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Vijayawada: A poster posted by the YSRCP on its twitter account on Saturday afternoon asking the cadre to gear up for celebrations after the party's victory after completion of counting on June 4 drew attention of everyone especially among politicians. The poster posted with hastags - #YSRCPWinningBig and YSJaganAgain generated much curiosity among politicians not only in YSRCP but in the NDA alliance parties comprising BJP, TDP and Jana Sena. In the poster with the photo of Chief Minister, YS
This comic take on modern dilemmas stars Adhaar Khurana, Shikha Talsania and Shruti Vyas 'Some Times' is an insightful, humorous take on the complicated life of Paramjit aka Pammi aka Doggie aka Parmeetay who is being pulled in multiple directions by the demands of his personal and professional life. As his boss, his family and his girlfriend pester him with never-ending expectations, he tries to find relief in an intoxicating nightlife till reality catches up again. Directed by Akarsh Khurana,
Bengaluru: Celebrating the ideas, innovation, and ingenuity of the students, Pearl Academy presented its annual marquee event Portfolio 2024 at its Bengaluru campus. This year, the event was based on the theme of Tech Nomads, inspired by the fact that digital natives are like wanderers in the virtual world, seamlessly transitioning from one online space to another. The projects on display were an interesting blend of technology and creativity. The event was graced by industry stalwarts and disti
Whether choosing chauffeur-driven or self-driven options, travellers are embracing road trips to explore without compromising on comfort
With Generative AI acceleration, 70 per cent of start-up founders are intending to embed Artificial Intelligence in their solutions, finds NASSCOM. (File Image: DC) With Generative AI acceleration, 70 per cent of start-up founders are intending to embed Artificial Intelligence in their solutions, finds NASSCOM. (File Image: DC) Mumbai: Microsoft and LinkedIn today released the India findings of the 2024 Work Trend Index on the state of AI at work. The report titled, AI at work is here. Now comes
Mumbai: The National Centre for the Performing Arts Pratibimb Marathi Natya Utsav returns this summer. Co-powered by Zee Theatre, the three-day Marathi theatre festival (from the 17th to the 19th of May) encompasses a variety of vibrant activities such as poetry readings, venue tours, workshops and plays. The festival opens with the premiere of Patra Patri, a tongue-in-cheek epistolary play about changing times, featuring two stalwarts - Vijay Kenkre and Dilip Prabhavalkar. In stark contrast to
Bengaluru: Breaking his silence over the sexual abuse charges leveled against JDS MP Prajwal Revanna, party Supremo H D Deve Gowda on Saturday said he has no objection to the action taken against his grandson if he is found guilty. He also said the cases against his son and JD(S) MLA H D Revanna, who is facing charges of sexual harassment and kidnap of a woman, were created, but refrained from commenting further, as the matter was subjudice. Addressing reporters, Gowda, who turned 92 today, said
Hyderabad: Union Tourism Minister and Telangana BJP State president G Kishan Reddy here on Saturday said the party would be winning the highest number of MP seats this time in the State. Interacting with party leaders and followers in view of Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda graduates MLC constituency elections at Yadadri bypass road, he said the BJP won the same elections in united Andhra Pradesh and a favourable atmosphere was prevailing for BJP this time in Telangana. Moreover, intellectuals and edu
New Delhi: Former vice president Mohammad Hamid Ansari, former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh, former deputy prime minister LK Advani and former Union minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi have cast their votes using the home voting facility, the Delhi poll body said. The office of the chief electoral officer (CEO) of Delhi on Thursday kicked off the home voting facility for elderly voters and persons with disabilities (PwDs) and it will go on till May 24. According to the data shared by the office,
Not so long ago, hopeful investors were required to interact with these brokerage institutions if they wanted to participate in local and global markets and grow their investment portfolios
Bollywood actress Janhvi Kapoor is making her debut in Tollywood with the much-hyped 'Devara' opposite Jr NTR and also signed another biggie with Ram Charan Tej and looking for a break in Telugu movies. Meanwhile, the daughter of eminent producer, Boney Kapoor and his legendary actress-wife, the late Sridevi, debuted in 2018 and has tried her best to impress the audience with her on-screen performances since then. At present, Janhvi is busy promoting her upcoming film, 'Mr. and Mrs Mahi', co-sta
Measuring approximately one foot in length and half an inch in depth, people believe these footprints to be the sacred imprints of Babbu Swamy- a Godly spirit worshipped in the coastal belt, according to Prof. Murugeshi T, retired associate professor of Ancient History and Archaeology at MSRS College, Shirva
Hyderabad: Former BJP MLA M Raghunandan Rao here on Saturday lodged a complaint with the Director-General of Police Ravi Gupta against former IAS officer and BRS Medak Parliament constituency candidate P Venkatarami Reddy requesting to appoint a senior IPS officer to conduct an independent probe into all his criminal cases. In his complaint addressed to the DGP, Rao, who is also BJP Medak Parliament constituency candidate, said that in the crime number 243 of 2024 of Panjagutta police station, a
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a serious condition marked by persistently elevated blood vessel pressure, typically diagnosed at readings of 130/80 mm Hg or higher. Left untreated, it significantly raises the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and other severe health issues, making it the leading preventable cause of premature death worldwide. Hypertension also heightens the risk of ischemic heart disease, peripheral vascular diseases, heart failure, and aortic aneurysms. Managing and tre
Shikhar Dhawan, fondly known as the 'Gabbar' of the Indian cricket team, surprised his fans with the announcement of his debut as a host with a new chat show, Dhawan Karenge. The anticipation is sky-high as audiences eagerly await the premiere on 20th May on JioCinema Premium, loving every bit of the promo that teases exciting conversations and thrilling games. The cherry on top? The first guest stepping onto the stage is none other than the powerhouse of Bollywood - Akshay Kumar. Known for thei
The award-winning international film Mango Dreams, starring Pankaj Tripathi and Ram Gopal Bajaj, premiered on Open Theatre on May 16th. This heartwarming film, directed by American director John Upchurch, features Tripathi as a Muslim auto rickshaw driver who forms an unlikely bond with a Hindu doctor (Bajaj) on a journey across India to find the doctor's childhood home. The cast also includes Samir Kochhar, Rohini Hattangadi, S.M. Zaheer, and Faraz Ahsan. Sharmila Tagore, on a recent podcast wi
Can anyone compress a whole lifetime, especially a busy and eventful one, into a single book? Not really. But former bureaucrat and RBI governor, Duvvuri Subbarao, takes a good shot at it in his scintillating and heart-warming autobiography titled Just a Mercenary? Notes from my Life and Career. The former Indian Administrative Service officer turned central banker has lived an astonishingly successful life, coming out of a mofussil town in the Andhra heartland to become one of the most importan
Police also recovered a dagger and cricket bats used to murder the two brothers Badri Pawan Kalyan Yadav and Badri Narsing Yadav on Saturday. Police also recovered a dagger and cricket bats used to murder the two brothers Badri Pawan Kalyan Yadav and Badri Narsing Yadav on Saturday. Khandwa (MP) : A man arrested in connection with the murder of a local journalist escaped from police custody by jumping off a train in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa while being taken to Uttar Pradesh on a transit remand,
Subbarao, Subba as we call him, is my IAS batchmate. I still recall vividly the first time I met him on that mid-July day in 1972 when all of us reported for training at the Mussoorie Academy. In fact, all 150 of us in the batch were seeking out Subba to secretly size him up and check what put him on the top. Subba, for his part, was distinctly uncomfortable with this attention and must have been hoping that this scrutiny would be over soon. Over the next two years that we spent together in Muss
Anantapur : Four people were killed and two were severely injured after a car rammed into a truck on National Highway 44 in Anantapur district on Saturday. The victims, all residents of Raninagar in Anantapur, were identified as the casualties of the tragic accident. The authorities rushed to the scene and promptly transferred the injured to a nearby hospital for medical assistance. The police registered case and probe is underway.
New Delhi: The majority of the Indian players along with the jumbo support staff will be flying out to New York on May 25, with the rest leaving for the T20 World Cup only after the May 26 IPL final.Earlier, the members of teams failing to qualify for the play-offs were supposed to leave for New York on May 21, two days after the final league game of the IPL on May 19 but it has since been learnt that there has been some change in plans and now the first batch will leave on May 25. The likes of
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar was arrested on Saturday in connection with the alleged assault on AAP MP Swati Maliwal, officials said. Kumar was picked up from the chief minister's residence by a Delhi Police team around noon, a senior police officer said. He has been taken to the police station for interrogation. Maliwal has alleged that Kumar assaulted her at Kejriwal's residence on May 13 when she had gone to meet the chief minister.
Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) captain Pat Cummins is immensely popular in India especially in Hyderabad. A video is doing rounds on social media of him playing cricket with government school kids in Hyderabad. In the videos emerged on X, Pat Cummins can be seen in three roles - batter, bowler and wicket-keeper and in one of the videos, a student bowls to Cummins. Pat Cummins playing cricket with Hyderabad Kharmanghat government school kids. pic.twitter.com/WMayuKOzbZ SunRisers OrangeArmy
Hyderabad: Hyderabad district Collector Anudeep Durishetty here on Saturday asked the central para-military forces to keep a constant vigil on strong rooms where Electronic Voting Machines (EMVs) were preserved for counting on June 4. Inspecting the strong room at Kamala Nehru Polytechnic College in Exhibition Grounds in Nampally where EMVs of Charminar Assembly constituency were preserved, he underscored the need for round-the-clock surveillance at the strong rooms. The police department is pro
Hyderabad : BRS MLA Ch Mallareddy was taken into custody by the police when he argued with them over alleged encroachment of land in Kompally on Saturday. Mallareddy contended that his land was grabbed by some persons in Perbasheerabad. More details awaited.
Gannavaram Airport has been moving towards transforming itself into an International Airport. After three-and-a-half years, the prominence given by the government did not yield fruitful results. Gannavaram Airport has been moving towards transforming itself into an International Airport. After three-and-a-half years, the prominence given by the government did not yield fruitful results. Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh police on Saturday picked up a person at Gannavaram airport for moving suspicio
During the initial investigation, the police also found that the actor was operating multiple bank accounts for financial transactions and was frequently using credit cards despite not being in a sound fiscal state
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has restrained various entities from using actor Jackie Shroff's name, including sobriquets Jackie and Jaggu Dadda, voice and images for commercial purposes without permission. Justice Sanjeev Narula, in an interim order dated May 15, said the entities selling wallpapers, T-shirts and posters, etc. on e-commerce websites and operating an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot platform were prima facie acting in violation of the actor's personality and publicity righ
Chandrababu Naidu along with his sister-in-law D Purandeswari tried many conspiracies to win the elections but the people remained with Jagan Reddy, she claimed
Dismissing rumours that leading producer DVV Danayya is giving up his much-hyped film with hotshot Nani and young director Sujeeth, a source says, These rumours are baseless and false. He adds, We dont know how these rumours have cropped up which have no truth in it. DVV Danayya will be making this film with a whopping Rs 80 crore budget because he is known for dishing out big budget flicks, he adds. He claims that director Sujeeth is busy with OG and he could start his work with actor Nani afte
The season to prepare the mango pickle avakaya ends with Mrugasira Karthe on June 8. The season to prepare the mango pickle avakaya ends with Mrugasira Karthe on June 8. Vijayawada: In a nostalgic nod to tradition, an Avakaya Pachadi (Mango Pickle) workshop was held in Satyanarayanapuram, Vijayawada, drawing an enthusiastic crowd of 200 participants. Led by experts Sridevi Dupathi and Kanaka Durga, attendees were guided through the intricate process of preparing the iconic Avakaya Pachadi, ensur
Film Heritage Foundation, a not-for-profit organization founded by filmmaker and archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, returned to the red carpet at Cannes for a third year in a row last night for the world premiere of their restoration of Shyam Benegals landmark film Manthan (1976) under the Cannes Classic Selection. Indian audiences can catch the premiere of the restored film in theaters nationwide on World Milk Day falling on June 1st, 2024. Shivendra Singh Dungarpur lead the Manthan entourage
On Thursday, Prabhakar had arrived at the Pedavegi police station along with his followers. Despite police resisting, the former MLA forcibly took away from the police station his supporter Talluru Rajasekhar, who had been arrested on the charge of assaulting a YSRC agent in a polling booth at Koppulavari Gudem on May 13
After taking a few months break for elections, superstar Pawan Kalyan is reportedly planning to return to the sets of OG since he has given priority to it. Pawan Kalyan will be joining the shooting of OG from June-end after his political break, says a reliable source. He claims that producer DVV Danayya is doling out over Rs 200 crores for this magnum opus which has triggered a lot of hype in the industry.It is the costliest film in Pawan Kalyan's career and he would like to give more prominence
Bhopal: Noorjahan mango tree species, the yield of which weighs up to 4.5 kg each, is on the verge of extinction, a scientist of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) has indicated. Dr R K Yadav, scientist and head of the local KVK, on Friday, disclosed to this newspaper that only ten Noorjahan mango trees survive in Alirajpur district in Madhya Pradesh now. Only ten Noorjahan mango trees are surviving in the Katthiwada block of Alirajpur district now. The KVK of Alirajpur has undertaken a project to conse
PG doctors who break the bond by not joining service will have to pay the government 20 lakh as also wages they have received from the government
Anglo-Saxon is a hyphenated word, reflecting the fact that the Kingdom of England emerged out of a melting pot of migrants (Saxons, Angles and Jutes) and Celtic Britons. To be English is to be mixed. The Empire makes that even truer of British identity. National identity has always been, and always will be, a political project. We must now demand that the project be democratised. We all must have a say in what it means to be a patriot. Indeed, wherever we claim citizenship, it is imperative that
Another highlight of the rally was presence of several leaders, who had opposed Mr. Modi in the past. Apart from chief minister Eknath Shinde and his deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, MNS leader Raj Thackeray and former CM Ashok Chavan were present on the stage
Hyderabad: The Panjagutta police booked K.A. Paul for cheating one Kiran Kumar of `50 lakh after promising him a ticket from his Praja Shanti Party from the LB Nagar Assembly segment in the recent Asembly polls. Kiran Kumar, a resident of Rangareddy district, told the police that he had transferred Rs 30 lakh online to Paul and paid `20 lakh through other means in November last but he did not get the ticket. Police have begun investigations.
Vijayawada: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to probe into post-poll violence in several parts of Andhra Pradesh started its investigation on Saturday. The SIT led by IG Vineet Brijlal will inspect the violence-hit areas and collect field-level information to know the factors that contributed to violence. The SIT is expected to submit its report to the Election Commission of India (ECI) either on May 19 or 20. Following instructions from ECI, Andhra Pradesh set up SIT to probe in
RINL CMD Atul Bhatt also thanked the steel minister, the steel ministry officials and the management of SAIL
Bridgerton season 3 had not yet officially premiered, but fans were already eager for what lay ahead. In an interview with People, Julia Quinn, the author of the book series on which the show is based, discussed the show's future as it approached season 4. Quinn revealed that the central love story for the upcoming season had already been decided and finalized. At the world premiere of Bridgerton season 3 in New York City on May 13, 2024, Quinn expressed her excitement and frustration, saying sh
Gourmet cook and romancer of lonely old men, Manako Kajii, is convicted and locked in Tokyo Detention House on charges of killing her lovers. The case kicks off a storm, and the cruellest comments come from social media of course, trashing her for not looking like a glamorous femme fatale: What the public found most alarming, even more than Kajiis lack of beauty, was the fact that she was not thin. Women appeared to find this aspect of the case profoundly disturbing, while in men it elicited an
Undoubtedly, the popularity and charisma of glam diva Pooja Hegde seems to be intact since she is reportedly drawing the highest pay of her career in Kollywood. Pooja Hegde would be pocketing Rs 4 crore for her next Tamil film and it is the highest in her career, says a source and adds, She is excited to be part of Tamil superstar Suriya 44 th film to be directed by Karthick Subbaraj. She is doing an interesting role, he adds. The actress was reportedly drawing anywhere between Rs 2.5 to 3 crore
Dr Ravali, who was returning from Kodad, noticed this while she was passing through the first lane of Ayyappa Nagar. She got down from her car and found the boy in an unconscious state
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Council of Higher Education has announced EAPCET results on Saturday. Education Principal Secretary and TSCHE CTS EAPCET Results hairman Limbadri released the results at JNTU-H. Click here to check results .
Khammam : In a gruesome incident, a man killed his mother and two children at Gopalapet village of Thallada mandal in Khammam district in the early hours of Saturday and escaped. Pittala Venkateshwarlu was living with his mother and two children in his house at Gopalapet. He killed his mother Pichamma(60) and his two daughters Neeraja(10) and Jhansi (6). After committing the crime he fled from the place. The locals found the three were lying dead in the house and informed the police. It is suspe
Modiji is turning 75 in September. He is going to retire and is seeking votes to make Amit Shah as next PM. When I said this the first time, all BJP leaders denied it but not Modiji. Shouldn't he say this? Or did he make the rule to remove Advaniji?
New Delhi: In another development in Swati Maliwal assault case, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP has alleged that the closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's residence were being tampered with. Taking to the microblogging site X on Friday evening, Swati Maliwal, the former chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) said, I have received information that now these people are tampering with the CCTV of the house. Maliwal also tagged Delhi
Speaking to the media, Ramakrishna Reddy said, Look at the voting pattern, I don't think it was an anti-government vote. YSRCs traditional vote bank is on our side. We have confidence, not overconfidence