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Education Minister P. Sabitha Indra Reddy announced that keeping in view the heavy rainfall, the government has decided to declare holidays for two days to all education institutions in the state.The educational institutions will remain closed on Thursday and Friday. Incessant rains have been lashing several parts of Telangana for the last two days, resulting in inundation of low-lying areas.Hyderabad has also been experiencing rains for a couple of days, affecting the normal life. With the meteorological department forecasting more rains, the state government has alerted all the departments concerned to take all necessary measures to prevent loss of life.–IANSms/svn

Kohli will take the field for the 500th time in his distinguished international career when India take on the West Indies in the second and final Test of their ICC World Test Championship series in Trinidad and the 34-year-old still remains one of the most consistent performers in all formats of the game.While Dravid played alongside Kohli at the backend of his playing career, it is only in recent times that their relationship has really blossomed as they have spent time working with each other with a common goal for Indian cricket, reports ICC.And while Dravid admitted he was in…

In a lengthy Twitter post, Kharge said: “Humanity has died in Manipur. Modi govt and the BJP has changed democracy and the rule of law into Mobocracy by destroying the delicate social fabric of the state.”Narendra Modi ji, India will never forgive your silence. If there is any conscience or an iota of shame left in your government, then you should speak about Manipur in Parliament and tell the nation on what happened, without blaming others for your dual incompetence — both at the Centre and the State.”You have abdicated your Constitutional responsibility. In this hour of crisis, we stand…

Guardian Minister of Raigad, Uday Samant said that so far at least four persons have perished while 25 have been rescued.As per initial reports, around 30-odd families lived in the village but the exact number of casualties, deaths or those still trapped is not yet known.Raigad district administration and police, SDRF and NDRF teams have rushed to the spot and launched a massive rescue operation even as the region was lashed by heavy rain for the past three days.Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde reviewed the emerging situation early in the day.”The incident took place around 2230 hrs on Wednesday night…

The 17-year-old Chen and 16-year-old Quan, who retained their synchronised title at the World Aquatics Championships here on Sunday, showed that they are in a league of their own with some nearly flawless moves, reports Xinhua.Chen led from the start to finish, scoring a total of 457.85 points after five dives. Quan, who beat Chen in the two qualifying rounds on Tuesday, got a set of 10s in round four but some small errors in the first two rounds proved too costly. She finished second in 445.60 points.Canada’s Caeli McKay took bronze with 340.25, 117.60 points behind the winner.The victory…

In an interview with Xinhua, the 20-year-old emphasized that putting additional pressure on themselves won’t help the struggling tournament hosts regain confidence.According to Musiala, leaving behind recent disappointing performances is the right strategy, considering there is still ample time for the 2014 World Cup winners to get in top shape for the tournament.The Stuttgart-born forward believes that responsibility lies with the players to utilize the upcoming season to reach their peak performance.Reflecting on past early exits at the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, Musiala stressed that such burdens are now a thing of the past, adding that he is optimistic…

The time has come directing how crucial it is for the IICC — a registered society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 — to prioritise its goals and objectives in the best interest of the general public.Justice Yogesh Khanna was dealing with an application filed in the main suit, which was filed under the provisions of Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) on behalf of the plaintiffs, Matloob Ahmad and Sumit Kumar — the members of the society — represented by Senior Advocate Sacchin Puri.This instant application was filed under Order 39 Rule 1 and 2 of…

Anchored by men’s 5km silver medalist Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italy won the race in one hour, 10 minutes and 31.20 seconds.Hungary finished second in 1:10:35.30, and Australia settled for bronze in 1:11:26.70.Germany, led by women’s double gold winner Leonie Beck, finished fourth in 1:11:26.90.Florian Wellbrock, who won both men’s 5km and 10km events, did not feature in the relay race, the final open water event at the Fukuoka worlds.–IANScs

“So far, over 1.84 lakh Yatris have performed this year’s Amarnath Yatra while another batch of 6,523 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu in an escorted convoy for the Valley today.”Of these 6,523 Yatris, 2777 are going to Baltal base camp while 3,746 are going to Pahalgam base camp,” officials said.Thirty pilgrims have died during the yatra this year. Of these 29 died of natural causes while one was killed by a shooting stone along the Pahalgam-cave shrine axis.Yatris approach the Himalayan cave shrine either from the traditional south Kashmir Pahalgam route which involves an uphill trek…

The company acknowledged the issue early Thursday and tweeted: “We’re working quickly to resolve connectivity issues with WhatsApp and we’ll update you here as soon as possible.” After about 20 minutes, it posted, “and we’re back, happy chatting!” When a user posted, “fix it before it is morning in India, don’t want to miss out on the Good Morning messages”, the Meta-owned platform replied: “We’re back, we don’t want you to miss them!” According to the outage monitor website DownDetector, 61 per cent of people had reported problems while sending messages, 35 per cent while using the application, and 4…