CS calls for stringent action against those indulging in irregularities in Inter, class 10 exams

March 02, 2024 04:43 am | Updated 04:43 am IST - HYDERABAD Chief Secretary A. Santhi Kumari has said that the Telangana government will firmly deal with those found guilty of irregularities in the ongoing Intermediate examinations, irrespective of their position. The government would not tolerate any activity that would …...Read More

The parched IT capital of India - The Hindu

March 02, 2024 04:43 am | Updated 04:43 am IST Sharfunnisa, 70, a resident of Varthur in south-eastern Bengaluru, has been struggling to arrange for water for her family’s daily needs. As the prices of water tankers have shot up exponentially over the last one month, a few houses in …...Read More

NBDSA takes action against three TV news channels for violating guidelines on communal issues

March 02, 2024 04:38 am | Updated 04:38 am IST - NEW DELHI The News Broadcasting & Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) has directed three TV news channels to remove videos of certain programmes on communal issues as they violated the Code of Ethics and other guidelines. Penalties have also been …...Read More

‘Aadhaar used to control populations and regulate access’

March 02, 2024 04:18 am | Updated 04:18 am IST - HYDERABAD Systems based on digital IDs, like Aadhaar, are being used as a method to control populations and regulate access, said digital rights and privacy researcher Srinivas Kodali. He was speaking at the 14th anniversary of Lamakaan on Cybernetic …...Read More

Yogi Adityanath meets U.P. Governor after Delhi visit, adds fuel to buzz over Cabinet expansion before Lok Sabha polls

March 02, 2024 04:16 am | Updated 04:16 am IST - LUCKNOW Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday met Governor Anandiben Patel in Lucknow adding fuel to the buzz of a State Cabinet expansion in the coming days ahead of parliamentary polls. Mr. Adityanath’s visit to the Governor’s …...Read More

GHMC sanitation supervisors held for cloning fingerprints

March 02, 2024 03:56 am | Updated 03:56 am IST - HYDERABAD The Central Zone Task Force team of Hyderabad nabbed two sanitation supervisors working for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) for allegedly cloning fingerprints to claim the salaries of absent workers. Police seized 31 cloned fingerprints and two …...Read More

Organ failure has become a health crisis, says Union Health Minister in letter to CMs

March 02, 2024 03:32 am | Updated 03:32 am IST - CHENNAI Organ failure has become a health crisis in the country with a huge gap between available donors and patients requiring organ transplants, Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare has said. In a letter to Tamil …...Read More

AIADMK urges Speaker to declare Tirukkoyilur vacant following Ponmudy’s conviction

March 02, 2024 03:22 am | Updated 03:23 am IST - CHENNAI The AIADMK has submitted a representation to Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M Appavu seeking to declare as vacant the Tirukkoyilur Assembly constituency, which was held by former Minister K. Ponmudy until his disqualification under the Representation of People …...Read More

Former Minister’s son remanded to judicial custody

March 02, 2024 03:16 am | Updated 03:16 am IST - VIJAYAWADA Former additional director of Avexa Corporation Private Limited, Prathipati Sharath, who was arrested by the NTR Commissionerate police, was produced in the court in the early hours on Friday which remanded him to judicial custody. Following a complaint …...Read More

In major victory for labourers, Rajasthan extends urban jobs scheme to new municipal bodies

March 02, 2024 03:04 am | Updated 03:04 am IST - JAIPUR In a major victory for the villagers who lost employment opportunities after the conversion of village panchayats into urban local bodies, the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Rajasthan has agreed to launch the urban employment guarantee scheme in …...Read More