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SC seeks details on property burnt, asks Manipur govt to file action taken report

NINETEEN months after a brutal and horrific ethnic violence between the Meitei and Kuki-zo communities erupted in Manipur, the Supreme Court on Monday sought a sealed cover report from the state government regarding the properties burnt, looted, trespassed and encroached upon, along with the details of name and address of the owner and who is occupying it at the moment.

Soros vs Adani row paralyses House

BJP move to discuss Soros sparks RS chaos

Job market ready: UGC guidelines on higher edu, formal qualifications soon

IN a bid to integrate informal and formal learning, the University Grants Commission (UGC) will come out with draft guidelines on Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

PUSHPA & THE ART OF MAKING MOVIE AS AN OTT SERIES

RUE terror,\" Kurt Vonnegut said, \"is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.\" Or making movies. Sukumar's Pushpa 2: The Rule could well be the end of cinema as we know it. It is an episodic theatrical movie like an OTT series. Netflix and Amazon should watch out.

FIVE FOR 2025: TRENDSPOTTING IN THE MARKETPLACE

Data analytics and smart tech will give the marketer more power in the new year. How she uses those tools to claim the consumer's time will shape marketing campaigns

CM unveils T'gana Talli statue at Secretariat

Govt to honour 9 eminent personalities of Telangana Statehood movement with plots, ₹1 cr cash awards and citations

BRS MLAs denounce MoUs with Adani

SEVERAL Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs and MLCs, including party working president KT Rama Rao and former minister T Harish Rao, were taken into custody on Monday when they tried to attend the first day of the winter session of the State Legislature wearing T-shirts opposing the Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) signed by the Telangana government with the Adani Group.

YS Jagan files suit against 2 media houses

THE Delhi High Court has issued summons in a defamation suit filed by YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, seeking a permanent injunction, mandatory injunction, and ₹100 crore in damages against certain media houses (two vernacular dailies).

'I, ALONG WITH NAIDU OPPOSED KSEZ WHEN IN OPPOSITION'

Yanamala says he has no interest in posts and alerted CM of serious consequences that may arise if KSEZ farmers issue is not resolved at the earliest

UTF-backed Borra wins teacher MLC byelection

BORRA Gopimurthy, backed by the United Teachers Federation (UTF), won the erstwhile East and West Godavari Teachers' Constituency MLC byelection.

483 tonnes of PDS rice seized at Vizag Port in raid

In a continued crackdown on smuggling of Public Distribution System (PDS) rice, 483 metric tonnes of rice was seized at the container freight station near the Vizag Port.

Polavaram Diaphragm Wall works to begin in January

ONCE Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu releases the work schedule for the Diaphragm Wall of the prestigious Polavaram Irrigation Project on December 16, the construction of the D-Wall will commence in the first week of January.

Jathwani harassment case: High Court grants bail to prime accused

THE Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday granted conditional bail to Kukkala Vidyasagar, prime accused in film actress and model Kadambari Jathwani harassment case.

Pawan Kalyan Peshi gets threatening calls, caller traced, taken into custody

DEPUTY Chief Minister (Panchayat Raj and Rural Development) Pawan Kalyan Peshi received a threatening call from an unidentified person on Monday evening.

YSRCP complains to SC Commission, NHRC against 'excesses' of police

A delegation of YSRCP leaders, including MPs M Gurumoorthy, Golla Babu Rao, Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose, and former MPs Margani Bharat and Gorantla Madhav, met National Commission for SCs Chairman Kishor Makwana, and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson Vijaya Bharathi Sayani in New Delhi on Monday, and complained about the highhandedness of Rajamahendravaram police towards Dalit youth Puli Sagar.

Cybercrime police question Avinash Reddy's PA Bandi

BANDI Raghava Reddy, personal assistant (PA) of Kadapa MP YS Avinash Reddy, appeared before cybercrime police for questioning on Monday.

Pierian Services'new Kochi office to expand scope of E-commerce managed services operations

Pierian Services Private Ltd, a major global professional services firm based in Bengaluru, has opened its new facility in Kochi at Prestige Cyber-Green 1 in Smart City.

982 male health assistants terminated after HC verdict

A total of 982 Multi-Purpose Health Assistants (MPHAs-Male) were terminated from service by District Medical and Health Officers (DMHOs) across Andhra Pradesh after the High Court's final judgment in a decades-long legal dispute.

Stalker sets minor ablaze for rejecting 'love'

Victim was Inter second year MPC student; principal described her as a bright girl

Poetry gathering marks Anti-Corruption Day at ALC

A poetry gathering was organised at Andhra Loyola College on Monday to observe International Anti-Corruption Day.

Minors in teacher's death case sent to juvenile home

THE two minor students, accused in the death of a teacher at the Urdu Zilla Parishad High School in Kothapalli of Rayachoti, have been sent to a juvenile home on Monday.

12-member ganja peddling gang arrested in Prakasam

PRAKASAM district Police arrested a 12-member gang for transporting and selling ganja. They seized 4 kg ganja and ₹10,000 in cash from their procession here on Monday.

Expedite road repairs to avoid public inconvenience: VMC chief to officials

VIJAYAWADA Municipal Corporation (VMC) Commissioner Dhyanachandra HM directed the officials to expedite the road repair works to minimise inconvenience to the public.

YSRCP govt intimidated officials, says HM

Says strict action will be taken against individuals who misused public funds & assets during YSRCP government

Free rice worth ₹80k cr was diverted during 2019-24, says Dinakar

CHAIRMAN of the Twenty Points Programme Implementation Lanka Dinakar stated that the TDP-led NDA government will take legal action against those involved in the illegal export and recycling of PDS rice meant for the poor, as per the report of Special Investigation Team (SIT).

₹800 cr in 4 days, Pushpa rules box office

EVER since he rose on the screen in 2021, Allu Arjun's Pushparaj has become an unstoppable force of nature.

Stop attacks on Hindus, Dhaka told

NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN, CLAIMS BANGLADESH

Revenue Secy Sanjay Malhotra is new RBI chief

To assume charge on Wednesday; faces dual challenge of high inflation & slowing growth

Real close gap on Barcelona

JUDE Bellingham guided champions Real Madrid to a comfortable 3-0 victory at Girona on Saturday in La Liga, with Kylian Mbappe also on the scoresheet after two high-profile penalty misses in recent games.

Norris triumphs to help McLaren seal title

LANDO Norris coolly claimed victory in a tense, emotional and incident-filled Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday to deliver McLaren's first constructors' championship in 26 years as Lewis Hamilton finished a remarkable fourth in his final race for Mercedes.