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Telangana Chief Secretary S.P. SinghNation
Telangana expects Rs 3,000 crore from Centre before end of financial...

Chief Secretary S.P. Singh, during his two-day visit to Delhi, met 19 high-ranking officers of various ministries.

9 March 2017 12:54 AM IST

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar RaoNation
K Chandrasekhar Rao against women, says BJP

There is zero representation of women in the TS Cabinet, says BJP spokesman Krishna Saagar Rao.

9 March 2017 12:50 AM IST

Nara LokeshNation
Nara Lokesh elected MLC unanimously

The Assembly authorities scrutinised the nominations found all of them to be in order.

9 March 2017 12:50 AM IST

Telangana Joint Action Committee chairman M. KodandaramNation
TJAC chairman Kodandaram under fire from suspended friends'

TJAC senior woman leader Tanveer Sultana on Wednesday quit the organisation in protest against the suspensions.

9 March 2017 12:47 AM IST

AP has the shameful distinction of being ranked second among the states in India from which the most number of humans are trafficked. (Representational image: AFP)Nation
AP 2nd in child trafficking; Vijayawada one of the main transit hubs

The report noted that 80 per cent of the trafficked persons are women and girls and over 60 per cent are minors.

9 March 2017 12:47 AM IST

At present, the state government levies 14.5 per cent VAT on hotels and restaurants.Nation
Telangana government to hike VAT on dining out

If the hike is approved, people would have to shell out 24.5 per cent VAT for eating out one of the highest in the...

9 March 2017 12:41 AM IST

Dissident AIADMK leader and former chief minister O Panneerselvam with supporters during their day-long fast demanding CBI probe into alleged suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of late Chief Minister J Jayalalilthaa. (Photo: PTI)Nation
Will fight till probe is ordered into Jayalalithaa's death:...

O Panneerselvam-led AIADMK faction on Wednesday observed a day-long fast across Tamil Nadu demanding a probe into the...

8 March 2017 9:15 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. (Photo: PTI)Nation
Abolish tax on sanitary napkins: Congress to Jaitley

Congress said that sanitary napkins are 'unfairly taxed' by deeming it as a luxury product.

8 March 2017 9:13 PM IST

Chief Justice of India J S Khehar. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)Nation
Gender sensitisation has to start from home: CJI Khehar

The Chief Justice of India questioned the mindset of presuming a girl child as a life-long liability'.

8 March 2017 9:11 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan during \Swachh Shakti\ woman sarpanchs meet in Gandhinagar on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)Nation
Swachh Shakti 2017: Woman sarpanch from UP stopped from meeting Modi

She wanted to tell the Prime Minister about the difficulties faced by her village.

8 March 2017 9:05 PM IST

Agrarian distress has yet again reared its head, with another farmer of Ayakkaranpulam village near Vedaranyam in Nagapattinam district collapsing in his field in the wake of crop failure this year due to lack of adequate water in Cauvery for irrigation. (Representational image)Nation
Cong, BJP demand judicial probe into farmer suicides in Odisha

BJP claimed that as many 174 farmers have committed suicide due to crop loss and debt burden.

8 March 2017 8:33 PM IST

Jammu and Kashmir police. (Photo: PTI/File)Nation
J&K: 3 arrested, Hizbul Mujahideen module busted, say police

The three men hail from Kishtwar district of Jammu region, police said.

8 March 2017 8:20 PM IST

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