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The steady hike in fuel prices are bound to dissuade many to keep their vehicles at home and commute by train. DC

COVID protocols, fuel prices has Hyderabad Metro Rail back in...

The air-conditioned travel facility usually attracts more people to Metro services during summer season

11 March 2021 12:30 AM IST

A worker puts up an election campaign banner of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, ahead of the Assembly polls, in Kochi on March 5, 2021. (PTI)

Kerala CM, 6 CPI(M) ministers in fray; FM Thomas Isaac denied poll...

Five ministers have been denied seats as the party decided not to provide seats to those who had been elected twice

10 March 2021 1:16 PM IST

Legendary farm leader Mahendra Singh Tikaits son Narendra Tikait (L) along with other family members, at his residence in Sisauli village, Muzaffarnagar. (PTI/Vijay Verma)

Farmers ready to continue stir on Delhi borders till Modi govt lasts:...

Narendra said the Centre is under any misconception that it can cull the farmers' protest like it has 'culled' other...

10 March 2021 12:59 PM IST

Tirath Singh Rawat was the state BJP president from 2013-2015 and is currently the partys national secretary. (Image credit : Twitter)

Tirath Singh Rawat to be new Uttarakhand chief minister

His name was announced by outgoing chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat after the legislature party meeting

10 March 2021 12:22 PM IST

Newly married bride tests positive for virus, creates panic in MP. (Photo- social media )

Task force in Telangana to curb dowry menace

Tehreek Muslim Shabban president Mushtaq Malik said door-to-door campaign will be held to make people know of evils of...

10 March 2021 8:04 AM IST

Revolt Motors maiden electric bike, the RV 400 (Source: BikeDekho.com)

Petty issues involved youth taking shape of communal clashes in...

The trigger seems to be rash driving of bikes during which minor accidents occur

10 March 2021 7:50 AM IST

Tirupati Airport (Facebook photo/ @TirupatiAirportAAI)

Tirupati airport to kick off cargo service soon

Considering the airport's potential for handling cargo flights, the airport authority has put forward plans for domestic...

10 March 2021 12:01 AM IST

Gulf Workers Joint Action Committee going to Delhi to ask for repeal of laws reducing MRW of gulf workers. (ANI)

Central circulars on reducing minimum wages for Indian workers in Gulf...

The decision to reduce minimum referral wages by 30 to 50 per cent risks the livelihoods of migrant workers,...

9 March 2021 11:14 PM IST

Students wearing face masks attend a class at a school that was reopened after closure for months owing to coronavirus pandemic, in Amritsar, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. Schools are being opened as per guidelines issued in Unlock. 5. (PTI)

Experts raise doubts over improvement of dropout rates in Telangana...

More stakeholders, including government teachers, have now argued that this data does not reflect the real picture in...

9 March 2021 9:56 PM IST

The Supreme Court Thursday termed as Â‘totally impermissible the demand by Department of Telecom for dues of Rs 4 lakh crore. (PTI Photo)

SC rejects plea challenging EC's decision to hold WB Assembly polls in...

The plea had sought the SC's direction to prevent the EC from conducting 8-phase polls in W Bengal, alleging that it...

9 March 2021 12:47 PM IST

At least seven people were killed in an inferno in a multi-storeyed building in Kolkata, which houses zonal offices of Eastern Railway and South Eastern Railway. (ANI/Twitter)

Kolkata Fire: PM approves Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for kin of deceased

The Prime Minister's Office also said Rs 50,000 would be given to the seriously injured persons

9 March 2021 10:48 AM IST

Another student from Telangana state with the same score, Challa Vishwanath, became the state topper. Anumula Venkata Jaya Chaitanya from Andhra Pradesh topped the examination from the economically weaker section (EWS) category. (Representational Photo: DC)

Telangana student tops women stream in JEE Mains

Komma Sharanya from Telangana state topped the women's segment of the JEE Mains

9 March 2021 4:45 AM IST