Bharat Reddy

Metro services on Delhi's Magenta Line faced disruption just days after its opening due to the theft of 1,000 metres of signalling cables. Police arrested one suspect involved in melting wires for copper. Restoration work is planned for late nights to minimize passenger inconvenience, with authorities investigating further to apprehend other culprits.

A political clash in Ballari over banner placement escalated into violence, resulting in the death of a Congress worker. Stone-pelting and police lathicharge preceded gunfire near MLA Gali Janardhana Reddy's residence. Janardhana Reddy accused rival MLA Bharat Reddy's supporters of an assassination attempt, a charge Bharat Reddy denies. Additional police are deployed.

A woman in Nellore committed suicide on Wednesday due to mental agony as her elder son was about to go abroad. According to police, Vijaya Kumari 45 and her son Sadasiva Reddy, both residents of New Military Colony in Nellore, have two sons, Bharat Reddy, who is working in a software company in Bengaluru and Sadasiva Reddy, who was planning to go abroad against his parents' wishes. Narasimha Reddy, the woman's husband, went to Sabarimala on December 18 and Sadasiva once again discussed his plan with mother Vijaya Kumari, who said she would commit suicide if he went abroad. Sadasiva did not take her words seriously and decided to go abroad on December 25. He made all the arrangements on knowing the same. Vijaya Kumari went into depression and committed suicide by hanging herself in her bedroom on Wednesday.

The pandemic has made daily life a tightrope walk for parents and children alike. With the signature of childhood — playing and running around — banished by Covid-19, parents who are already stressed, struggling to cope with their own changed lives are finding it difficult to handhold their children thrown into a vortex of emotions, with little or no outlet. Second-hand anxiety, sleeplessness and in a few instances even depression is slowly becoming part of some children’s daily lives.

M Bharat Reddy took three wickets for seven runs for Kadapa and Rajanikanth hit an unbeaten half-century for Hyderabad as their teams registered victories on the first day of a veterans cricket tournament conducted in Anantapur cricket ground on Thursday.

It was nearly a year ago that the city police registered an FIR against Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited and its promoters based on a complaint by Karvy.

Murali Vijay had told TOI a few months back that he hadn't got enough chances to be dismissed as an ODI discard. Now, after a superb show in the first two Test matches in Australia, Vijay is hoping to make it to the World Cup squad.