PM virtually launches drone programme for women

March 11, 2024 07:38 pm | Updated 07:38 pm IST - HYDERABAD Many women from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka showcased their drone flying capabilities as part of a nationwide event to hand over agricultural drones to women drawn from self-help groups under - ‘Namo Drone Didi’ scheme. Later, 108 …...Read More

Rajinder Chaudhry takes charge as the new ADG for Andhra Pradesh in PIB office of Vijayawada

March 11, 2024 07:36 pm | Updated 07:36 pm IST - GUNTUR Rajinder Chaudhry, a senior Indian Information Service (IIS) officer of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, assumed charge as the Additional Director General (Region-Andhra Pradesh), at the Press Information Bureau (PIB) office in Vijayawada on Monday. As the …...Read More

MGU senate decides against nominating representative to Governor’s search committee

March 11, 2024 07:35 pm | Updated 07:36 pm IST - KOTTAYAM In a significant development, the Mahatma Gandhi University Senate decided on Monday not to nominate any representative to the Search-cum-Selection Committee for the selection of the Vice-Chancellor. A special meeting of the university senate adopted a resolution in …...Read More

Nine more Indira Canteens to open in Mysuru

March 11, 2024 07:34 pm | Updated 07:42 pm IST - MYSURU Indira canteens are quenching the hunger of the poor, working class, and the students, said Minister for Social Welfare H.C. Mahadevappa in Mysuru on Monday. Mr. Mahadevappa, who is also the Minister in charge of Mysuru district, was …...Read More

Poets, writers must develop political consciousness to uphold what is right, says Shivaganga Rumma

March 11, 2024 07:34 pm | Updated 07:34 pm IST - KALABURAGI Stressing on the role of literature in transforming society, Head of the Department of Kannada at Central University of Karnataka Shivaganga Rumma has said that literature must reflect social realities and address the burning issues of contemporary society. …...Read More

Overbridge at Ponmalai to be reopened for traffic on Tuesday

March 11, 2024 07:33 pm | Updated 07:33 pm IST - TIRUCHI The damaged overbridge on the Tiruchi-Chennai Bypass near the Ponmalai Railway Station in Tiruchi will reopened for traffic on Tuesday after extensive repairs. Sources in the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) said that all necessary tests had …...Read More

AI labs to come up in 10 colleges in Thiruvananthapuram: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

March 11, 2024 07:30 pm | Updated 07:30 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrasekhar has announced that artificial intelligence (AI) laboratories will be established in 10 colleges in Thiruvananthapuram under the IndiaAI Mission unveiled recently. Mr. Chandrasekhar, the …...Read More

Minister inaugurates fish landing centre

March 11, 2024 07:28 pm | Updated 07:29 pm IST - ALAPPUZHA The government will come up with projects for the comprehensive development of coastal areas in the State, Fisheries Minister Saji Cherian has said. He was inaugurating a fish landing centre at Prayikkara in Alappuzha on Monday. “The government …...Read More

One instalment of social security pensions to be disbursed from March 15

March 11, 2024 07:28 pm | Updated 07:29 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM One instalment of the social security pensions and welfare board pensions will be disbursed from March 15, the State government has said. All pensioners who had completed the mustering exercise would receive the pension, Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal …...Read More

BDJS sets condition for contesting from Kottayam

March 11, 2024 07:27 pm | Updated 07:27 pm IST - KOTTAYAM Amidst the ongoing uncertainty regarding his candidature in Kottayam, Bharath Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS) president Thushar Vellappally has now presented a condition to the Bharatiya Janata Party for his candidacy in the central Travancore seat. Speaking to reporters …...Read More