IMD issues heatwave alert in Telangana for next three days

April 16, 2024 09:31 pm | Updated 09:32 pm IST - HYDERABAD India Meteorological Department (IMD) has sounded heat wave alert in isolated pockets across the districts of Telangana for the next three days with the day temperatures likely to rise by two to three degrees Celsius. Adilabad, Medak and …...Read More

Randomisation of EVMs completed in Thiruvananthapuram district

April 16, 2024 09:28 pm | Updated 09:28 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram The randomisation of electronic voting machines for the forthcoming polls in the district has been completed. As many as 10,089 voting machines to be deployed in 2,730 polling stations in the Thiruvananthapuram and Attingal Lok Sabha constituencies were …...Read More

It’s a battle of prestige for Siddaramaiah in this backward region where his Assembly segment lies

April 16, 2024 09:27 pm | Updated 09:27 pm IST - MYSURU Like the Mysuru Lok Sabha seat, Chamarajanagar (Reserved) constituency is a prestigious one for Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and winning both is seen as important for his leadership within the Congress, as the BJP and JD(S) alliance has launched …...Read More

Kannada actor-producer Dwarakish, 81, passes away

April 16, 2024 09:22 pm | Updated 09:22 pm IST - Bengaluru Dwarakish, Kannada actor, producer, and director, passed away at his Bengaluru residence on Tuesday. He was 81. The veteran artist suffered a heart attack and passed away in his sleep in the morning at his residence in Electronics …...Read More

Modi an instrument of rich businessmen, says Rahul

April 16, 2024 09:21 pm | Updated 09:21 pm IST - Kozhikode Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate from the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, on Tuesday stepped up his attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, terming him an instrument of a few rich Indian businessmen. During …...Read More

Heathrow Border Force strike: Officers to strike for four days as union protests against job cuts

Hundreds of Border Force officers will go on strike at Heathrow Airport later this month. They will walk out for four days over changes to their working conditions, according to the Public and Commercial Services trade union. The union said more than 300 of its members working at terminals 2, …...Read More

Lok Sabha poll will pave way for a transparent government in T.N. in 2026, says G.K. Vasan

Tamil Manila Congress (Moopanar) president G.K. Vasan is confident that the BJP-led NDA will make a mark in Tamil Nadu in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha poll by winning a comfortable number of seats. In a freewheeling interaction with journalists at The Hindu office on Tuesday, the former Union Minister …...Read More

Defeating cerebral palsy to enter Civil Services

April 16, 2024 09:18 pm | Updated 09:18 pm IST - Kozhikode Clearing the Civil Services is a dream for many. But for Sarika A.K., a native of Keezhariyur, near Vadakara, in Kozhikode, it was too far fetched a dream with her particular condition. Now being the first person with …...Read More

When music lifted their spirits

April 16, 2024 09:15 pm | Updated 09:15 pm IST - PALAKKAD Music can greatly reduce stress and re-establish peace of mind, said Bansuri Band founder Raj Chandran, displaying the magical prowess of bansuri to a group of destitute women at Mahila Mandiram here on Tuesday. “Stress is a major …...Read More

Welfare Party of India to support UDF in Kerala

April 16, 2024 09:15 pm | Updated 09:15 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram The Welfare Party of India has announced its support for the Congress- led United Democratic Front in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in Kerala. Party State president Razaq Paleri said it was crucial for the Congress to gain …...Read More