Lucknow: Openers KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock, who made classy fifties on a slow pitch, produced a chasing masterclass to power Lucknow Super Giants to a comfortable eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in their IPL match here on Friday. Asked to bat first, Ravindra Jadeja came up with a solid unbeaten 57 before Mooen Ali (30 off 20) and MS Dhoni (28 off 9) went on a six-hitting spree to take CSK to a fighting 176 for six. In reply, Rahul (82) and De Kock (54) batted with authority during their match-winning alliance of 134, the highest partnership for any wicket at the Ekana Stadium ..read more

�Tirupati: An affidavit submitted to the Election Commission on Friday showed a major rise in the assets of Telugu Desam chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu and his wife Nara Bhuvaneswari. The couple's combined assets rose by around 40 per cent - from Rs 668.57 crore in 2019 to Rs 931.83 crore in 2024. The revelation came as Bhuvaneswari filed her husband's nomination papers for Kuppam Assembly constituency in Chittoor district on Friday. According to the affidavit, the Telugu Desam chief’s movable assets declined to Rs 4.80 lakh from Rs 47.38 lakh, while his wife's movable assets swelled from Rs 57 ..read more

�Warangal: The Congress government would waive farm loans of upto Rs 2 lakh taken by farmers, by August 15, and give Rs 500 as bonus per quintal of paddy procured from the next season. This was promised by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy by taking an oath on the Bhadradri Lord, Sri Rama, while speaking at a public meeting held in support of the Congress Lok Sabha candidate Porika Balram Naik in Mahabubabad district on Friday. Revanth Reddy who came down heavily against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao and alleged that “both Delhi Modi and farm house Kedi” betraye ..read more

�Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court on Friday closed a PIL directing the state police to conclude investigation into the alleged encounter of Tangella Shruti (23) and Vidyasagar Reddy (32) on September 15, 2015, within six months following the guidelines on encounter cases in PUCL v. State of Maharashtra. The panel, comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J. Anil Kumar, was dealing with a PIL filed by the Civil Liberties Committee [CLC], represented by its office-bearer Chilaka Chandrasekhar, challenging the action of Pasra police station, Warangal, and others i ..read more

Tirupati: A huge consignment of illegally smuggled liquor from Karnataka was seized by Narayanavanam police in Nagari constituency late on Thursday, the very day nomination process for the upcoming Assembly and Lok Sabha elections kicked off in the state. Acting on a tip-off, a police team led by sub-inspector D. Lakshmi Narayana intercepted an auto-rickshaw transporting 43 cases of Karnataka-made liquor near Govindapalem on Puttur bypass road during a raid conducted late on Thursday night. Upon interrogating, they received information about a large liquor dump stashed in a godown close to a ..read more

Hyderabad: Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy of the Telangana High Court on Friday directed the Director General of Police and the Warangal police commissioner to provide 1+1 personnel security officers to Aroori Ramesh, BJP candidate from Warangal . The judge was adjudicating a petition filed by Ramesh, aggrieved upon the decision of the government in withdrawing the security which was provided to him prior to the conclusion of 2023 state elections. He sought 2+2 personnel security cover in view of the threat from political opponents and Maoists. During the course of arguments, his counsel informe ..read more

Election Commission's Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP).Election Commission's Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP). �Kurnool: A total of 25 candidates, filed their nomination papers on Friday, the second day of nominations in Kurnool, many candidates submitted nominations for various assembly segments, though Nandyal recorded no entries for the Lok Sabha and few for assembly segments. From the Social Unity Centre of India (Communist), Naganna Mallepogu filed for the Kurnool Lok Sabha segment. Independent candidates, S. Nazeer Ahmed, M. S ..read more

Vijayawada: South Central Railway (SCR) has created a record by renewing 649 kilometres of its rail network, the highest-ever since its inception, during the financial year 2023–24. At the same time, it has renewed 45 per cent more of rail track, compared to the 448 km of track it replaced in FY 2022–23. Importantly, this work has entirely been carried out through mechanisation, without involving manual methods. SCR officials said renewal of tracks is a critical aspect of ensuring efficiency and safety of train operations. It facilitates seamless movement of both passenger and freight train ..read more

Kurnool, Anantapur: Telugu Desam chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu has accused Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy of failure to complete any irrigation project in Rayalaseema, despite his big promises. Naidu criticised the CM's style of governance, labeling him the 'J-Gun Reddy' for his alleged acts of mismanagement. “Despite winning power, Jagan Mohan Reddy is allegedly dismantling systems and neglecting the poor by not settling the pending Aarogyasri bills.” “If elected, I pledge to clear all pending bills for sarpanchs and allocate funds for all schemes,” Naidu said while addressing the pub ..read more

Krodhi: Uttarayana Tithi: Chaitrashukla Dwadasi till 10.41 pm Star: Purvaphalguni till 2.03 pm Varjyam: 10.10 pm to 11.58 pm Durmuhurtham: 6.01 am to 7.41 am Rahukalam: 9 am to 10.30 am ..read more