Electricity consumption in Kerala crosses 100 mu for first time on a Sunday

April 09, 2024 12:35 am | Updated 12:35 am IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM For the first time, electricity consumption in Kerala has crossed 100 million units (mu) on a Sunday. The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) recorded a consumption of 103.34 mu on Sunday, April 7. The maximum demand during the …...Read More

Schoolchildren at PM’s roadshow | Madras High Court stays Coimbatore police investigation

April 09, 2024 12:32 am | Updated 12:32 am IST - CHENNAI The Madras High Court on Monday stayed the investigation being conducted by the Coimbatore police against the management of a private school for having taken 32 students, in uniform, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s roadshow in the city …...Read More

Minister Komatireddy promises state-of-the-art building for Press Club in Hyderabad

April 09, 2024 12:27 am | Updated 12:28 am IST - HYDERABAD Minister of Roads and Buildings Komatireddy Venkat Reddy on Monday promised to construct a state-of-the-art facility for the Press Club in Hyderabad to ensure that journalists have access to top-notch amenities. Mr. Venkat Reddy, who participated in an …...Read More

Kishan calls Congress manifesto ‘anti-Hindu’

April 09, 2024 12:24 am | Updated 12:24 am IST - HYDERABAD Telangana BJP president and Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy has said that the recently-released Congress manifesto is “anti-Hindu” as it harps on the past with promises to renew Article 370 for Jammu & Kashmir and “promote love jihad”. …...Read More

Rahul took PFI support to contest in Wayanad, says Union Minister Smriti Irani

April 09, 2024 12:21 am | Updated 12:21 am IST - Lucknow Union Minister Smriti Irani on April 8 alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took the support of the outlawed outfit, the Popular Front of India (PFI), to contest the Lok Sabha election from Kerala’s Wayanad, his present seat. …...Read More

Telangana election authority preparing database of LS poll duty staff to enable them to cast vote

April 09, 2024 12:20 am | Updated 12:20 am IST - HYDERABAD The State election authority, Chief Electoral Officer’s office, has decided to create a database of employees deployed on election duties enabling them to exercise their franchise in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. CEO Vikas Raj said the election …...Read More

Congress govt. in Telangana filling up posts without recruitment test: Harish Rao

April 09, 2024 12:17 am | Updated 12:17 am IST - HYDERABAD The Congress government in Telangana has been filling a large number of posts in several departments without holding recruitment test and only giving appointment letters to those who were selected in the recruitment process held during the previous …...Read More

Lok Sabha polls | Senior citizens over 85 and the disabled vote from home in T.N.

April 09, 2024 12:16 am | Updated 12:26 pm IST - CHENNAI Several senior citizens aged above 85 and persons with disabilities (PwDs) in Chennai got a chance to exercise their franchise through postal ballots on Monday, ahead of the Lok Sabha election. With the Election Commission of India (ECI) …...Read More

‘BRS as B-team of BJP’ narrative to continue in Congress Parliament election campaign

April 09, 2024 12:14 am | Updated 12:14 am IST - HYDERABAD After having been largely successful in painting the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) as the ‘B’ team of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Telangana Assembly elections last year, the Congress plans to employ the same strategy for …...Read More

Speaker declares Vikravandi constituency vacant

April 09, 2024 12:12 am | Updated 12:15 am IST - CHENNAI The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has declared Vikravandi constituency in Villupuram district as vacant following the death of DMK legislator N. Pugazhenthi. An official notification in this regard was issued by Speaker M. Appavu. According to sources, Pugazhenthi, …...Read More