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The state government, after taking K. Raghu Rama Krishna Raju personal attacks on the CM and the state government in good faith, finally said enough was enough and submitted a requisition to the Lok Sabha to disqualify him from its membership. (Photo: Facebook @K. Raghu Rama Krishna Raju)

YSRC refutes political conspiracy in rebel MP's arrest

YSRC maintained that Raghurama Krishnam Raju had tried to drive a wedge between various castes in the society

16 May 2021 1:41 AM IST

Telangana High Court directed that the trees not be cut till a decision is taken by department concerned on representation made by Vata Foundation. Representational image/DC file photo

High Court stops felling of age-old trees

On December 3, 2020, authorities decided to fell 244 of 286 trees for widening Gandipet-Shankarpally road in a stretch...

16 May 2021 1:25 AM IST

Inflation in vegetables fell sharply to 11.90 per cent in March. (AP Photo)

Groceries, vegetables cost a bomb in Nizamabad

Citing transportation problems, wholesale and retail traders have increased prices of every commodity during the 4-hour...

16 May 2021 1:10 AM IST

Rough sea weather conditions due to formation of Cyclone Tauktae in the Arabian Sea, in Thiruvananthapuram, Saturday, May 15, 2021. As per IMD, cyclonic storm Tauktae is very likely to intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm by Saturday night. (PTI Photo)

Cyclone Tauktae intensifies; to reach Gujarat coast by May 18, IMD...

The cyclone is likely to cause heavy rainfall in the coastal districts of Gujarat

16 May 2021 12:44 AM IST

Health staff conducting door-to-door survey in a village in Warangal. DC Image/Anudeep Ceremilla

Door-to-door fever survey confusing, scaring villagers in AP

Apart from not testing the person for Coronavirus, surveyors are also not carrying thermal scanners or oximeters to...

15 May 2021 11:58 PM IST

Police and rescue personnel evacuate a local resident through a flooded street in a coastal area after heavy rains under the influence of cyclone Tauktae in Kochi on May 14, 2021. (Arunchandra BOSE / AFP)

PM Modi to review preparations to deal with Cyclone Tauktae

Top officers from across government departments, including the National Disaster Management Authority, will attend the...

15 May 2021 11:10 AM IST

PM Modi was speaking at the release of the eighth installment of financial benefits under the PM-Kisan scheme via video conferencing. (Photo: PTI)

COVID-19 spreading to rural India: PM Modi

The Centre, he said, was working on a war footing to check the second wave of infections

15 May 2021 8:30 AM IST

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expressed concern over the grenade blast and asked DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta to deal with the incident sternly and nab the miscreants at the earliest. PTI

Grenade blast in Assam kills two

The incident comes days after Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's appeal to Ulfa-I commander-in-chief to shun the...

15 May 2021 8:07 AM IST

Relatives (in white) along with workers (in blue) wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) help to place the body of a person who died from the COVID-19 coronavirus before cremation in a furnace at the Nigambodh Ghat cremation ground, in New Delhi. (AFP)

Over 2,000 bodies found in Ganga river

Health ministry is in close touch with UP, Bihar govt to ensure immediate check to stop the spread

15 May 2021 8:03 AM IST

Ambulances parked at JC road in Bengaluru during the ongoing total lockdown. PTI photo

Cross-border patients face harrowing time at Telangana borders

Scores of ambulances stranded at interstate borders of Telangana; online permission must for seeking treatment in state

15 May 2021 1:28 AM IST

The weather condition has intensified into a deep depression. It is very likely to further intensify into cyclonic storm Tauktae by Saturday morning. (Image: Twitter @Indiametdept)

Cyclone Tauktae to intensify into very severe storm: IMD

The depression in the Arabian Sea is likely to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm on May 17 and cross the...

15 May 2021 1:03 AM IST

With 2,27,755 COVID-19 patients cured so far, the recovery rate has further improved to 55.49 per cent among patients. (PTI Photo)

More discharges boost morale of medical staff in Kadapa

Better care and amenities resulting in higher recoveries, low mortality

15 May 2021 1:00 AM IST