Haj payment date extended till June 5

The Haj Committee extended the date for payment of second installment for Haj pilgrimage to June 5, said Professor S.A. Shukoor, executive officer of ...

Telangana government announces insurance scheme for advocates

The state government on Wednesday showered sops on advocates.Law minister A. Indrakaran Reddy and TRS Karimangar MP B.Vinod Kumar announced  free...

No water supply on May 26

There will be no water supply in certain parts of the city on May 26 as Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) is planni...

Sonic attacks: US embassy fears spread to China

US embassy workers in China have been warned they may be at risk of ‘sonic attacks’ after a consulate employee reported abnormal sensations of sound a...

GHMC ban plastic carry bags in Hyderabad

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) general body meeting on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution to ban plastic carry bags in the ...

Michael Cohen ‘took secret payment from Ukraine’

Lawyer was allegedly paid $400,000 to set up meeting between Donald Trump and Ukraine’s presidentDonald Trump’s long-time personal lawyer Michael Cohe...

Telangana Jana Samithi to contest all 119 Assembly seats in 2019

Telangana Jana Samithi will contest all the 119 Assembly segments on its own in the 2019 polls and emerge as the king, and not the king-maker, claimed...

China’s military is poised to become a world class force

With the 19thCommunist Party Congress guidelines in October 2017 on establishing joint theatre commands by 2020 and becoming a “world class” military ...

Two die, 18 injured in train accident in Italy

MILAN - Two people died and 18 were injured when a regional train crashed into a truck in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, emergency services ...

Cyclone Mekenu pummels UNESCO-protected Socotra island, several feared dead, others missing

SOCOTRA: Hundreds evacuated from their homes after Cyclone Mekunu hit the Yemeni island of Socotra Wednesday night, causing severe flooding and damage...

SAMA starts withdrawing SR1 notes from market

Riyadh — The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) will start withdrawing SR1 banknotes from the market from Thursday, SAMA announced on its website...

Fire breaks out in Delhi's Dharamshila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital

Major fire broke out in a hospital in East of Delhi early this morning, a Delhi fire official said.The official said 20 fire tenders were pressed into...

NDMA reviews status of Nipah virus outbreak reported from Kerala

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) reviewed the status of Nipah virus outbreak reported from Kerala at a meeting in New Delhi yesterday...

DMK, other opposition parties in Tamil Nadu call for bandh on May 25

The DMK and other opposition parties in Tamil Nadu called for a bandh on 25 of May condemning the police action against protestors in Tuticorin, in wh...

US financial assistance to Pakistan under review: Mike Pompeo

US has said it is reviewing its financial assistance to Pakistan. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Islamabad of treating US diplomats "badly" an...

US federal court rules Prez Trump cannot block Twitter followers

A US federal court has ruled that President Donald Trump cannot block his followers on Twitter as this violates the First Amendment of the Constitutio...

US disinvites China from RIMPAC exercise over South China Sea

United States has withdrawn its invitation to China to participate in the biennial maritime exercise in the Pacific because of Beijing's continued mil...

UN lifts travel ban for North Koreans to summit between US Prez Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un

UN Security Council committee has agreed to lift a travel ban on North Korean officials heading to Singapore for the planned summit between US Preside...

India lodges complaint against US Steel & Aluminium tariffs with WTO

India has launched a complaint against the United States with the World Trade Organization, WTO to challenge U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on ...

CBI registers FIR against 17 persons in SSC paper lead case

CBI has registered an FIR against 17 persons including ten employees of Sify Technologies Private limited in connection with the leak of paper for Com...

Netherlands PM Mark Rutte arrives in India on two-day visit

The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mr Mark Rutte arrived in New Delhi this morning on a two-day visit to India. The visit aims to boost the econom...

Pakistan again resorts to ceasefire violation in north Kashmir's Uri sector

A ceasefire violation by Pakistan has been reported from north Kashmir's Uri sector along the LoC in Baramulla district during midnight.Security sourc...

Death toll in Thuthukudi Sterlite firing incident rises to 13

The death toll in protests against Sterlite factory in Thuthukkudi has risen to thirteen. District collector and superintendent of police of the distr...

Cabinet approves Ordinance amending insolvency law

The Cabinet yesterday approved promulgation of an ordinance to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). The code proposes to classify home...

HD Kumaraswamy sworn in Karnataka Chief Minister

Bengaluru: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy  yesterday sworn-in as Karnataka chief minister at a grand ceremony attended by a galaxy of top leaders a...

Water supply in Gurgaon to be disrupted today

Gurgaon: The water supply in major parts of the city will be disrupted today due to upgradation work at Chandu Bhudhera water treatment plant, the mai...

Corruption cases result of high treason case instituted against Musharaff: Nawaz Sharif

Islamabad: Pakistan's embattled former premier Nawaz Sharif said yesterday that the three corruption cases filed against him were a result of the high...

Search for missing MH370 plane to end next week

BREAKING NEWS: Supra Mahumapelo resigns

Honduras plane crash: Private jet splits in half in crash landing

All on board survived the crash landing of the chartered jet flying from Texas to Honduras.At least six Americans were injured when a plane crash land...