Magistrate approaches High Court against Chief Judicial Magistrate; alleges harassment

March 02, 2024 09:03 pm | Updated 09:03 pm IST - KOTTAYAM A female judicial officer in Kottayam has proceeded on leave, allegedly protesting against what she terms as ‘continuous harassment’ by her superior Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of Kottayam. The officer, Tiara Rose Mary, serves as the Judicial Magistrate …...Read More

Salary disbursement affected, govt. employees stage protest

March 02, 2024 09:02 pm | Updated 09:02 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram A section of government employees took to the streets here on Saturday after salary disbursement was partially affected for the second day after the due date. While the government attributed the delay in salary disbursement to a technical …...Read More

Blast case: CM confident of culprit’s arrest

March 02, 2024 09:01 pm | Updated 09:02 pm IST - MYSURU Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has expressed confidence that the culprit involved in the blast at The Rameshwaram Café in Bengaluru on Friday will be nabbed as his visuals had been captured on CCTV cameras. Speaking to reporters here on …...Read More

Transfer of Defence land due to BRS efforts: KTR

March 02, 2024 08:57 pm | Updated 08:57 pm IST - Hyderabad BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao has attributed the transfer of Defence land in Secunderabad Cantonment to the State government by the Centre to the efforts of the BRS government over the last 10 years. “To know that …...Read More

Two CSRTI technologies handed over for commercialisation at Bharat Tex Expo 2024

March 02, 2024 08:57 pm | Updated 08:57 pm IST - MYSURU The handing over of two technologies developed by Mysuru-based Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute (CSRTI) for commercialisation were among the ten MoU’s signed by Central Silk Board (CSB) during the Bharat Tex Expo 2024 held in New …...Read More

Tide and one-time passwords wait for no man

March 02, 2024 08:54 pm | Updated 08:55 pm IST Consider the OTP. Affectionately known as the one-time password. Or, alternatively, the original trigger for pain. It probably makes people’s lives simpler. It gives the OTP generator in our banks something to do. I imagine the generator as a wizened …...Read More

People wake up to snow on first weekend of spring

Snow has accompanied the first weekend of spring. After temperatures remained narrowly above freezing on Friday evening, people living near Bristol woke up to 4-5cm of snow on Saturday. The Met Office had yellow warnings in place for parts of Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Wiltshire early on Saturday morning. That was …...Read More

LS poll: BJP fields a mix of high-profile veterans and new faces in 12 seats in Kerala

March 02, 2024 08:53 pm | Updated 09:04 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sought to make a forceful entry into the Lok Sabha election fray in Kerala by announcing its candidates for 12 parliamentary seats in the State on Saturday. The panel of candidates cleared by …...Read More

KSRTC extends route rationlisation to Kollam, Pathanamthitta

March 02, 2024 08:52 pm | Updated 08:53 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), which started implementing route rationalisation in Thiruvananthapuram, has extended the process to Kollam and Pathanamthitta districts, where it could save ₹1.90 lakh and ₹1.75 lakh per day, respectively. In two districts, …...Read More

Arrangements in place for State-wide pulse polio immunisation drive commencing on March 3 in Andhra Pradesh

March 02, 2024 08:52 pm | Updated 08:52 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA Andhra Pradesh Health Department has made all arrangements to vaccinate the 53,35,519 children who are aged below five in the State, as part of the National Pulse Polio Programme to be launched on March 3 (Sunday). In a …...Read More