Church’s screening of “Islamophobic” movie roils Kerala politics

April 09, 2024 08:36 pm | Updated 08:36 pm IST The contentious screening of the allegedly Islamophobic movie, The Kerala Story, by the Syro-Malabar Church in Idukki last week has roiled Kerala politics. The Idukki Diocese had screened the film to ostensibly alert catechism students about the “peril posed by …...Read More

An uphill struggle for drinking water in Vijayawada

April 09, 2024 08:31 pm | Updated 08:31 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA For the people living in the hilly area near RCM Church in Christurajapuram of Vijayawada, falling under the East Assembly Constituency, summer is an agonising time. From March-end to June, they have to deal with not only the …...Read More

Eid on Thursday, April 11

April 09, 2024 08:31 pm | Updated 08:31 pm IST - HYDERABAD The Markazi Ruiyat-e-Hilal Committee, which announces Ramzan and Eid, depending on the sighting of the crescent, on Tuesday announced that April 10 will correspond to the 30th of Ramzan. The announcement means that Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated on …...Read More

HC quashes disciplinary proceedings against former Principal of Government Arts and Science College, Kasaragod

April 09, 2024 08:26 pm | Updated 08:26 pm IST - KOCHI A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Tuesday set aside disciplinary proceedings initiated by the Director of Collegiate Education against Dr. M. Rema, former Principal of Government Arts and Science College, Kasaragod, based on a complaint …...Read More

States, UTs asked to submit data on heat stroke cases and deaths

April 09, 2024 08:26 pm | Updated 08:26 pm IST - NEW DELHI States and Union Territories are to submit data on heat stroke cases and deaths, emergency attendance and total deaths on the Integrated Health Information Portal (IHIP) while undertaking an investigation of suspected heat-related illness/death, said an advisory …...Read More

ED attaches 413 agricultural land parcels in Sindhudurg district under PMLA

April 09, 2024 08:24 pm | Updated 08:25 pm IST - Mumbai The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Mumbai Zonal Office has provisionally attached 413 agricultural land parcels admeasuring approximately 1,807 acres at Vijaydurg village in Devgad taluka of Sindhudurg district under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 …...Read More

Naidu promises to increase remuneration of volunteers to ₹10,000

April 09, 2024 08:22 pm | Updated 08:23 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu said the TDP-BJP-Jana Sena Party coalition, if voted to power, would not only continue the system of ward and village volunteers but also increase their monthly remuneration to ₹10,000 from the present …...Read More

Development of Amaravati will be completed in five years, says BJP poll in-charge for A.P.

April 09, 2024 08:20 pm | Updated 08:20 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA Siddharth Nath Singh, Andhra Pradesh BJP co-in-charge for general elections, has said that the BJP-TDP-JSP alliance, if voted to power, would complete the development of Amaravati in five years. Speaking during the Ugadi celebrations organised at the BJP …...Read More

Woman, two children found dead in house in Kasaragod

April 09, 2024 08:16 pm | Updated 08:16 pm IST - KASARAGOD A woman and her two children were found dead inside their house at Chembrakanam in Kasaragod on Tuesday. While the woman was found hanging after reportedly slashing her wrist, her children were suspected to be poisoned. The Cheemeni …...Read More

It’s ‘Iftar time’ for contestants ahead of Ramzan

April 09, 2024 08:08 pm | Updated 08:09 pm IST - KADAPA/NELLORE With the Ramzan festival being round the corner and the general elections not far away, several contestants are vying to host ‘Iftar’ parties and were seen visiting mosques and dargahs to make their presence felt. There are many …...Read More