Ghose panel term extended till May-end

HYDERABAD Telangana Government on Tuesday (April 29, 2025) extended the term of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) headed by Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose into the irregularities in the planning, design, construction, quality control, operation and maintenance of Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla Barrages of Kaleshwaram Project by another one month — from May 1 to 31….

Exclusive: Government mulls merger of State-owned general insurance companies

In a significant development, the government is considering the merger of four state-owned general insurance companies — New India Assurance, National Insurance, Oriental Insurance and United India Insurance — into a single entity, Zee Business has learned. The move is being discussed with the aim of creating a strong general insurance giant, similar to the Life…

Simhachalam wall collapse: Naidu announces ₹25 lakh ex-gratia to kin of deceased; forms three-member committee to probe incident

Rescue operation underway after a rain-soaked wall collapsed at the Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, at Simhachalam in Visakhapatnam, Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has announced an ex-gratia of ₹25 lakh each as ex-gratia to the families of the devotees, who died in the wall collapse…

Romanian elections: TikTokers and an election scandal

Shortly before the election, a campaign using the hashtag “stability and integrity” flooded Romanian TikTok. Influencers uploaded videos describing what they were looking for in a future president: “stability”, “progress”, “a patriot”. They did not name a specific candidate. They had been paid to upload videos with these messages through a marketing platform called FameUp,…

Telangana SSC 2025 results to be announced shortly; scores to be available on three websites

The results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) public examinations 2025 would be available on three websites | Photo Credit: Screenshot of https://bse.telangana.gov.in/ The results of [tenth] Secondary School Certificate (SSC) public examinations 2025 would be announced around 1.00 p.m. today (April 30, 2025). Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, who also holds the Education portfolio,…