Status quo on suspension of operations pact with Kuki-Zo insurgent groups

April 14, 2024 08:47 pm | Updated 09:11 pm IST - New Delhi Two months after the Manipur government refused to send a representative to a meeting called by the Centre to extend the suspension of operations (SoO) pact with Kuki-Zo insurgent groups, the “status quo” on the agreement exists …...Read More

Communists never fought for Tamil people’s rights in Mullaperiyar issue, says Seeman

April 14, 2024 08:40 pm | Updated 08:40 pm IST - NAGAPATTINAM Despite Tamil Nadu government’s request to store more water in the baby dam near Mullaperiyar, Kerala government consistently refused to do so and Communists in Tamil Nadu remained silent about it, alleged Naam Tamilar Katchi chief coordinator Seeman …...Read More

BJP manifesto drops NRC, says CAA for ‘eligible persons’

April 14, 2024 08:35 pm | Updated 09:08 pm IST - New Delhi: The BJP has dropped compilation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) from its manifesto that was released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 14. NRC was one of the prominent poll promises in the party’s …...Read More

BWSSB to revive 128-year-old Soladevanahalli pumping station, the first in Bengaluru

April 14, 2024 08:34 pm | Updated 08:34 pm IST - Bengaluru The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is all set to revive the Soladevanahalli pumping station, the first-ever water pumping station that was set up in 1896 to supply piped water to Bengaluru from the Arkavathi. This …...Read More

Epicentre of BJP’s South India campaign shifts to Kerala as PM Modi arrives on a two-day electioneering tour

April 14, 2024 08:34 pm | Updated 09:12 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram The epicentre of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaign in South India will likely shift to Kerala as Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Kochi late on April 14 for a two-day electioneering tour of the State. On April …...Read More

VCK office vandalised in Tiruchi

April 14, 2024 08:33 pm | Updated 08:33 pm IST - TIRUCHI A group of people vandalised the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK)’s East Urban district office in Tiruchi on Sunday. After observing Ambedkar’s birth anniversary in the office, the VCK cadres locked the office in the afternoon. In the evening, …...Read More

Short film in Tamil made in Perambalur using AI on voter awareness

April 14, 2024 08:30 pm | Updated 08:30 pm IST - PERAMBALUR Amid various methods being adopted to create awareness among people on the importance of voting for the upcoming general elections, the Perambalur district administration has used artificial intelligence to drive home the message to the electorate. A short …...Read More

Ponnam Prabhakar observes deeksha, flays ‘injustice’ meted out to Telangana under Modi regime

April 14, 2024 08:26 pm | Updated 08:26 pm IST - KARIMNAGAR Minister for Transport and Backward Classes Welfare Ponnam Prabhakar tore into the BJP alleging that Narendra Modi government at the Centre rendered injustice to Telangana and failed to deliver on the promises made in the State Reorganisation Act …...Read More

This LS election is for overall development of the country, says V.K. Singh

April 14, 2024 08:24 pm | Updated 08:24 pm IST - TIRUVARUR Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways and Civil Aviation Gen. (retd.) V.K. Singh campaigned for S.G.M. Ramesh, BJP’s candidate in the Nagapattinam Lok Sabha constituency, on Sunday. Mr. Singh said: “The upcoming Lok Sabha election …...Read More

Need to empower downtrodden sections, say BC associations

April 14, 2024 08:19 pm | Updated 08:19 pm IST - VIZIANAGARAM Several backward classes associations representing Kapu, Velama, Telaga, Yadava and other communities asked political parties to empower BCs politically and economically in tune with the ideology of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar who had strived for an egalitarian society. Pulsus …...Read More