Hyderabad: In order to clear extra rush during Sankranti festival, the railways will run more special trains to various destinations. The (no 82727) Kakinada Town-Secunderabad Suvidha Special will leave Kakinada town at 9 pm; it will depart from Secunderabad at 8:55 am the next day. The date of journey is …

Hyderabad: Telangana PCC chief A Revanth Reddy on Friday slammed Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, alleging that he had ignored his promise of providing fertilisers to State farmers free of cost. Taking to his twitter account, he said that KCR had promised farmers on April 13,2017 that he would supply …

Hyderabad: The rise in daily Omicron variant Covid-19 infections in Telangana has continued with health authorities on Saturday reporting 1963 positive cases out of which 1075 were from areas under GHMC. The health authorities have also reported two Covid-19 fatalities on Saturday, taking the overall number of deaths in TS to …

New Delhi: India registered 2,68,833 new Covid infections in a day taking the tally to 3,68,50,962, which includes 6,041 Omicron variant cases, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Saturday With 402 more deaths, the number of people who have succumbed to the viral disease has risen to 4,85,752. The …

15-01-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies TEHRAN/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ PARIS: A recent meeting in Iran between the Taliban and the only opposition group left in Afghanistan produced no concrete results, a prominent opposition figure told AFP in an interview. Ali Maisam Nazary, the foreign relations chief for …

15-01-2022 DOHA/ KAMPALA: A Canadian doctor has told of her joy after delivering a “Miracle” baby on an overnight flight to Uganda. Dr Aisha Khatib, a professor at the University of Toronto, was about one hour into her Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Entebbe when the call went out. …

15-01-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic has been detained in Australia ahead of a court hearing that will determine whether the tennis star can stay in the country unvaccinated. The Serbian faces deportation after his visa was cancelled for a second time, with the government …

15-01-2022 COLOMBO: Apart from looking after her toddler, Maram Khalifa’s days consist mostly of trying to find ways to bring her husband home. Hejaaz Hizbullah, a prominent Sri Lankan civil rights lawyer, has been in prison for about 20 months, under anti-terrorism charges. Prosecutors accuse him of hate speech and …

15-01-2022 Bureau Report KERALA/ KOTTAYAM/ NEW DELHI: An Indian court has cleared a bishop accused of raping a nun between 2014 and 2016 in a case that had shocked one of the country’s oldest Christian communities. Franco Mulakkal, 54, was arrested from the southern state of Kerala in 2018. He …

15-01-2022 WASHINGTON/ PYONGYANG: The Biden administration on Wednesday imposed its first sanctions over North Korea’s weapons programs following a series of North Korean missile launches, including two since last week. The sanctions targeted six North Koreans, one Russian and a Russian firm Washington said were responsible for procuring goods for …