangana including Hyderabad.
Telangana Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao Friday asked the government staff to be ready for the exercise, the date for which is yet to be finalized.
Former minister Sabitha Indra Reddy today said the people of Telangana will never forget AICC president Sonia Gandhi for granting statehood to Telangana region.
Talking to mediapersons at Gandhi Bhavan here after attending Ranga Reddy District Committee review held by party president Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Sabita said they did not expect the poll debacle. She attributed the defeat to the utter failure of the party in taking its manifesto to the people of the region.
Secunderabad MP Bandaru Dattatreyya on Friday requested the Centre to send a Central Team to assess the drought situation in Telangana and provide expeditious relief to the farmers.
A key maoist leader operating in Chhattisgarh, carrying a reward of Rs 20 lakh on his head, surrendered before Telangana Police here today along with his wife, also a naxal.
The 44-year-old naxal, Chambala Ravinder alias Arjun, a native of Warangal district of Telangana, was working as member of Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC), a Maoist unit, and committed several offences in Chhattisgarh during 24 years of his party life, Telangana Director General of Police Anurag Sharma, told reporters here.
Criticising the 1956 cut-off year for nativity, Telangana BJP president G Kishan Reddy on Friday asked whether Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao get his nativity certificate on the same basis.
The admission date for the Paramedical Courses at Maulana Azad National Urdu University is August 11 for Diploma Courses and August 12 for Certificate Courses.
All the candidates who have received or not received provisional letter have been asked to attend on the above dates at 11 AM at Room No. 23, CS–VE, Polytechnic Building, MANUU Campus, Gachibowli, Hyderabad – 500 032. The candidates can get more information on the website www.manuu.ac.in or call to Dr. Maqbool Ahmed, Course Coordinator on 9440366462. (INN)
Legendary off-spinner Erapalli Prasanna today questioned India’s logic behind ignoring Ravichandran Ashwin and termed team management’s move to play Ravindra Jadeja as a strike bowler a “disastrous” one.
“Ravindra Jadeja should play in all Tests but only as a stock bowler. He is not a wicket-taker. Jadeja’s capability as a spinner doesn’t make him a strike bowler. Now if the team management forces a stock bowler to become a strike bowler, then disaster is waiting to happen,” Prasanna told PTI during an interview today.
Police say a small plane has crashed into a warehouse in the northern German city of Bremen. There is no immediate word on possible casualties. Police spokesman Dirk Siemering said the aircraft went down today at lunchtime close to the city’s airport. It hit a warehouse in which tires were stored.
It wasn’t known immediately how many people were on board the plane.