TTD issues house site pattas to 9,000 serving and retired employees

March 12, 2024 07:31 pm | Updated 07:31 pm IST - TIRUPATI The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has so far issued 9,000 house site pattas to serving as well as retired employees in a three-phased distribution process. TTD trust board Chairman Bhumana Karunakar Reddy and Executive Officer A.V. Dharma Reddy …...Read More

India world’s top arms importer between 2019-23: SIPRI

March 12, 2024 07:30 pm | Updated 07:32 pm IST - NEW DELHI: India was the world’s top arms importer for the period 2019-23 with imports having gone up by 4.7% compared to the period 2014-18, according to the Swedish think tank, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). At the …...Read More

Priyank Kharge takes exception to conditions imposed for 75th Republic Day celebrations at Central University

March 12, 2024 07:27 pm | Updated 07:27 pm IST - KALABURAGI Annoyed by the terms and conditions imposed by the Central University of Karnataka for holding the 75th Republic Day meeting at the university, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister and Kalaburagi in-charge Priyank Kharge has said that the …...Read More

Children to no longer be prescribed puberty blockers, NHS England confirms

Children will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at gender identity clinics, NHS England has confirmed. Puberty blockers, which pause the physical changes of puberty such as breast development or facial hair, will now only be available to children as part of clinical research trials. The government said it welcomed …...Read More

Decomposed body of woman found in multi-storey building in Chandapura

March 12, 2024 07:25 pm | Updated 07:26 pm IST - Bengaluru The highly decomposed naked body of a woman was found in a house situated in a multi-storey building at Headmasters Layout in Chandapura on Monday. The incident came to light when a neighbour complained of an odour from …...Read More

Committee to be formed in Idukki to monitor wild animal attack issues

March 12, 2024 07:24 pm | Updated 07:24 pm IST - IDUKKI A political monitoring committee will be formed in Idukki to monitor issues related to wild animal attacks. It was decided at an all-party meeting chaired by Water Resources Minister Roshy Augustine at the Idukki Collectorate on Tuesday. According …...Read More

Amarajeevi Foundation urges government to keep Potti Sriramulu statue in A.P. Assembly premises

March 12, 2024 07:22 pm | Updated 07:36 pm IST - VIZIANAGARAM Sri Amarajeevi Foundation Vizianagaram district president Alavelli Sekhar and general secretary Samudrala Nagaraju on Tuesday urged the State government to take steps to keep the Potti Sriramulu statue in A.P. Legislative Assembly premises. The foundation felicitated philanthropist and …...Read More

Smuggled gold worth ₹20.9 lakh seized from flight passenger

March 12, 2024 07:21 pm | Updated 07:21 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Customs officials confiscated 324.14 grams of 24-carat gold worth ₹20.9 lakh from a passenger who arrived in the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on a flight from Dubai on Monday. According to a press note, the smuggled gold was found …...Read More

Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti term CAA rules notification ‘bid to target Muslims’

March 12, 2024 07:21 pm | Updated 07:21 pm IST - SRINAGAR J&K’s former Chief Ministers, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, on March 12 termed the move to notify rules for Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) “a bid to target Muslims” and “sway voters on hate-politics”. “The Parliament passed the CAA …...Read More

Hold Parliament, Assembly polls simultaneously in J&K: NC, PDP tell CEC

March 12, 2024 07:16 pm | Updated 07:16 pm IST - SRINAGAR Jammu and Kashmir’s regional parties, the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on March 12 urged Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar to hold Assembly and Lok Sabha elections simultaneously in the union territory. The …...Read More