The Supreme Court has sought the response of the Centre and the CBI on a plea seeking a probe into the alleged encounter killings of eight activists of Students of Islamic Movement of India, SIMI, after a prison break in Bhopal. A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi, yesterday, issued …

Mr Ramnath Kovind has taken over as 14th President of India. He was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice of India Justice JS Khehar at a special function in the Central hall of Parliament, a short while ago. As Mr Kovind was sworn in, he was given 21-gun …

Mr Ramnath Kovind will take over as the 14th President of India tomarrow.   He will be administered the oath of office by Chief Justice of India, Justice JS Khehar at a special function in the Central hall of Parliament. Mr Kovind was elected the President on Thursday as a ruling …

Hyderabad: Alleging that the attitude of the State government was suspicious in dealing with the drug trafficking case and giving exemptions to the pubs belonging to ruling party leaders, Telangana TDP working president A Revanth Reddy said they would meet Governor ESL Narasimhan and plead with him to send a report …

Hyderabad:  Top political leaders, noted cinema personalities and others greeted KT Rama Rao on his birthday on Monday. KTR’s Andhra Pradesh counterpart Nara Lokesh also extended birthday wishes to him. Lokesh tweeted “Happy Birthday greetings to KTR. Wish you good and health and success”, he added. Responding with many thanks, …

Hyderaba: The investigations into the drug trafficking has taken a filmy twist on Monday with actress Charmee Kaur, one among the 12 film personalities served with notices by the SIT, moving the High Court questioning the procedure being adopted by the interrogators in the case. Charmee, who was to appear before the SIT …

Hyderabad: Akun Sabharwal the   Director of Excise & Prohibition Enforcement   on Monday asserted that Supreme Court guidelines and all principles of law are being followed in the investigations into the drug scandal. Obviously reacting to actress Charmee Kaur’s allegations in the petition filed in the High Court regarding the method being …

Hyderabad: N.   Uttam Kumar Reddy the TPCC Chief today alleged that IT Minister KT Ramarao’s relative was in the sand mafia in Sircilla district. After over extensive TPCC meeting at Gandhi Bhavan here on Monday, speaking with media persons the TPCC chief slammed the TRS government for handcuffing farmers in Khammam …

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Amid the ongoing impasse, Saudi Arabia has allowed access to Qatari pilgrims for Hajj (annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca) aboard all flights other than Qatar Airways, country’s national carrier. “Pilgrims from Qatar who have Hajj permits … can come directly from Doha or through any other transit …

New Delhi: The Congress on Monday attacked NDA’s Vice Presidential candidate M Venkaiah Naidu over issues of transparency and probity, alleging that the Telangana government had placed a direct order for purchase of vehicles with a company belonging to his son and had granted exemption from Rs 2-crore charges to …