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Dasgupta was arrested on December 24 last year and is in jail since then. (PTI)

TRP scam: HC grants bail to former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta

Dasgupta approached the HC in January this year after a sessions court rejected his bail plea

2 March 2021 12:28 PM IST

Police found Rs. 20 lakh and two kg heroin in a Hyundai Creta owned by one Abdul Momin Peer at a makeshift checkpoint near Handwara. Representational image

NIA arrests four accused of narco-terrorism in J&K

The accused were involved in cross-border smuggling of heroin in huge quantities from Pakistan and were supplying the...

2 March 2021 7:12 AM IST

On October 12, a grid failure in Mumbai resulted in massive power outages, stopping trains on tracks, hampering those working from home amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and hitting the stuttering economic activity hard. (Representational Image/AFP)

Chinese hackers targeted India's power grid system through malware:...

The report has led to raising suspicion whether last year's massive power outage in Mumbai was a result of the online...

1 March 2021 5:28 PM IST

$\I have been Chief Minister for 14 years and am now the Leader of Opposition. Dont I have the right to protest? Why cant I go and meet the district Collector and the SP, Naidu angrily questioned the police officials and sat on the airport lounge floor. (Photo : ANI)$ Nation

TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu detained at Tirupati airport, stages...

Naidu arrived to take part in a protest in Tirupati against the high-handed actions of the local civic authorities

1 March 2021 12:29 PM IST

The prime minister also posted a picture of himself taking the first dose of the vaccine in which he is seen sporting a Assamese gamocha and getting inoculated with a smile on his face. (Image credit : Twitter/@narendramodi)

PM Modi takes first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS

Sister P Niveda, from Puducherry, administered Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN to the prime minister

1 March 2021 9:55 AM IST

The cost at private hospitals has been determined as Rs 250, of which Rs 150 is for the vaccine and Rs 100 is towards service fee, as per Government of India orders. (DC Image)

Private hospitals can waive Rs 100 from Covid jab cost: TS Official

The government is delivering the vaccine free to people at its hospitals and identified Covid vaccination centres (CVCs)

1 March 2021 4:57 AM IST

Women hold balloons and flags of YSRCP during a campaign rally for the upcoming GVMC elections at the 35th Ward near Poorna Market in Visakhapatnam. (DC Image/Murali Krishna)

Election campaign picks up momentum in Visakhapatnam

The corporation elections are being held after a gap of 14 years

1 March 2021 4:31 AM IST

BJP flags were seen on the boundaries on a cricket ground at Bhoraj village in Jainad mandal. TRS flags were seen at many cricket tournaments in different mandals in Adilabad Assembly constituency. (DC Image0

BJP, TRS fighting for youth by conducting sports tournaments in rural...

The BJP and TRS leaders are the chief guests at the inaugural and valedictory events

1 March 2021 4:11 AM IST

The letter is seen as an attempt by the state government to divert the plant to Krishnapatnam and safeguard the interests of VSP and its workers. (Representational Photo: DC)

AP invites POSCO for setting up steel plant at Krishnapatnam

The government move gained significance in the backdrop of growing resentment over Centre's disinvestment plans of Vizag...

1 March 2021 4:01 AM IST

Teddy wont have food if not hand-fed three times a day, the Hyderabad Mayor said. DC Image

Hyderabad Mayor Gadwal R. Vijayalakshmi feeding her pet goes viral

Asked about the video, Vijayalakshmi told Deccan Chronicle said that pets had been part of her life since childhood

1 March 2021 3:08 AM IST

The minister asked people to choose YSRC for all-round development of Vijayawada city and assured that the ruling party will continue to resolve issues of all citizens. DC file photo

Minister announces Rs. 600 crore for developing Vijayawada

Srinivas Rao recalled Jana Sena chief K. Pawan Kalyan's comments on BJP-led central government's programmes as stale...

1 March 2021 1:17 AM IST

The finance department has sent a proposal to the state government, seeking approval to table a paperless budget this time in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. (Representational Photo:DC)

Telangana able to meet budget targets despite COVID

The state could overcome the Covid-induced financial crisis by improving its tax collections

28 Feb 2021 6:00 AM IST