CBI dismantles child sexual abuse exploitation networks as part of Operation Hawk 2025

Before Operation Hawk, the CBI had launched Operation Carbon in 2021 and Operation Megh Chakra in 2022 as part of its efforts for rapid response to online child sexual exploitation cases with international linkages. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on the basis of inputs received from Operation Hawk, launched…

A 1991 batch IAS officer who prepared 14 budgets takes charge as Telangana’s Chief Secretary

K. Ramakrishna Rao takes charge as Chief Secretary of Telangana on Wednesday (April 30, 2025). | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Telangana’s Finance Department’s Special Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao, a 1991 batch IAS officer, assumed office of State’s Chief Secretary on Wednesday (April 30, 2025). He replaces A. Santhi Kumari who has been in the…

NHRC notices to Karnataka government, DGP over Hubballi minor’s ‘rape, killing’, death of accused in ‘police encounter’

Police personnel at the crime scene where a man who allegedly murdered a five-year-old girl was killed in police firing while attempting to escape, at Hubballi on April 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday (April 30, 2025) said it has issued notices to the Karnataka government and…

Birth anniversary of 12th century social reformer Basaveshwar celebrated in Yadgir 

Basava Jayanti celebration in Yadgir on April 30, 2025 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The 12th century’s social reformer Basaveshwar fought against inequality to bring equality in society, MLA Channareddy Patil Tunnur said after inaugurating the 892th birth anniversary celebrations of Basaveshwar. He paid a floral tribute to the social reformer in Yadgir on April…