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Amaravati,     Shuttler PV Sindhu today took charge as Deputy Collector in Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday. The Olympics silver medalist took charge in the State secretariat at Gollapudi here. Accompanied by her parents, she reached the office of Chief Commissioner of Land Administration (CCLA) and assumed the charge. She reported …

               The senior congress leader Mr Ahmed Patel has elected   for Rajya Sabha for fifth time, the BJP National President Mr Amit Shah and Union Minister for Textile and Information and Broadcasting Smriti Irani also has won the Rajya Sabha Election from Gujrat. Mr Patel received 44 votes while he …

Vijayawada,   AP Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu met with Australian Consul General Sean Kelly regarding opportunities to breathe new life into the relationship between the two nations. They discussed potential projects on a number of key areas of Australian expertise, including mining, road transport, and education and so on. The …

Hyderabad,  Chief Secretary SP Singh today directed district collectors to make all arrangements for the grand celebrations of Independence Day on August 15. At a video conference from Secretariat, the Chief Secretary instructed the district administration to ensure that the August 15 celebrations are conducted in a grand manner. The event should reflect …

Hyderabad,   The Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) AP & TS Chapter today elected its new body. Ajay K Ramidi of Lorven Tours & Travels was re-elected chairman, Nagesh Pampati of Aero world Holidays, as honorary Secretary and Srinivas Kumar of Vtz Travel Links, as Honorary Treasurer for the term …

Hyderabad,  Banks across the nation will observe one-day strike on August 22 in protest against reforms and unresolved problems. The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) has stated it will conduct nationwide strike against the reforms and seek solution for employees’ problems. All India Bank Employees Association general secretary Ch Venkata Chalam …

New Delhi,  CPI national secretary Dr K Narayana has alleged that the BJP was indulging in misuse of power to make their candidates win Rajya Sabha elections. Speaking to the media here on Monday, Narayana alleged that the BJP, RSS and Bajrang Dal activists were “killing people” in the name of …

New Delhi,  In view of the difficulties faced by taxpayers, the due date for filing of Income Tax Returns for F.Y. 2016-2017 i.e. Assessment Year A.Y. 2017-2018 was extended to August 5,(for certain categories of taxpayers). In order to facilitate manual filing of returns (of aforesaid categories) on August 5, being a Saturday, …

By  Syed Hussain Ali Sajjad It’s time to scrutinize the representation of Shia Community by their local religious leaders in various fields like education, cultural and politics. The youth of the community are sour about the way the community is being represented by the religious leaders (Ulema) and the political …

Hyderabad,  BSNL Broad Band Modems were infected by botnet virus on July 24. So far 12308 complaints are received and out of this 11521 are attended (93.6%). Before the virus attack, the peak Hour transactions were  2,47,741 ( per hour)  and today, the transactions are  2,29,298 (per hour) (92.56%) . …