By: Priyanka Sangani, ET Bureau H-1B visas could become more expensive if the United States approves the proposed Budget reconciliation Bill in its current form. The Bill has proposed to include a supplementary $500 charge for each H-1B visa petition. Companies – mostly tech and IT services providers use H1-B visas to get highly Read more

The state government imposes 35.2 per cent VAT on petrol 27 per cent on diesel Hyderabad: The Telangana government seems to be under pressure to cut VAT (value-added tax) on petrol, diesel after several states did so in the last two days following the Centre cutting down fuel prices. Opposition parties and civil society organisations Read more

There is no word from the government on the re-launch of the scheme even after November 4 following the defeat of the TRS Hyderabad: Doubts surround the re-launch of Dalit Bandhu in Huzurabad Assembly constituency and elsewhere in the state. The scheme came to a halt following the Election Commission of Indias (EC) staying it Read more

A total of 114 students of the Mandal Parishad Upper Primary School in Dimmadurthi village in Nirmal district took the meals, and 32 of them fell sick. Karimnagar: As many as 32 students fell ill on Friday after having mid-day meals in a school run by the Telangana government. A total of 114 students of Read more

Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik said the ICU had been newly built to treat Covid patients, and the fact that a fire had broken out was a very serious issue Ahmednagar: Ten patients have died after a fire broke out in the ICU (intensive care unit) of the Civil Hospital in Maharashtras Ahmednagar at around 11 Read more

Huzurabad has been a TRS stronghold since 2004 and Rajender has represented the constituency for four terms between 2009 and 2021. Eatala Rajender of the Bharatiya Janata Party Tuesday won the Huzurabad bypoll with a margin of 23,855 votes. According to the Election Commission website, the BJP polled 1,06,780 votes compared to 82,712 votes polled Read more

Telangana Assembly Bypolls: The Huzurabad seat fell vacant after former health minister Eatala Rajender resigned from ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and joined the BJP. New Delhi: Over 86 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the bypoll to Huzurabad assembly constituency in Telangana on Saturday. As per the Election Commissions Voter Turnout app, 86.33 Read more

In the last seven years, the country has been freed of many decades-old unwanted laws, PM Modi noted. New Delhi: India is becoming fully capable of meeting any internal or external challenge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday, and asserted that the country will be able to achieve its goals only if people stay Read more

Aryan Khan Bail: Aryan Khan, 23, has been in custody since October 3, hours after drug raids on a cruise ship party by the Narcotics Control Bureau. New Delhi: Aryan Khan, the son of superstar Shah Rukh Khan, has been granted bail three weeks after his arrest in the drugs-on-cruise case. He will spend at Read more

This statement comes after a video showing police constables checking peoples phones went viral Hyderabad: Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar on Thursday said that the privacy of citizens is of utmost importance and the police have no intention of intruding into it. As far as privacy of common law-abiding citizens is concerned, it is most Read more