Small retailers not to disappear, says Rangarajan
Chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council C. Rangarajan on Friday sought to allay apprehensions that neighbourhood kirana stores would disappear with increase in modern and organised
Woman burns kids, attempts suicide
A woman named Sharada killed her two children and attempted suicide at Alwal on Thursday due to marital problems. The woman aged 23 set her infant and two-year-old kid ablaze, and then burned herse
Extra cylinders to up subsidy burden by Rs 1,400cr per yr
Gas agencies in the twin cities said they haven’t got written instructions from the oil marketing companies about providing three additional subsidised LPG cylinders to the consumers in the next six m
House, Muslims call for ban on film
The state Assembly adopted a unanimous resolution requesting the Centre to ban the controversial film Innocence of Muslims, which led to violent protests across the world, even as Muslim religious lea
City moots private water supply plan
A proposal to privatise water supply and distribution in a few areas in the city has kicked up a row with union leaders threatening to disrupt the daily water supply if the government does not abandon
PoP trumps clay in sale of Ganesh idols this year
Despite all the awareness programmes conducted in the city, sale of eco-friendly clay Ganesh idols is much less than their Plaster of Paris counterparts. On eve of the festival, Murli Krishna, who has
Bifurcation likely to see birth of Indira Congress
A group of former ministers and MLAs from Seemandhra is planning to float a separate ‘Indira Congress’ in the event of a division of the state. The group, which met at CLP office in the Assem-bly on
TJAC not to heed Guv, moves SHRC
Telangana Joint Action Committee on Tuesday curtly turned down Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan’s plea to postpone the ‘Chalo Hyderabad’ march scheduled for September 30, even as it moved the SHRC saying t
Prasad-RAK ties in open
The CBI, in its chargesheet filed in the Vanpic case, alleged that industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad had a nexus with Ras Al Khaima Investment Authority CEO Dr Khater Massad. However, RAK authorities
Harish breaks mike as MLAs fight over T
In an unexpected move, floor leaders of most parties in the Assembly on Tuesday ended up giving their opinion on introducing a resolution recommending the formation of Telangana state. The Telugu Des