Loot In Bhubaneswar: Over Rs 1 Crore Jewellery Shop Heist Rocks Odisha Capital

In a major heist, unidentified miscreants allegedly struck a jewellery shop in the Capital City of Bhubaneswar and looted gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 1 crore.The loot was reported at a jewellery shop named Laxmi Narayan Jewellers located at Delta Chhak in the capital city on Saturday night.The matter came to light after the…Continue Reading

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Hyderabad: In an unusual turn of events, officials of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) were baffled to see the tepid responses to the e-auction of plots in Uppal Bhagat which was held recently. Though the plots are located in the prime area of the state capital, bidders preferred to keep away unlike in other…Continue Reading

48 medicos test positive for COVID-19 in Karimnagar

Karimnagar: In an alarming development, 48 medical college students at the Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences in Bommakal village of Karimnagar were found Covid-19 positive on Sunday, in what is being billed as the single biggest outbreak of the disease in a medical college in Telangana state. Students and staff of this private…Continue Reading

Cyclonic storm Jawad damages kids’ park on Vizag beach

Vishakhapatanam: Sand erosion, believed to have been caused by giant tidal waves under influence of weakened cyclonic storm Jawad on Sunday, damaged the parapet wall of Children’s Park along the RK beach road. “Nearly 200 metres of the park’s parapet wall has collapsed. We, along with VMRDA and Visakhapatnam Port Trust, will visit damaged site…Continue Reading

TS Lokayukta call to enforce Covid-19 guidelines in view of Omicron threat

Hyderabad: The Lokayukta in Telangana has directed the health, police and municipal authorities to ensure strict compliance of Covid safety norms on roads and public places, in view of hints that a rise in Covid infections is likely as new variants like Omicron are surfacing. Taking suo motu action after observing that the citizens are…Continue Reading

Fresh Covid wave on the horizon, warn TS health authorities

Hyderabad: The state health department on Sunday, amidst concerns over entry of the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus into Telangana state, warned of a very likely surge in Covid-19 cases in the state saying “cases may go up in the state after January 15”. Indicating the coming of a next wave of Covid-19 cases in the state, director of public health…Continue Reading

Ahead of polls, new idea on the table: bad bank for farm loans

Agriculture being a state subject, the recovery laws — wherever agricultural land is offered as collateral – varies from state to state.(Representational Photo) TO IMPROVE recovery of bad loans in the agriculture sector, leading banks have made a pitch for setting up an Asset Reconstruction Company specifically to deal with collections and recovery of farm…Continue Reading

Michel signed ‘sham contracts’ to hide trail of Agusta kickbacks: ED

Michel’s interrogation report, accessed by The Indian Express, details his version of these deals, and his turbulent career graph in India. (File) SEVERAL “SERVICE contracts” signed between British middleman Christian Michel and his main client AgustaWestland were “sham contracts” to camouflage alleged kickbacks from the Rs 3,600-crore helicopter deal in India, according to documents submitted…Continue Reading

Nagaland civilian killings: Deep regret, says Army, announces court of inquiry and action

The killing of six civilians travelling in a vehicle in Nagaland’s Mon district Saturday is being investigated “at the highest level”, the Army said, while expressing deep regret and ordering a Court of Inquiry into the incident. Officials in the security establishment said the incident was the result of an Army operation in which the…Continue Reading

More cases of Omicron from Jaipur, Pune and Delhi; 21 detected so far

Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Delhi reported cases of the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the county to 21. The first two cases were reported in Karnataka, followed by one in Jamnagar (Gujarat) and another in Maharashtra. In Jaipur, nine persons who took part in a…Continue Reading