April 17, 2024 12:49 pm | Updated 12:55 pm IST On the occasion of Ram Navami, ‘Surya Abhishek’ of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya temple was held for five long minutes from 12:16 p.m. on April 17. The ‘Surya Tilak’ or ‘Surya Abhishek’ refers to a ray of sunlight made to …...Read More
Sun kisses Ram Lalla’s forehead on Ram Navami
Kerala’s Thrissur Pooram: No need for fitness test for elephants by Forest department team, says Minister K. Rajan
April 17, 2024 12:44 pm | Updated 12:44 pm IST - Thrissur The Kerala government has intervened for the second time to change the order of the Forest department in connection with safe conduct of Thrissur Pooram. The order of the Forest department insisting on a fitness test by its …...Read More
Lok Sabha polls | DMK, BJP failed to fulfil poll promises, have only burdened people of T.N.: Edappadi Palaniswami
April 17, 2024 12:42 pm | Updated 12:42 pm IST - SALEM AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, said both the BJP and the DMK government had failed to fulfill their poll promises, and condemned both parties for “increased burdens placed on the people”. Addressing …...Read More
Moroccan national overstaying in Hyderabad deported
April 17, 2024 12:22 pm | Updated 12:23 pm IST - HYDERABAD The Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (HNEW) arrested a Moroccan national for unlawful presence in the country and was deported back on Tuesday. The police arrested 27-year-old Achbili Amine, who joined PG College, Secunderabad in 2017 to pursue Bachelor …...Read More
Government 'operationalising' Rwanda flights amid reports RAF Voyagers could be used
The government is "working on operationalising" Rwanda flights, a minister has said - amid reports RAF planes could be used for the controversial deportation scheme. Laura Trott did not deny a story in The Times newspaper which said migrants might have to be flown to the east African nation on …...Read More
Poaching wire seized, two apprehended in Mahabubabad district
April 17, 2024 12:08 pm | Updated 12:08 pm IST - HYDERABAD Forest officers of the Mahabubabad district have confiscated poaching apparatus from the Gudur range, and apprehended two persons for hunting a wild boar. A statement from the Forest department informed that, during the perambulation drive on April 13, …...Read More
Sitaram Yechury interview | ‘Why is ED not using PMLA in open-and-shut electoral bonds cases?’
Sitaram Yechury, the general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), was in Kannur on April 16, 2024 to campaign for the Left candidate from the constituency, M.V. Jayarajan. The Hindu caught up with him for a quick chat at the district office of the Communist Party of India …...Read More
Hyderabad | Criminal cases booked against owners for issuing bounced cheques to GHMC for property tax
April 17, 2024 11:57 am | Updated 11:58 am IST - HYDERABAD Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has taken stern action against about 40 property owners for issuing cheques, towards property tax payment, which have bounced during encashment. Criminal cases have been filed against them in various police stations across …...Read More
Lok Sabha polls Phase 1 | 8 Union Ministers, 2 former CMs, one ex-governor in fray
April 17, 2024 11:50 am | Updated 11:50 am IST - New Delhi Eight Union Ministers, two former chief ministers and one ex-governor are among those who are set to test their electoral fate in the first phase of elections on April 19 when 102 seats across 21 States and …...Read More
Car driver who rammed into two men on Durgam Cheruvu Cable Bridge arrested
April 17, 2024 11:31 am | Updated 11:31 am IST - HYDERABAD The Madhapur police have arrested 27-year-old Naveen Kumar, a software employee, the driver of the car in the recent mishap on the Durgam Cheruvu Cable Bridge in Hyderabad that killed one and left other severely injured. S. Anil …...Read More
