Hyderabad, April 19 2024: A total of 42 nominations were filed on the first day in Telangana for next month’s Lok Sabha elections. The election process was set in motion on Thursday with the Election Commission of India issuing notification for the polling in all 17 Lok Sabha constituencies scheduled …

Hyderabad, April 19 2024:Former Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao anticipates political turbulence in the state after next month’s Lok Sabha elections. The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) President also claimed that the future belongs to the BRS in Telangana. He was addressing a meeting of the party’s Lok Sabha candidates, …

Hyderabad’19 April 2024: BJP State president and union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Friday filed his nomination from Secunderabad Lok Sabha seat. BJP Rajya Sabha member K Laxman and a few party senior leaders accompanied him. Kishan Reddy, who is seeking a second term from Secunderabad constituency, held a huge rally along with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in the Secunderabad area, before filing the nomination. Speaking on the occasion, Kishan Reddy said the Congress had no …

19-04-2024 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations (UN) Security Council is scheduled to vote Friday on a Palestinian request for full UN membership, said diplomats, a move that Israel ally the United States is expected to block because it would effectively recognize a Palestinian state. The 15-member council is due to …

19-04-2024 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has called for a tripling of tariffs on some steel and aluminium from China. It is the latest protectionist policy to be embraced by Biden as he campaigns for re-election against Donald Trump, who was known for his tough trade stance against China. The …

19-04-2024 STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s parliament has passed a law lowering the age at which people can change their legal gender from 18 to 16, and making the process easier. The law passed with 234 votes in favor and 94 against in Sweden’s parliament. Though Sweden was the first country to make …

19-04-2024 DOHA: Qatar is reassessing its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas, the country’s prime minister has said. Qatar has had a key role along with Egypt and America in trying to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the release of Israeli hostages but Sheikh Mohammed …

19-04-2024 TORONTO: Canadian police have made arrests and issued nine warrants in the biggest gold theft in the country’s history. More than 6,500 gold bars worth C$20m ($14.5m/£11.6m), were stolen from Toronto Pearson Airport, in April 2023, along with millions in cash. The alleged driver was arrested in the US …

19-04-2024 NEW YORK: Tesla is again seeking to award boss Elon Musk the biggest pay deal in corporate American history, worth $56bn (£44.9bn). The electrical vehicle (EV) company is asking shareholders to vote on its chief executive’s record-breaking pay that was set in 2018. However, the deal was rejected by …