Month: October 2023

Kavitha participates in Bathukamma festival at Solapur

October 22, 2023 admin

BRS MLC K. Kavitha participating in Bathukamma festivities at Solapur, in Maharashtra, on Sunday. hyderabad Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K. Kavitha visited Solapur in Maharashtra on Sunday and participated in Bathukamma festival organised by the people from Telangana living there. She interacted with workers in the textile and beedi rolling industries. She arranged Bathukamma…

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Sabotage suspected in ‘damage’ to a pier of Block 7 of Medigadda barrage

October 22, 2023 admin

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement A small portion of the bridge of the Lakshmi (Medigadda) barrage of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) in Telangana’s Jayashankar Bhupalpally district ‘caved in’ after pillar number 20 of Block 7 of the barrage had ‘partially sunk’ amid loud sound on Saturday night,…

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Expert team studying damage to Medigadda Barrage bridge: L&T

October 22, 2023 admin

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement hyderabad Infrastructure major L&T, the agency that has constructed the Medigadda (Lakshmi) Barrage of the Kaleshwaram Project, has deputed its team of technical experts to the site following a portion of the road bridge “sagging” on Saturday night. “Sagging of the bridge portion at…

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To curb evasion, EU report calls for 2% global wealth tax on billionaires

October 22, 2023 admin

The report calls for expanding the range of assets brought under the system of automatic exchange of information. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Pointing out that tax evasion is enabling billionaires to enjoy effective tax rates equivalent to 0% to 0.5% of their wealth, the European Union Tax Observatory in its ‘Global Tax Evasion Report…

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CEO dissatisfied with gaps in arrangements for conduct of elections

October 22, 2023 admin

The Chief Electoral Officer of Telangana, Vikas Raj explaining about the arrangements that are being made for ensuring inducement-free elections, in Hyderabad on Thursday, October 12, 2023. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj has expressed dissatisfaction over the gaps in the arrangements for hassle-free conduct of the forthcoming Assembly elections. The…

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Opposition parties accusee BRS regime of trying to conceal facts about Medigadda barrage

October 22, 2023 admin

Congress leader and Manthani MLA D Sridhar Babu staging a sit-in protest at Ambatpally village near the Lakshmi (Medigadda) barrage in Telangana’s Jayashankar Bhupalpally district on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The reported sinking of one of the pillars of the Lakshmi (Medigadda) barrage of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) on Saturday night…

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Iraq sentences Saddam Hussein’s daughter for promoting political party

October 22, 2023 admin

Raghad Saddam Hussein, the daughter of executed ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. | Photo Credit: AFP A Baghdad court on Sunday sentenced in absentia the exiled daughter of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to seven years in prison for “promoting” her father’s outlawed Baath party. The party was dissolved and banned after Hussein was toppled during…

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Mizoram polls: Nomination papers of 173 candidates found valid; one under fresh scrutiny

October 22, 2023 admin

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar interacting with media at the Press Conference organised by the Election Commission of India for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Mizoram. | Photo Credit: ANI Nomination papers of 173 candidates out of 174 filed for the November 7 Mizoram Assembly elections were found valid during scrutiny, officials…

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Cricket World Cup 2023 IND vs NZ | I bowled good line and length and took whatever came my way: Mohammed Shami

October 22, 2023 admin

India’s Mohammed Shami celebrates after taking the wicket of New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra during the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup ODI between India and New Zealand. | Photo Credit: DEEPAK KR The seasoned fast bowler was equally quick on the draw while addressing the media. Fresh from a five for 54 yield against New…

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Minister V. Abdurahiman calls for responsible behaviour in sports

October 22, 2023 admin

Minister for Sports V. Abdurahiman has stressed the need for a change in attitude and a more responsible approach in the sports sector. Speaking at the inauguration of the Inter Basketball Courts and Sports Medicine Centre at Kannur Govt. Vocational Higher Secondary School on Sunday, he expressed discontent with irresponsible behaviour among those entrusted with…

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