Andhra Pradesh High Court orders APPSC to conduct 2018 Group-I Mains exam afresh

March 13, 2024 07:04 pm | Updated 07:05 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA Justice Nimmagadda Venkateswarlu of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) to conduct afresh the Group-1 (Mains) examination, the impugned notification for which was issued in the year 2018, and has …...Read More

Unlike the BJP, we will fulfil our promises, says Kharge

March 13, 2024 07:03 pm | Updated 07:03 pm IST - KALABURAGI Terming BJP assurances as mere hoaxes and criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for what he said failure to fulfil promises made during the last two Lok Sabha elections, All India Congress Committee president and Leader of Opposition in …...Read More

Collector Dilli Rao releases poster for ‘Save the Sparrow’ art contest

March 13, 2024 07:03 pm | Updated 07:03 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA NTR District Collector S. Dilli Rao on March 13 (Wednesday) released ‘Save the Sparrow’ poster for a national-level virtual art contest, to be organised by city-based artist Spoorthi Srinivas of Forum for Artists in collaboration with Joshua Cultural …...Read More

CAA: DYFI activists block train in Alappuzha

March 13, 2024 07:01 pm | Updated 07:01 pm IST - ALAPPUZHA In protest against the Union government over the notification of the rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), Democratic Youth Federation of India activists blocked train services at the Alappuzha railway station on Wednesday. They stopped Thiruvananthapuram- Lokmanya …...Read More

Two DSPs, two CIs and a constable of ACB suspended on corruption charges

March 13, 2024 06:59 pm | Updated 07:00 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA The Andhra Pradesh government has suspended two Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs), two Circle Inspectors (CIs) and a constable working in the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on charges of corruption. Director General of Police K.V. Rajendranath Reddy issued the …...Read More

Varanasi court sentences Mukhtar Ansari to life imprisonment in three-decade-old fake gun licence case

March 13, 2024 06:59 pm | Updated 07:41 pm IST - Varanasi A special Varanasi court on March 13 sentenced gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari to life imprisonment in a three-decade-old fake gun licence case. The MP-MLA court of judge Awanish Gautam also slapped a fine totalling ₹2 lakh on Ansari under …...Read More

CMFRI honour women entrepreneurs Ivy Jose, Rethi Kumari

March 13, 2024 06:58 pm | Updated 06:58 pm IST - KOCHI Women entrepreneurs in the fisheries sector Ivy Jose and K. G. Rethi Kumari were honoured by ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) for their perseverance and hard work. Ms. Jose from Munambam has excelled in fish manure production, …...Read More

Former bank manager arrested for theft of pledged gold

March 13, 2024 06:56 pm | Updated 06:56 pm IST - ALAPPUZHA A former area manager of Kerala Bank was arrested by the Pattanakkad police on Tuesday for stealing pledged gold. The arrested has been identified as Meera Mathew (44) of Cherthala. The accused, who was in charge of gold …...Read More

Soaring power consumption in Kerala: Chief Minister to review power situation on Thursday

March 13, 2024 06:56 pm | Updated 06:56 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will review the power situation on Thursday even as electricity consumption in Kerala crossed the 100 million unit (mu) mark for the second consecutive day on Tuesday. Electricity Minister K. Krishnankutty, Water Resources Minister …...Read More

Watch | Idlis from this Kerala women’s prison are a big hit

Watch | Idlis from this Kerala women’s prison are a big hit March 13, 2024 06:53 pm | Updated 07:26 pm IST This is not a restaurant kitchen but a kitchen in a prison run by women inmates This is the Women’s Prison and Correctional Home at Attakkulangara in Thiruvananthapuram. …...Read More