TRAFFIC CURBS AROUND CHOWMAHALLA PALACE FOR GHAZAL EVENING
Hyderabad, Jan.17 (RAHNUMA): In view of the Telangana Sangeetha Nataka Academy’s Ghazal Programme at Chowmahalla Palace on Saturday evening, the Hyderabad Traffic Police have imposed traffic restrictions and diversions in the Charminar zone. All vehicular movement on key arterial roads, including Madina – Charminar, Charminar – Shalibanda, Shalibanda – Volga Junction and Volga Junction – […]
Tension erupts in Secunderabad over separate corporation demand
Hyderabad, Jan.17 (RAHNUMA): Tension prevailed at the Secunderabad railway station for a while on Saturday as the police arrested leaders from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) while stopping them from reaching the station to support their push for establishing the Secunderabad Municipal Corporation. The rally was supposed to take place from Secunderabad Railway Station to […]
Govt to introduce ‘Rohith Vemula Act’ to combat campus discrimination: Bhatti
Hyderabad, Jan.17 (RAHNUMA): Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka stated that the Rohith Vemula Act will be introduced in the Telangana state at the earliest possible time. The Deputy Chief Minister met members of the Justice for Rohith Vemula Campaign Committee at Praja Bhavan on Saturday. He recalled that Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi had […]
Govt accorded top priority to education, irrigation : CM Revanth
Mahabubnagar, Jan.17 (RAHNUMA): Chief Minister A. Revnath Reddy affirmed that the State government would strengthen education and irrigation sectors to bring a transformation in the lives of the people. Interacting with students after laying the foundation stone to IIT Mahabubnagar, the Chief minister said that the government was already establishing educational institutions and completing the […]
Trump offers to mediate Egypt-Ethiopia dispute on Nile River waters
WASHINGTON(RAHNUMA): US President Donald Trump offered on Friday to mediate a dispute over Nile River waters between Egypt and Ethiopia. “I am ready to restart US mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia to responsibly resolve the question of ‘The Nile Water Sharing’ once and for all,” he wrote to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in a […]
Egypt and Sudan welcome Trump’s offer to mediate Nile River dam dispute
CAIRO(RAHNUMA): Egypt and Sudan welcomed on Saturday President Donald Trump’s offer to resume US mediation efforts with Ethiopia to resolve a long-running Nile River water dispute following Addis Ababa’s construction of a giant dam. Ethiopia inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or GERD, last fall. It is Africa’s largest and is meant to produce more […]
Somali president visits city claimed by breakaway region
MOGADISHU(RAHNUMA): Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Friday visited a provincial capital claimed by the breakaway region of Somaliland — the first visit there by a sitting president in over 40 years. The visit to Las Anod, the administrative capital of the Sool region, comes amid heightened diplomatic tensions in the Horn of Africa after […]
Algeria issues wheat import tender, traders say
PARIS(RAHNUMA): Algeria’s state grain agency OAIC has issued an international tender to buy wheat, with a deadline for offers on Monday, European traders said on Saturday. The tender sought a nominal volume of 50,000 metric tons, they said, though OAIC usually purchases much more in its import tenders. Shipment is required in March if wheat […]
Iraqi Kurdistan leader welcomes Syrian decree recognizing Kurdish rights
IRBIL(RAHNUMA): The President of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, on Saturday welcomed a new Syrian presidential decree recognizing the country’s Kurdish population, Syrian state media reported. Barzani described the move as a significant political and legal step toward building a new Syria, the Syrian Arab News Agency added. In a statement, Barzani expressed support for […]
Israel objects to US announcement of leaders who will play a role in overseeing next steps in Gaza
JERUSALEM(RAHNUMA): Israel’s government is objecting to the White House announcement of leaders who will play a role in overseeing next steps in Gaza. The rare criticism from Israel of its close ally in Washington says the Gaza executive committee “was not coordinated with Israel and is contrary to its policy,” without details. Saturday’s statement also […]
