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Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao. (Photo: Twitter)

Telangana CM opposes new Centre rule on IAS

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The proposed amendments will allow the Centre to pick AIS officers without the consent of the state governments

Government Employees Association president K. Venkatrami Reddy, Bandi Srinivasa Rao, K.R Suryanarayana and Bopparaju Venkateswarlu show the strike notice that that was given to the government, at a media conference. (C. Narayana Rao/DC)

AP state staff give notice for strike from February 7

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The protest is against the move to implement revised payscales as per recommendations of the 11th PRC which they were not agreeable to

Chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao launched the Dalit Bandhu scheme in August last (Image credit: telangana.gov.in)

TRS faces Dalit Bandhu rush

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The state has nearly 17 lakh Dalit families of whom only 11,800 will get the benefit now

People wait in a long que to get tested for covid at the Fever Hospital in Hyderabad (Deepak Deshpande/DC)

KCR may decide today on schools, COVID-19 curbs

The court directed the registry to post the matter for hearing at an appropriate bench, treating it as a public interest litigation (PIL) as the issue would affect a large number of employees. (Representational Image/ DC File)

Place petition on PRC before CJ: Andhra Pradesh HC

The meeting was called to discuss the taking over of projects on the Godavari, following the Centre's gazette notification issued in July last year. (Representational Image/ DC)

Telangana to Godavari Board: Only one project can be listed

Commuters on a bike wait for COVID-19 test, during the launch of a Walk in/Drive in Covid-19 Testing Centre, in Bengaluru, (PTI)

India logs 2.55 lakh fresh COVID cases, daily positivity rate dips to 15.52 per cent

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya (ANI File photo)

Mandaviya to hold COVID review meeting with health ministers of 9 states, UTs today

Actor Dileep arrives at the Crime Branch office Kalamassery in Kochi, Sunday, Jan 23, 2022, in connection with a case registered against him and five others for allegedly threatening officials probing the sexual assault of an actress in 2017. (Photo: PTI/File)

Actress assault case: Crime Branch summons Dileep for third consecutive day

The ball is in the court of treasury and pay and accounts employees as they are unwilling to process and approve revised scales of pay and this may result in the employees and pensioners getting delayed wages and pensions for January. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Uncertainty over clearance of wages of AP staff and pensioners

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP) awardees, through video conferencing, in New Delhi, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. (PTI)

PM tells kids, go ‘vocal for local’

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President JP Nadda and Punjab Lok Congress President Captain Amarinder Singh during a meeting ahead of Punjab polls 2022, in New Delhi, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. (PTI Photo)

BJP to contest 65 seats in Punjab, Captain's PLC gets 37

The bank management noticed suspicious transactions in several accounts and approached the Hyderabad cybercrime police and lodged a complaint. (Representational Image/DC)

Cybercrooks con Mahesh Bank, swindle Rs.12 crore

The number of suspected Covid-19 cases soared in Telangana, compared to the official active cases reported by the state health department in its ‘official’ daily Covid-19 bulletin. (Representational Image/ DC)

1.78 lakh Covid kits distributed in three days in Telangana

The data showed that residential sales have almost reached the pre-Covid levels in Hyderabad. (Representational Image/ DC File)

Hyderabad sees biggest rise in launch of apartments

Border Security Force (BSF) personnel stand guard at international border ahead of the Republic Day, in Jammu, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. (PTI)

Security alert along Pak border in J&K ahead of Republic Day

A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, in Glasgow. (PTI Photo)

Israeli PM likely to visit India as two nations celebrate 30 years of diplomatic ties

Minister K Tarak Rama Rao laying the foundation stone for the Outer Ring Road (ORR) Phase-II drinking water supply scheme at Alkapur, Manikonda (Rajendernagar). (Image By Arrangement)

KTR launches ORR water works Phase II

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Minister K Tarak Rama Rao laying the foundation stone for the Outer Ring Road (ORR) Phase-II drinking water supply scheme at Alkapur, Manikonda (Rajendernagar). (Image By Arrangement)

KTR launches ORR water works Phase II

The ED officials have obtained charge sheets and reports submitted by the Hyderabad CCS police, Income-Tax, RBI, SEBI and NSE. Based on the reports, the ED officials have intensified the probe. (Representational Image/ DC File)

Karvy CMD to be quizzed in police custody

Supreme Court on Monday said that it would hear on Tuesday a petition which has sought quashing of the Centre's alleged decision by which 5,789 entities lost their Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration. (Photo:PTI)

FCRA registration: SC to hear plea against Centre's decision on Tuesday

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss (L) talks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg as they arrive for a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on January 24, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

NATO sending planes, ships to eastern Europe

Virat Chandra Telukunta. (By Arrangement)

Virat Chandra conferred Rashtriya Bal Puraskar

The court sentenced Ahmed to undergo life imprisonment. (Photo: DC/Representational)

Former AIMIM leader gets life imprisonment for killing man in Telangana

V Muraleedharan addressing party workers in Andhra Pradesh's Nandyala. (Photo: Twitter/@VMBJP)

Jagan govt 'mute spectator' to communal disharmony in Andhra: V Muraleedharan

Malayalam director Rafi

Actress assault case: Crime branch summons Malayalam director Rafi for interrogation

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Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas welcome first child via surrogacy

Priyanka Chopra Jonas and husband Nick Jonas (Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

Afghan tradition allows girls to access the freedom of boys

At not quite 8 years old, Sanam is a bacha posh: a girl living as a boy. (AP Image)

No cash ready to pay Haridasulu? Pay via app!

Fewer in numbers, the modern Haridasulu have printed QR codes on their tamburas and collecting alms from people this year. (DC Image)

Hyderabad all set to host Formula E

The Federation of Internationale de Automobile holds the annual racing event for the most environmental-friendly cars. (Representational Image/AFP)

Four-day work week, change in salary: All about new labour codes in FY 2022-23

The Centre has already finalised the rules under these codes and now states are required to frame regulations on their part as labour is a concurrent subject. (Representational Image: PTI)

Register pet dog or pay Rs 50,000 fine to GHMC

A unique identification will be provided to the dog after registration and pet owners should submit their dog’s recent vaccination certificate, any proof of residence and a no-objection certificate from their neighbours. — Representational image/DC

Samantha’s ‘not so’ special song

Samantha from the film 'Pushpa'.

Watch: 'Chak de phatte India', says Harnaaz Sandhu after becoming Miss Universe 2021

Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu (Miss India) speaks to reporters after winning the 70th Miss Universe beauty pageant in Israel's southern Red Sea coastal city of Eilat on December 13, 2021. (AFP)

Keep advising my daughters to not stress over being compared, says A.R. Rahman

A R Rahman with his daughters, Raheema Rahman and Khatija Rahman. (Photo: Instagram)

A lesson for Ayushmann on gender-fluidity

Ayushmann Khurana on the cover of a magazine (Photo credit: Instagram)

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Columns

Aakar Patel | Listen to what the world says: Step back from the precipice…

It is not safe to be dismissive about words like genocide, but unfortunately, that is what India is doing today

Aakar Patel

K.C. Singh | How absolutist policy can make a nation less secure

Taking the cue from Jia, one needs to ask whether viewing the region through the prism of 'absolute national security' is any longer useful?

K C Singh

Statue's location is a little curious; AAP starts trend of ‘CM face’ poll

Modi government decided to instal a statue of Subhas Chandra Bose under the colonial canopy at Delhi’s iconic India Gate

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Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai (PTI)

CM Bommai says BJP leadership to decide on Karnataka cabinet rejig

Kudremukh National Park forest (Twitter)

Malekudiya tribes of Kudremukh National Park crying for basic amenities

Tiruvanthipuram Sri Devanathaswamy Temple (Wikipedia)

Weddings solemnised in front of closed Tamil Nadu temple on lockdown day

According to the data shared by him, Gadag district achieved 105 per cent vaccination of its eligible population with the first dose whereas inoculation coverage in Bidar, Bagalkote and Vijayapura districts, was 104 per cent of the population. (PTI Photo)

Karnataka achieves 100 pc first dose COVID vaccine coverage: Health minister

Shops selling essential items such as milk, newspaper, fish, meat, fruits and vegetables and provisions are allowed to function from 7 AM to 9 PM. (PTI file photo)

Sunday lockdown in Kerala, only emergency services allowed

The actor and five others were booked under various provisions of the IPC (DC file photo)

Actor Dileep, others appear before Crime Branch

The students continue to come to the college regularly but find that they are denied entry. (DC Image)

Deadlock on Hijab issue continues in Udupi Govt College

Tamil Nadu Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan (PTI file image)

Tamil Nadu has right to go ahead with Hogenakkal project, says Minister

Entertainment

Malayalam director Rafi

Actress assault case: Crime branch summons Malayalam director Rafi for interrogation

Actor Dileep arrives at the Crime Branch office Kalamassery in Kochi, Sunday, Jan 23, 2022, in connection with a case registered against him and five others for allegedly threatening officials probing the sexual assault of an actress in 2017. (Photo: PTI)

Crime Branch interrogates actor Dileep, others for second day

Naresh in his new vanity van

A customised luxury vanity van for Naresh

Pawan Kalyan chooses to wait it out

Loser 2 web series review

Sharvari — Photo credit: Rohan Shreshta

Many have loved and appreciated my work: Sharvari

Jobs & Education

In schools which do not provide a test kit, their students are given the question paper online. Students have to write the exams under the supervision of teachers online, scan their answer sheets and send them through an app used by the school. — Representational image/PTI

Online exams start in many CBSE schools in Hyderabad

The result of the exam is scheduled to be declared on March, 17. (Photo: PTI/Representational/File)

COVID-19: Over 23k candidates appearing for GATE demand postponement of exam

Bars, clubs and other businesses and social activities are functioning normally. Why is the government closing schools in the name of the Coronavirus. — DC Image

Extension of holidays will cause a loss to students: Teachers

Osmania University. (DC Image)

OU, BRAOU defer exams

Sports

Virat and Anushka had earlier issued an official statement revealing the reason for keeping Vamika away from the limelight. (Photo: Instagram/@anushkasharma)

Virat Kohli requests media to not publish or share images of Vamika on social media

Indian shuttler PV Sindhu. (Photo: BWF)

Sindhu, Prannoy enter Syed Modi quarterfinals

Sania, who became world number one in doubles during her successful partnership with Swiss legend Martina Hingis, said there were a certain issues that influenced her decision. (Photo:Instagram)

Sania Mirza to end career after 2022 season, says body is wearing down

Novak Djokovic. (Photo: AP)

Novak Djokovic loses fight against Australia deportation

Ashwin said Kohli's legacy as a captain will stand for the kind of benchmarks he has set. The veteran spinner also mentioned his biggest "takeaway" from Kohli's stint as captain. (Instagram Photo)

Kohli's legacy of creating benchmarks has left headache for his successor: Ashwin

Tennis star Novak Djokovic. (Photo: AP)

Novak Djokovic faces deportation as Australia revokes visa again

Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic. (Photo: AP)

Australian PM says no decision yet on Novak Djokovic visa

Kidambi Srikant in action against Siril Verma in the opening round of the India Open 2022 badminton tournament, at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall at Indira Gandhi Stadium, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

India Open: Kidambi Srikanth, 6 other players withdrawn after testing Covid positive

Lifestyle

The Braided River: A Journey along the Brahmaputra By Samrat Choudhury. (Amazon Photo)

Chronicle of a great river, its peoples, conflicts and myriad stories

A Red-necked Green Bird By Ambai. (Amazon Photo)

A telling account of how real women feel, imperfectly rendered in English

Bangladesh War: Report from Ground Zero By Manash Ghosh. (Amazon Photo)

A ringside view of how a new nation was born amid flames

Motifs drawn in Kalamkari spans from flowers, peacock and paisleys to divine characters of Hindu epics like the Mahabharata and Ramayana. (DC Image)

Kalamkari art by AP artist to be on display at Rajpath on Republic Day

Fever is the most common symptom of Covid-19. Anti-fever drugs and vitamin tablets saw a trebling of sales in the last two years. (Representatinal image: www.1mg.com)

Dolo 650 mg rakes in billions of rupees

In the film, Pushpa, Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna sit in a car romancing. He touches her chest and she goes crazy. When she resists, he gets upset for not allowing him to touch her, so he decides to get down from the car. He love bombs her and she gives into him, eventually, allowing him to touch. (Photo by arrangement)

‘Love Bombing’ is scary, watch out

The study found that Sputnik V vaccine demonstrates more than 2 times higher levels of virus neutralising antibodies to Omicron variant than two doses of Pfizer vaccine. (Photo: PTI/File)

Sputnik V Covid vaccine shows higher Omicron-specific antibodies than Pfizer: Study

Pregnant women have a higher risk of severe illness if infected with COVID-19. (Representational Image - ANI)

Research finds COVID19 may cause foetal inflammation even without placental infection

Technology

In 2017, YouTube said the subscriber-only first season of originals racked up 250 million views. (Representational image: Youtube)

YouTube will no longer be making most original shows

The screen of the new gadget is a 6.6" LCD with FullHD plus resolution and 90Hz refresh rate. (Photo: Twitter)

Realme 9i to be launched in India on January 18

The vanilla model will offer an 11-inch screen, the Plus variant will boast a 12-inch panel while the Ultra option is going up to 14.6". (AFP Photo)

Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 series new leaks surface

Nokia Lite Earbuds, Wired Buds launch in India Google to introduce new connectivity features for smart devices in 2022 OnePlus 10 Pro's detailed specs surface

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South Entertainment

Actor Dileep. (DC File)

Dileep gets interim protection from arrest, ordered to appear for interrogation

Nagarjuna

I am not Bangarraju in real life: Nagarjuna

The uncertainty seems to be having its impact on film production and release of big budget films. (Representational mage/ AFP)

Poor collections at box office to force theaters to shut in AP

The bench issued notices to the government and directed to place its contention in the petition by March 2. — DC Image

HC seeks TS' reply on movie tickets petition

Actor Dileep. (DC File)

Actress sexual assault: Crime Branch opposes Dileep's anticipatory bail plea

Chennai Police Commissioner Shankar Jiwal. (ANI)

Tamil Nadu police summons actor Siddharth in defamation case

World

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss (L) talks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg as they arrive for a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on January 24, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

NATO sending planes, ships to eastern Europe

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO's director-general. (AP file photo)

WHO chief warns against talk of 'endgame' in pandemic

The released fishermen, arrested for illegally entering into the Pakistani waters and fishing without permission, were escorted to Lahore by road by the Edhi Foundation. (PTI file photo)

Pak to hand over 20 Indian fishermen to India at Wagah border

World Health Organisation (WHO) European director Hans Kluge, speaks during a joint press conference (AFP file photo)

Europe could be headed for pandemic 'endgame': WHO

People inspect the rubble of a prison facility hit by a Saudi-led coalition airstrike that killed at least 87 people, in a stronghold of Houthi rebels on the border with Saudi Arabia, in the northern Saada province of Yemen, (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

UAE shoots down 2 ballistic missiles fired by Houthis over Abu Dhabi

An instructor trains members of Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces, volunteer military units of the Armed Forces, in a city park in Kyiv, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia rejects UK claim of trying to replace Ukraine leader

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the risk of animal-to-human transmission is low, whilst low authorities have cited the need to protect public health. (Representational Image: ANI)

Nine hamster samples test positive for COVID-19 in Hong Kong

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. (AP)

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern cancels her wedding due to Omicron surge

Business

As a part of the deal, the Tata group will also be handed over Air India Express also. (Photo: PTI/File)

Air India likely to be handed over to Tata group by weekend

The model comes with a 4X4 drive and a water wading capacity of 700 mm. Toyota Hilux, estimated to be priced between Rs 27 to Rs 31 lakh, is a mix of adventure and luxury. — Facebook

Toyota unveils pick-up Hilux

Large transactions included the acquisition of Jio Platforms by Facebook's subsidiary Jaadhu for $5.7 billion, the acquisition of Tower Infrastructure Trust by Brookfield and GIC Singapore for $3.7 billion and the sale of the electrical and automation division of L&T India for $2.1 billion. — Representational image/DC

FDI inflow dips 26% in 2021: Unctad

The broader market resisted the sell off as the BSE Mid-Cap closed flat down 0.07 per cent and the Smallcap Index was up 0.05 per cent. — Twitter

FPI selloff erases new year gains of market

While a large number of death claims continued to be reported during the first two quarters of 2021-22, the potential claims from the current omicron third wave has shown reduced severity of the disease. — By arrangement

Insurers tighten rules, raise rates

HAL also ensures technical assistance and product support to the customer to ensure healthy serviceability of the helicopter, it was stated.

HAL signs contract for export of Advanced Light Helicopter to Mauritius

The report further added that the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) is one such program, which has made remarkable difference to the lives of the poor and deprived. (ANI representative Image)

'India's economic reforms empowers people, creates favourable ecosystem for business'

Though the investment pact is just a memorandum of understanding right now, it outlines the scope of chairman Mukesh Ambani's green ambitions. — DC Image

RIL expands green investment scale

Science

A dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is prepared at Lurie Children's hospital in Chicago. (Photo: AP)

Nano bubbles could treat, prevent current and future strains of SARS-CoV-2: Study

It wasn't clear how a Moon-sized body could have generated a magnetic field that strong. (Photo: Twitter/File)

Study reveals new explanation for Moon's half-century magnetic mystery

A medical staff member speaks with a COVID-19 patient in the infectious disease ward of the Strasbourg University Hospital, eastern France. (Photo: AP)

Omicron a 'deviant' from Covid pandemic progression script: Virologist T Jacob John

ISRO conducts qualification test of the cryogenic engine to be used in Gaganyaan Omicron more infectious than Delta variant: Medanta Hospital senior surgeon AstraZeneca Covid vaccine's third dose ups antibody response to Omicron: Study

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Opinion

There was a magical quality to a tram, as if you were somehow removed from the mad frenzy of normal Calcutta traffic. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Ranjona Banerji | A streetcar named nostalgia

In this file photo taken on October 1, 2019, Chinese troops march during a military parade in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. (Representational photo:AFP)

K.C. Singh | How absolutist policy can make a nation less secure

After the world voiced its alarm, an FIR was filed against those who openly called for the mass murder of Muslims at a Hindu function in Haridwar. (file photo)

Aakar Patel | Listen to what the world says: Step back from the precipice…

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At not quite 8 years old, Sanam is a bacha posh: a girl living as a boy. (AP Image)

Afghan tradition allows girls to access the freedom of boys

Though the traffic authorities generated an online chargesheet for violating the traffic norms, the authorities are yet to clear the pending challans. (Representational image: DC)

Traffic rules not for Hyderabad officials?

The long-held tradition is of men from every house making the pongal by separately lighting the fire on the Sunday a week before the Sankranti festival every year. — Representational image/PTI

In temple where women are barred entry, men make pongal to mark Sankranti season

The government is accepting documents from the kin of the deceased on Mee Seva, based on which a committee chaired by the district collector approves the applications. (DC illustration)

Covid ex gratia eludes beneficiaries under Secunderabad Cantonment Board

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao presents a memento to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, during their meeting in Hyderabad. (Photo: PTI)

KCR to work with Left for 'BJP-mukt Bharat'

Bhat’s data compilation - The ‘Chronicle of Communal incidents in the Coastal Districts of Karnataka’ - based on the communal incidents reported on media, observes that of the 120 incidents, 33 were moral policing by Hindu vigilante groups and 4 by Muslim vigilante groups. (Representational Image/PTI)

Rise in communal incidents in Coastal Karnataka

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Educated destitutes including Supreme Court lawyer found abandoned on Vizag roads

A decade on, tribal varsity still remains a dream

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