New Delhi: Leader of the House and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah were among those who took oath as Members of the 17th Lok Sabha that commenced on Monday. Before the House met, Virendra Kumar was sworn in as Pro-Tem Speaker by President …

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy for the first time entered the AP Legislative Council Session on Monday. The first day of the 33rd Session commenced in the morning and was presided by Shariff Mohammed Ahmed the Chairman of the AP Legislative Council. YS Jagan Mohan Reddy greeted all …

Hyderabad: As doctors across Telangana joined the nationwide strike on Monday and hospitals were shut, it was the patients who were at the receiving end. Patients faced delay and cancellation of appointments at several healthcare facilities in the state. The nationwide strike was called by the Indian Medical Association after resident …

Hyderabad: As temperatures does not see a dip in Hyderabad, the Telangana Parents Association have demanded that the government issues an order for schools to function for half day until June 22. The members have said that it is inhuman that the children have to sit in the classrooms when temperatures …

Hyderabad/Amaravati: The nationwide strike called by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) to protest the attack on doctors in West Bengal affected medical services in government and private hospitals in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The out-patient services at major government hospitals like Osmania General Hospital, Gandhi Hospital and Nizam’s Institute of Medical …

Hyderabad: A self-styled godman was arrested for allegedly raping a teenage girl multiple times on the pretext of warding off evils from her house in Borabanda area of Hyderabad. The accused is identified as Azam. Police said that the accused and the 19-year-old girl resided in the same area. He later …

Rajgarh: A Madhya Pradesh village panchayat directed the father of a girl to host non-vegetarian dinner in the village to “purify” his daughter as she was allegedly raped by a man from the lower caste, The girl’s father alleged that village panchayat declared his family an outcast and treated them as untouchables …

Vikarabad: In a brutal incident, an elderly couple was murdered by their car driver. While the incident took place on June 12, it came to light on Sunday after the police arrested the accused. The deceased couple was identified as Navratan Reddy (76) and Snehalatha Reddy (72). Going into details, the …

In Syria, twelve civilians were killed in a rocket fire in a regime-held village in northwestern region. State news agency SANA has blamed former Al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham for the attack. The news agency said 15 people were also wounded in the attack late yesterday, on Al-Wadihi village south …

A massive blackout left more than 44 million people without electricity in Argentina and Uruguay yesterday after an unexplained failure in the neighboring countries’ interconnected power grid. Authorities were working frantically to restore power but only about a half a million in Argentina had electricity back. Argentina’s power grid is …