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Members also have the opportunity of visiting and having proximate darshan of Lord Venkateswara whenever they want. Representational Image. (Twitter)

Intense lobbying on for TTD Board membership

It is to be seen how the CM deals with pulls, pressures and requests from his close circles and big wigs while...

11 Aug 2021 1:56 AM IST

A mobile application for the e-Karshak system to register crops grown by farmers which is mandatory to avail benefits of various welfare schemes launched by the government. (Representational Photo:PTI)

Faulty documents rob poor farmers of Rythu Bima

It is found that many illiterates are facing problems of mismatch of their personal details from one document to another

11 Aug 2021 1:49 AM IST

Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao in an awareness meeting with Dalit representatives of Huzurabad at Pragati Bhavan. (Representational image: Twitter/TelanganaCMO)

People of other communities demand separate Bandhus

Activists of the Reddy, Kummari, Padmashali and BC communities are holding protsets and giving representation to...

11 Aug 2021 1:13 AM IST

Bibi ka Alam is at Dabeerpura which is one of the highly revered processions of Muharram. Representational Image.(DC Image)

Hyderabad gears up for Muharram

The government has not restricted the number of people this year, but urged everyone to follow Covid appropriate...

11 Aug 2021 1:01 AM IST

Not complying with one of the rules mandated by the Indian government has cost Twitter dearly, as it lost the very legal cover that would have enabled it to be treated as an intermediary. (AFP Photo)

Twitter -'prima facie-' in compliance with new IT Rules, Centre tells...

The court said that Twitter-'s affidavit on its compliance with IT Rules was finally on record

10 Aug 2021 1:59 PM IST

PM Modi interacted with the state and district officials via video conferencing. (Photo: Screengrab/Twitter/@BJP4India)

PM Modi launches Ujjwala 2.0 for providing free LPG connections

After the formal launch, the prime minister distributed free gas connections to 10 women virtually

10 Aug 2021 1:39 PM IST

Suspension of scheduled international passenger flights extended till Sept 30. (PTI Photo)

DGCA advices passengers planning to travel abroad to check fares on...

Scheduled international passenger flights have been suspended in India since March 23 last year amid the coronavirus...

10 Aug 2021 1:04 PM IST

Kerala governor Arif Mohammed Khan addresses the media at Kerala Bhavan in New Delhi on January 17, 2020. (PTI Photo)

Cases of triple talaq dropped by 80 pc after enactment of law: Kerala...

The Ministry of Minority Affairs had earlier said that August 1 will be observed as -'Muslim Women Rights Day-' across...

10 Aug 2021 1:04 PM IST

Students in several schools have expressed their disappointment over not being able to meet friends and classmates like usual and even missing out on big school events and functions like investiture ceremony, sports functions, and farewell parties. (Representational Photo: PTI)

COVID-19: Delhi govt issues SOPs for partial re-opening of schools

Schools in Delhi will partially resume classes and students are permitted to visit their schools for admission-related...

10 Aug 2021 12:27 PM IST

Its worrisome that the birth rate among Christians is coming down at an alarming rate and that the very existence of the community itself is in peril, the Council claimed in the release. (Image credit: KCBC)

KCBC backs family welfare scheme, says dwindling Christian population...

KCBC said the population of the Christian community has come down to 17.2 per cent from 24.6 per cent in 1950s

10 Aug 2021 12:20 PM IST

A video showing anti-Muslim slogans being raised during a protest at Jantar Mantar here was widely circulated on social media, following which the Delhi Police registered a case in connection with the matter. (Twitter)

Anti-Muslim slogans: Delhi Police detains former BJP spokesperson, 5...

Hundreds of people had attended the protest organised by Bharat Jodo Aandolan at Jantar Mantar

10 Aug 2021 11:27 AM IST

Beneficiaries wait to receive a dose of COVID-19 vaccine during mass vaccination drive organised by Shiv Sena in association with Reliance hospital, in Mumbai, Monday, Aug 9, 2021. (PTI Photo)

India records less than 30K COVID-19 cases, lowest daily count in 147...

The national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 97.45 per cent, which is the highest ever recovery rate achieved

10 Aug 2021 10:56 AM IST