PDP candidate Waheed Parra’s rare trajectory into politics resonates with young Kashmiris

April 09, 2024 07:12 pm | Updated 07:12 pm IST - PULWAMA A door-to-door campaign and open-field canvassing by Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, 34-year-old Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Srinagar-Budgam Lok Sabha seat, has kicked off an unusual bustle in the once militancy-dominated pockets of Pulwama, where residents still prefer …...Read More

Lok Sabha elections | PM Modi takes out roadshow in Chennai

April 09, 2024 07:11 pm | Updated 07:11 pm IST - Chennai Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 9 took out a roadshow in Chennai’s T Nagar locality, ahead of the April 19 Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu. The Prime Minister was joined by BJP State president K Annamalai …...Read More

Recognition for Cusat faculty members

April 09, 2024 07:07 pm | Updated 07:07 pm IST - KOCHI Pankaj Sagar, head and Assistant Professor, Department of Instrumentation, Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat), has won the DAE-Young Scientist Award instituted by the Board of Research in Nuclear Science (BRNS). It offers a research fund of …...Read More

No fresh arrests in alleged mob lynching at Muvattupuzha

April 09, 2024 06:54 pm | Updated 06:55 pm IST - KOCHI The Muvattupuzha police are yet to make more arrests in the case in which a migrant worker was allegedly beaten to death in what has since been confirmed as a case of mob lynching. The police have so …...Read More

Haryana Governor joins Kashmiri Pandits at Srinagar’s Vachar Nag temple, promises restoration of Valley temples

April 09, 2024 06:50 pm | Updated 06:50 pm IST - SRINAGAR Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya on Tuesday visited the ancient Shiva temple in Srinagar’s old city that had once become a hub of militancy, and joined scores of Kashmiri Pandits in a special puja on the occasion of Navreh, …...Read More

Religious fervour marks ‘Ugadi’ celebrations at Tirumala

April 09, 2024 06:49 pm | Updated 06:54 pm IST - TIRUMALA Religious fervour marked Sri Krodhi Nama Telugu Ugadi festival at the temple of Lord Venkateswara. Asthanam was rendered to the processional deities of Lord Malayappa Swamy and his two divine consorts mounted atop Sarva Bhoopala vahanam at Bangaru …...Read More

Congress stance on CAA has created distrust, says V. Joy

April 09, 2024 06:46 pm | Updated 06:46 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The reputation of being someone who has never tasted electoral defeats sits light on V.Joy’s shoulders. Tasked by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) with the responsibility of reclaiming the Attingal Lok Sabha constituency, known as a red …...Read More

Seizures by enforcement agencies monitoring the poll process cross ₹100 crore mark

April 09, 2024 06:37 pm | Updated 06:37 pm IST - HYDERABAD Seizure of cash, liquor and other items by the State and Central enforcement agencies deployed to keep a watch on allurements offered in different forms to voters in the forthcoming elections to Lok Sabha have crossed the ₹100 …...Read More

Tom Arthur MSP condemns father's 'offensive' swastika post

A Scottish government minister has condemned a social media post made by his father which depicted the Star of David linked with a swastika. Public finance minister Tom Arthur said the post fell "far short" of his stance against discrimination. Police Scotland said it had received a complaint which is …...Read More

Temple visits, cultural sessions mark Ugadi festival

April 09, 2024 06:35 pm | Updated 06:35 pm IST - TIRUPATI The Telugu New Year of Ugadi was observed with great religious fervour and enthusiasm across Rayalaseema on Tuesday. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) colourfully decorated all its local temples located downhill with flowers for the festive occasion. Sri Govindaraja, …...Read More