Lok Sabha polls | For MSMEs, GST is a concern that parties must address this election season

April 08, 2024 01:49 am | Updated 12:48 pm IST - Coimbatore More than six years since the Narendra Modi regime rolled out the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the issue remains a bone of contention in several MSME (micro, small and medium enterprises) clusters in different parts of the …...Read More

Amritpal Singh’s mother held day before proposed march in his support

April 08, 2024 01:31 am | Updated 01:31 am IST - Amritsar The mother of Amritpal Singh was arrested here on Sunday, a day before a march is to be taken out to demand that the radical Sikh preacher be shifted from Dibrugarh jail in Assam to a prison in …...Read More

Observers for Chalakudy, Ernakulam constituencies review poll arrangements

April 08, 2024 01:23 am | Updated 01:23 am IST - KOCHI Election observers for Chalakudy and Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituencies reviewed the preparations for the polling in Kodungallur and Kalamassery on April 7 (Sunday). Ritendra Narayan Basu Roy Choudhury, the observer for Chalakudy constituency, reviewed the arrangements made at …...Read More

Campaigning hots up as candidates tour constituency in special vehicles

April 08, 2024 01:20 am | Updated 01:27 am IST - KOCHI Electioneering in Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency has gathered momentum with the candidates of the three fronts hitting the roads in special vehicles and meeting voters. The campaign managers of candidates are working overtime charting vehicle tours of candidates …...Read More

Campaigning heats up as candidates tour constituency in special vehicles

April 08, 2024 01:20 am | Updated 08:30 am IST - KOCHI Electioneering in Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency has gathered momentum with the candidates of the three fronts hitting the roads in special vehicles and meeting voters. The campaign managers of candidates are working overtime charting vehicle tours of candidates …...Read More

Vande Bharat may operate as special train on Ernakulam-Bengaluru route

April 08, 2024 01:16 am | Updated 01:16 am IST - KOCHI A Vande Bharat Express rake that is likely to operate as a special train in the Ernakulam-Bengaluru corridor arrived here on April 7 (Sunday). Later in the day, it was shifted to Kollam for being berthed owing to …...Read More

Commuters seek more special trains from Kerala to Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai in summer

April 08, 2024 01:10 am | Updated 01:10 am IST - KOCHI With the Railways citing its constraints in operating more trains from Kerala to Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Chennai due to “non-availability” of vacant tracks, commuters are demanding more special trains to the metro cities to cater to the increased …...Read More

BMCRI girls’ hostel GE outbreak: 13 patients discharged

April 08, 2024 12:35 am | Updated 12:35 am IST - Bengaluru The Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI) on Sunday said that 13 out of 14 patients who were in hospital were discharged on Sunday. The girls’ hostel of BMCRI has been grappling with an acute gastroenteritis (GE) …...Read More

Adequate travel arrangements in place for islanders, says Lakshadweep administration

April 08, 2024 12:34 am | Updated 12:34 am IST - KOCHI “Lakshadweep Administration has taken utmost care to ensure adequate connectivity between mainland and the Islands of Lakshadweep,” said a communication from the administration on Sunday, making an appeal against spreading what it called “misinformation” regarding travel arrangements between …...Read More

BJP to organise ‘Netanna Deeksha’ in Sircilla on April 10, says Bandi Sanjay

April 08, 2024 12:32 am | Updated 12:32 am IST - KARIMNAGAR BJP national general secretary and Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay has said a ‘deeksha’ will be organised in the textile town of Sircilla on April 10 to express solidarity with the distraught weavers and instil confidence in them. Speaking …...Read More