March 11, 2024 08:10 pm | Updated 08:11 pm IST - HYDERABAD The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday chargesheeted a top leader of the banned CPI (Maoist) from Telangana in a case relating to a conspiracy to promote left-wing extremism (LWE) in the country. Officials said Sanjoy Deepak Rao, …...Read More
NIA chargesheets top Maoist leader arrested from Telangana
Pinarayi advocates amendment to Central Wildlife Protection Act
March 11, 2024 08:08 pm | Updated 08:08 pm IST - KANNUR Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has emphasised the need to amend the stringent provisions of the Central Wildlife Protection Act, citing difficulties in addressing instances of wild animals encroaching into residential areas. Speaking at the inauguration of various development …...Read More
Dhinakaran extends unconditional support to BJP; to work like ‘squirrel’
March 11, 2024 08:04 pm | Updated 08:04 pm IST - TIRUCHI The Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) will contest the Lok Sabha elections in an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Disclosing this to reporters in Tiruchi on Monday, AMMK general secretary T.T.V. Dhinakaran said his party had …...Read More
Corporation introduces e-POS machines for bill collectors
March 11, 2024 08:03 pm | Updated 08:03 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation has now provided all its bill collectors with electronic point of sale (e-POS) machines for property tax collection with an aim to improve transparency and prevent the chances for revenue fund misappropriation. According to Corporation …...Read More
Police recover 30 human skulls and bones from makeshift temple in Bidadi, man arrested
March 11, 2024 08:00 pm | Updated 08:00 pm IST - Bengaluru The Bidadi police on Sunday arrested a 35-year-old man and recovered 30 human skulls and bones which he had stored in a makeshift temple to allegedly perform rituals and black magic. Based on an alert from villagers, a …...Read More
Workshop and sensitisation programme held to protect child rights
March 11, 2024 07:58 pm | Updated 07:58 pm IST - MYSURU A workshop on sensitising officials to children’s rights and provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act was conducted on Monday with a plea for greater coordination among different departments to help secure children their …...Read More
PM Modi to flag off three new trains
March 11, 2024 07:56 pm | Updated 07:56 pm IST - HYDERABAD Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be launching virtually from New Delhi a slew of railway projects within the South Central Railway (SCR), including three new trains - Secunderabad – Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express, Kalaburagi – Bengaluru Vande Bharat …...Read More
Angry farmers set fire to APMC office in Byadgi as chilli prices fall
March 11, 2024 07:53 pm | Updated 07:53 pm IST - HUBBALLI Angry over the sudden fall in the prices of chilli varieties reportedly in the wake of huge arrivals, a group of farmers resorted to violence at APMC yard in Byadgi of Haveri district on Monday evening burning down …...Read More
Crime Branch to take over ₹8.50-crore Koothattukulam investment fraud case
March 11, 2024 07:51 pm | Updated 07:51 pm IST - KOCHI The State Crime Branch is set to take over the probe into an alleged investment fraud running into crores of rupees, ₹8.50 crore at last count, which was reported in Koothattukulam last month. The Koothattukulam police have arrested …...Read More
Idukki diocese to stage dharna to protest wild animal attacks
March 11, 2024 07:51 pm | Updated 07:51 pm IST - IDUKKI The Idukki diocese of the Syro-Malabar Church will conduct a march and protest meeting at Poopara in Idukki on Tuesday, demanding a permanent solution to human-animal conflict issues in the district. Idukki Diocese Media Commission chairman Fr. Jins …...Read More
