India and Pakistan today exchanged the lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in their custody. The lists were exchanged through diplomatic channels simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad. India handed over  lists of 249 Pakistan civilian prisoners and 98 fishermen in its custody.  Pakistan has shared lists of 54 civilian …

Jan 01, 2019, 8:07PMPakistan, India exchange list of nuclear installationsRepresentational PicIndia and Pakistan on Tuesday exchanged the list of nuclear installations and facilities covered under the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear installations between them. In a statement, the External Affairs Ministry said, the list was exchanged through diplomatic channels …

The government has appointed Sudhir Bhargava as the new Chief Information Commissioner. He will take charge on January 1. Four new members have also been appointed to the Central Information Commission (CIC), taking its total strength to seven. Four vacancies still remain. The CIC is the highest appeal body under …

Hyderabad, Jan.1 (PMI): At last, the schedule for Telangana gram panchayat polls was released on Tuesday by State Election Commissioner V Nagi Reddy by issuing a notification. Ballot papers will be used for the village panchayat polls to be held in three phases from January 21, 25 and 30. Addressing the …

Hyderabad, Jan.1 (PMI): New Year 2019 celebrations were conducted on a grand note at Telangana Bhavan here on Tuesday. TRS working president KT Rama Rao participated in the program and distributed cake to the leaders, who attended the event. He exchanged pleasantries to mark the New Year to them. Former Ministers, …

Hyderabad, Jan.1 (PMI): Noted actor of South Indian film industry Prakash Raj has announced that he would enter politics and contest in the upcoming Parliament elections. He made this announcement on his twitter account marking the New Year. While thanking his fans and followers on the occasion of the new year, …

Hyderabad, Jan.1 (PMI): BC Welfare Association national president R. Krishnaiah has filed a house motion petition in the High Court pleading to release orders stopping the release of Panchayat election notification.  The petition was filed by Krishnaiah ahead of its scheduled release on January 3. In his petition, he complained to …

Hyderabad, Jan.1 (PMI): Governor of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh States E.S.L.  Narasimhan administered oath of office to Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair Radhakrishnan as the first Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court at a swearing-in ceremony held at 8.30am at Raj Bhavan, on Tuesday.              Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, …

Hyderabad, Jan.1 (PMI): Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today directed officials concerned to complete by March 31 the projects.  He inspected the works at Medigadda, , Sundilla and Annaram projects in Jayashankar Bhupalapally district with MLAs Vemula Prashanth Reddy, MLC Palla Rajeshwar Reddy, Chief Secretary SK Joshi, DGP Mahender Reddy …

It turned out to be a glorious 2018 for India captain Virat Kohli and South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada.  Both maintained their respective pole positions in the year-end ICC Test Player Rankings released on Monday.  Kohli enjoys a 34-point lead over nearest rival Kane Williamson of New Zealand despite …