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• Rohit Sharma, Rickelton power Mumbai Indians to emphatic win over LSG

  2026-05-04 18:20 • source

  Mumbai: Rohit Sharma (84) made a gratifying return from an injury-enforced layoff and Ryan Rickelton (83) showcased his hitting prowess as Mumbai Indians crushed Lucknow Super Giants by six wickets in their Indian...

• Opinion: Telangana’s fee reimbursement crisis threatens social progress

  2026-05-04 17:58 • source

  By Dr Arroju Srinivas For the past 18 years, the ‘Fee Reimbursement’ scheme (Post-Metric Scholarship – RTF) has served as the silent engine driving social progress in Telangana. By dismantling the formidable barrier...

• Editorial: Mandate for change

  2026-05-04 17:50 • source

  Popular actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay delivering a political blockbuster on his debut — disrupting the six-decade-long duopoly of the Dravidian parties in Tamil Nadu — and a saffron surge in West Bengal...

• Hyderabad district athletics trials for jumps and throws on May 6

  2026-05-04 17:21 • source

  Hyderabad: The Hyderabad District Athletics Association (HDAA) will conduct athletics trials for jumps and throws for men, women, and boys and girls in the under-20, under-18, and under-16 categories, as well as Kid...

• Anjali Shekhawat clinches gold at Kumar Surendra Singh shooting championship

  2026-05-04 17:19 • source

  Hyderabad: Rajasthan’s Anjali Shekhawat claimed the gold medal in the 10m air pistol women’s event at the 24th Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting Championship, being held at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in...

• Ganemat Sekhon stays in contention at ISSF Shotgun World Cup

  2026-05-04 17:16 • source

  Hyderabad: India’s Ganemat Sekhon shot 70 out of 75 targets to finish Day One just one point outside the top eight in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun, which got underway today at...

• Top amateurs tee off at IGU Andhra Pradesh Golf Championship

  2026-05-04 17:11 • source

  Hyderabad: The country’s top amateurs, including Order of Merit leader Anshul Mishra, have assembled in Visakhapatnam for the IGU Andhra Pradesh Amateur Golf Championship, which gets underway at the East Point Golf...

• Indian U-17 girls boxers begin campaign with five wins at Asian Championships

  2026-05-04 17:06 • source

  Hyderabad: India’s Under-17 girls’ boxers made a dominant start to their campaign at the Asian Boxing U-17 Championships 2026, registering five impressive victories on the opening day in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on...

• Specialised goalkeeping camps crucial for performance, says Savita

  2026-05-04 17:03 • source

  Hyderabad: Specialised camps are always important, says Savita. The Indian women’s hockey team’s special goalkeeping camp, conducted by David Williamson under the supervision of Chief Coach Sjoerd Marijne, concluded...

• Sangareddy District badminton championship from May 17

  2026-05-04 17:00 • source

  Hyderabad: The Sangareddy District Badminton Championship will be held from May 17 to 19 for sub-junior boys and girls in singles and doubles across the under-11, under-13, under-15, under-17, and under-19 age...

• Telangana cabinet orders CBI probe into power purchase agreement

  2026-05-04 16:54 • source

  Hyderabad: The State Cabinet on Monday decided to hand over the Madan B. Lokur Commission report on alleged irregularities in power purchase agreements, as well as the Bhadradri and Yadadri power plants, to the...

• Family Court restraint order quashed by Telangana High Court over absence of medical proof

  2026-05-04 16:49 • source

  By Legal Correspondent Hyderabad: A Division Bench of the Telangana High Court, comprising Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya and Justice Gadi Praveen Kumar, has set aside an interim order of a Family Court restraining a...

• No timeline on dues: Telangana High Court directs State to clarify fee reimbursement mechanism

  2026-05-04 16:44 • source

  By Legal Correspondent Hyderabad: Justice Juvvadi Sridevi of the Telangana High Court on Monday granted a final opportunity to the State government to submit its explanation on key provisions of G.O. Ms. No. 7 dated...

• Uttam Kumar Reddy orders scale-up of paddy procurement amid rain threat

  2026-05-04 16:31 • source

  Hyderabad: As farmers continue to stage protests over delays in procurement, Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy directed officials to initiate measures to scale up paddy procurement operations. He also asked...

• Fake currency and 1:3 exchange scam uncovered in Warangal, eight held

  2026-05-04 16:26 • source

  Hanamkonda: Warangal Task Force and Narsampet police arrested eight persons involved in currency related crimes. Among the arrested, three were involved in printing counterfeit notes and circulating them in the...

• Paddy drying crisis in Narayanpet forces farmers to use crematorium in Kosgi

  2026-05-04 16:14 • source

  Narayanpet: Reflecting the hardships being faced by farming community in the State, a few farmers in Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s Kodangal constituency, dried their paddy stocks in a crematorium. Before carrying...

• Unseasonal rains hit paddy stocks, Govt. directs faster procurement operations

  2026-05-04 16:04 • source

  Hyderabad: As farmers continue to stage protests over the delay in procurement, Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy directed officials to initiate measures for scaling up paddy procurement operations. He also...

• EU proposes removing leather from deforestation rules

  2026-05-04 15:35 • source

  Brussels: The European Commission on Monday proposed to remove leather from the scope of the revised European Union (EU) Deforestation Regulation, in a move to avoid penalising EU producers of goods such as handbags...

• MMC proposed GSI Road to be developed as Night Eat street

  2026-05-04 15:33 • source

  Hyderabad: The Geological Survey of India Road, popularly known as GSI Road, at Auto Nagar within the Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation limits, will be developed as a ‘Night Eat Street’, according to commissioner T...

• Hardie stars with ball and bat to lead Peshawar to first PSL cricket title since 2017

  2026-05-04 15:28 • source

  Lahore: Aaron Hardie’s brilliant all-round performance led Peshawar Zalmi to its first Pakistan Super League cricket title since 2017 with a five-wicket win over newcomer Hyderabad Kingsmen in the final. Hardie...

• Hyderabad: Three arrested for selling fake VIP cricket tickets in Uppal

  2026-05-04 15:22 • source

  Hyderabad: The Uppal police on Monday arrested three persons who had allegedly submitted forged letters to cricket associations and managed to obtain VIP complimentary tickets for matches, which were then sold at...

• BRS leaders congratulate Vijay on TVK’s electoral debut in Tamil Nadu

  2026-05-04 15:17 • source

  Hyderabad: Senior BRS leaders congratulated actor-turned-politician Vijay following the electoral victory of his party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), in Tamil Nadu. KTR hails Vijay’s disruptive political debut BRS...

• TVK’s Srinath defeats Minister Geetha Jeevan in Thoothukkudi

  2026-05-04 15:17 • source

  Thoothukkudi (Tamil Nadu): Tamil Nadu Minister for social welfare and women empowerment P Geetha Jeevan lost to TVK candidate Srinath in Thoothukkudi assembly constituency by a margin of 37,731 votes. Srinath polled...

• Fire accident kills sheep and destroys maize in Khammam

  2026-05-04 15:13 • source

  Khammam: Hundreds of quintals of harvested maize were consumed by flames and nearly 60 sheep perished in a fire accident at Patarlapadu in Chintakani mandal in the Deputy Chief Minister’s constituency in the...

• Max Verstappen takes 5th at Miami after a spin but still wants improvements to his car

  2026-05-04 15:12 • source

  Miami Gardens: Max Verstappen was feeling a bit more comfortable in his car at the Miami Grand Prix, but the four-time Formula 1 champion still believes Red Bull has improvements to make. After testing out Red Bull’s...

• Pinarayi resigns after LDF’s crushing defeat in Kerala

  2026-05-04 15:09 • source

  Thiruvananthapuram: Bringing the curtain down on a defining chapter in Kerala politics, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday night submitted his resignation to Governor Rajendra V. Arlekar, hours after the...

• Tamilisai Soundararajan suffers seventh consecutive election defeat

  2026-05-04 15:01 • source

  Hyderabad: Former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan lost yet another election battle and registered a consecutive seventh loss in her political career. She lost to TVK candidate P Venkataramanan from...

• IPL 2026: MS Dhoni ‘steadily improving’ but hasn’t travelled to New Delhi, says Eric Simons

  2026-05-04 14:59 • source

  New Delhi: Veteran wicketkeeper-batter MS Dhoni is steadily recovering from a calf injury, but Chennai Super Kings bowling consultant Eric Simons confirmed that he has not travelled with the squad to New Delhi for...

• WB verdict rejects fear, appeasement politics: Shah

  2026-05-04 14:58 • source

  New Delhi: Congratulating the people of West Bengal on the massive win scripted by the BJP in the assembly polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the people of Bengal have sent a strong message to...

• KT Rama Rao slams Congress over law and order failure

  2026-05-04 14:56 • source

  Karimnagar: BRS working president KT Rama Rao has said that the Congress government has utterly failed to protect the lives and properties of people and a situation has now arisen where citizens believe they need to...

• BRSV leaders arrested after protest against GO 7 near Secretariat

  2026-05-04 14:54 • source

  Hyderabad: Tension prevailed near the Secretariat on Monday as activists of the BRSV staged a flash protest demanding the withdrawal of GO No. 7 on fee reimbursement and the immediate release of pending dues...

• TVK dedicates Tamil Nadu victory to Karur victims, Vijay emerges as a political game changer

  2026-05-04 14:49 • source

  Chennai: In a stunning political upset, actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay has led the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) to emerge as the single largest party in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, reshaping...

• Desperate DC seek end to horror run at home

  2026-05-04 14:47 • source

  New Delhi: Delhi Capitals will need to stop oscillating between sublime and suicidal to overcome their streak of three painful losses at home when they take on an equally desperate Chennai Super Kings in the Indian...

• No rallies, no interviews: How Vijay’s strategy delivered big impact

  2026-05-04 14:47 • source

  Chennai: When Vijay repeatedly asserted that the 2026 Assembly polls were a fight between his party, the TVK and the ruling DMK, many did not buy that argument. Not only on this point, but on several other aspects,...

• TVK candidate V S Babu defeats M K Stalin in Kolathur shocker

  2026-05-04 14:43 • source

  Chennai: In one of the most dramatic results of the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, V.S. Babu, a seasoned politician with a turbulent career spanning multiple parties, has defeated Chief Minister M.K. Stalin in...

• AIADMK faces crisis as EPS suffers fresh electoral setback

  2026-05-04 14:38 • source

  Chennai: For AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami, electoral triumphs under his leadership have been elusive, prompting mocking references from rivals. Monday was no different. AIADMK-led NDA bit the dust in the April...

• TVK emerges as strong non-Dravidian force in Tamil Nadu politics

  2026-05-04 14:37 • source

  Chennai: Vijay’s TVK ideology of social justice, an egalitarian society and a dual-language policy of Tamil and English may have similarities with Tamil Nadu’s Dravidian pitch, but the fledgling party founder...

• Focus shifts to Vijay’s welfare promises after strong TVK poll performance

  2026-05-04 14:33 • source

  Chennai: ‘Thalapathi’ (Commander) may have won the electoral battle, but a bigger challenge now awaits TVK chief Vijay — fulfilling poll promises, including the distribution of gold valued at around Rs 1.12 lakh per...

• Udhayanidhi Stalin wins Chepauk seat, keeps DMK bastion intact

  2026-05-04 14:22 • source

  Chennai: Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin secured a victory in the Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni constituency on Monday with a margin of 7,140 votes. In the initial few rounds, the DMK leader trailed...

• People’s power has prevailed: PM on election results

  2026-05-04 14:17 • source

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said people’s power has prevailed and the BJP’s politics of good governance has triumphed in West Bengal, while in Assam, the NDA’s win illustrates the unwavering...

• ACB nabs GHMC official accepting Rs 1 lakh bribe in Hyderabad

  2026-05-04 14:15 • source

  Hyderabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuths on Monday caught the junior assistant revenue/tax working at the office of Deputy Commissioner Borabanda circle 37, GHMC, when she demanded a bribe of Rs 5 lakh and...

• Prashant Kishor’s Vijay prediction resurfaces after TVK poll surge

  2026-05-04 14:11 • source

  Patna: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor was in the limelight on Monday for having predicted “a very good chance” for Tamil superstar Vijay, whose fledgling TVK has emerged as the single largest party in Tamil...

• Hyderabad cartoonist Chiluveru Mrityunjay wins first prize in national-level cartoon contest

  2026-05-04 14:10 • source

  Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based noted cartoonist Chiluveru Mrityunjay has achieved another significant success at the national level. On May 5, on the occasion of ‘World Cartoonist Day 2026,’ he won the first prize in a...

• Rahul Gandhi speaks to Mamata, Stalin, and Vijay after poll results

  2026-05-04 14:08 • source

  New Delhi: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi spoke with TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, DMK supremo M K Stalin and victorious TVK president Vijay after the election results on Monday, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said....

• Hyderabad: Decades-old Red Hills reservoirs cleaned to restore water quality

  2026-05-04 14:07 • source

  Hyderabad: The decades-old ground level service reservoirs at Red Hills have been cleaned as part of maintenance works after water in the twin reservoirs of Osman Sagar and Himayath Sagar turned green as temperatures...

• Engine Protect vs Zero Dep: Which Add-on Should You Buy First?

  2026-05-04 14:02 • source

  New Delhi: Add-ons can make two-wheeler insurance more useful, but choosing the right one first needs clear thinking. Zero depreciation and engine protection cover different repair concerns, so the decision should...

• RSS carried out major voter outreach campaign in Bengal, sources say

  2026-05-04 14:01 • source

  New Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) carried out large-scale voter awareness campaigns across West Bengal during the run-up to the Assembly polls, while its volunteers held lakhs of small group meetings...

• SC closes contempt case against Centre, AIIMS in MTP matter

  2026-05-04 13:59 • source

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday closed contempt proceedings against the Centre and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in a case relating to the termination of a 30-week pregnancy of a minor girl. A...

• ‘People expect big things from him’: Vijay’s father on TN Assembly polls

  2026-05-04 13:52 • source

  Chennai: Renowned Tamil filmmaker S A Chandrasekhar on Monday expressed pride in his son and TVK chief Vijay’s performance in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, saying the actor-turned-politician is committed to...

• NIMS to integrate AI tools for advanced patient diagnosis

  2026-05-04 13:50 • source

  Hyderabad: The Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) is all set to integrate Artificial Intelligence tools in its diagnosis and other applications, with the potential to improve patient care facilities. As a...

• Women protest at MPDO office seeking drinking water in Mancherial

  2026-05-04 13:42 • source

  Mancherial: Women from a colony in Jaggayyapet village regretted that they were forced to drink water drawn from streams due to the lack of water supply through the Mission Bhageeratha scheme. They staged a sit-in at...

• Farmer attempts suicide in front of Narayanpet Collector’s office

  2026-05-04 13:29 • source

  Narayanpet: After running from pillar to post to secure ownership rights over his land, a farmer attempted suicide in front of the District Collector’s Office here on Monday. It is reported that the farmer’s health...

• Nava Limited built a waiting hall at Govt. Hospital, aqueduct at a pond in Paloncha

  2026-05-04 13:21 • source

  Kothagudem: Paloncha-based Nava Limited has constructed a waiting hall for patients and attendants at Paloncha Government Hospital as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative. MLA Kunamneni...

• Rajnath hails Op Sindoor as tech-driven military success

  2026-05-04 13:13 • source

  Prayagraj (UP): Days ahead of the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday described it as a “unique” example of how the Indian military utilised advanced technology to deliver...

• Father backs Vijay, says TN placed big trust in him

  2026-05-04 13:09 • source

  Chennai: Renowned Tamil filmmaker S A Chandrasekhar on Monday expressed pride in his son and TVK chief Vijay’s performance in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, saying the actor-turned-politician is committed to...

• BRS farmers’ meet set to put Congress on trial over broken promises

  2026-05-04 13:07 • source

  Hyderabad: With the BRS preparing to hold its Rythu Sangrama Sadassu in Warangal on May 6, the Congress government is once again under fire over its promises and delivery to farmers. The BRS is pitching the meeting...