April 07, 2024 09:50 am | Updated 09:50 am IST - CHENNAI Failure to wear a helmet while riding a two-wheeler may not only lead to death but also denial of full compensation to family members. The Madras High Court has recently deducted ₹13.42 lakh from the compensation awarded to …...Read More
Failure to wear helmet | Madras High Court deducts ₹13.42 lakh from compensation to family
Sitars, tanpuras made in Maharashtra’s Miraj town get GI tags
April 07, 2024 08:55 am | Updated 08:55 am IST - Pune The sitars and tanpuras of Miraj, a small town in Maharashtra’s Sangli district known for its craftsmanship in making musical instruments, have been awarded the coveted Geographical Indication (GI) tags. These instruments made in Miraj are much in …...Read More
Farmers facing broad spectrum of vulnerabilities sceptical of poll promises
April 07, 2024 08:42 am | Updated 08:42 am IST - KOCHI Facing a broad range of vulnerabilities, farmers are sceptical of election-time promises by political parties, be it on protection from wild animal attacks or on better prices for natural rubber. The current election campaign has reflected the concerns …...Read More
Fresh headache for Labour as questions grow over Angela Rayner's tax affairs
Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner is facing fresh questions over her tax affairs - and there's a feeling in Westminster that they will not be the last. It's the same allegation that keeps popping up around whether she paid enough tax on the sale of her home in Stockport in …...Read More
The Hindu Morning Digest, April 7, 2024
April 07, 2024 08:08 am | Updated 08:08 am IST CAA Rules open the door to dual citizenship, anti-CAA petitioners tell SC The Rules of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act do not require foreign applicants to effectively renounce the citizenship of their native country, creating a possibility for dual citizenship which …...Read More
HDI and SDG indices of A.P. plummeted due to flawed policies of YSRCP, says Yanamala
April 07, 2024 07:47 am | Updated 07:47 am IST - VIJAYAWADA TDP Polit Bureau member and former Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu has alleged that the rank of Andhra Pradesh in the Human Development Index and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index fell to 21 and 13 respectively due to the …...Read More
Why alliance if you have done anything good, Jagan asks Naidu
April 07, 2024 07:45 am | Updated 07:45 am IST - NELLORE Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has ridiculed Telugu Desam Party president Nara Chandrababu Naidu on the need to go for an alliance if he had done anything good for the State. Addressing …...Read More
Ponnala faults Congress govt. for failure to utilise available Godavari water
April 07, 2024 07:24 am | Updated 07:24 am IST - HYDERABAD Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and former Minister for Irrigation Ponnala Lakshmaiah has criticised the attitude of the Congress Government in utilising the available water in Godavari by lifting it back from Annaram and Sundilla barrages even after …...Read More
EC pegs cost of conducting Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka at an estimated ₹520 crore
April 07, 2024 07:01 am | Updated 07:01 am IST - Bengaluru It will cost an average of over ₹18.5 crore to elect an MP in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, as per the Election Commission’s (EC) estimation of expenses for conducting the polls. According to the EC’s estimation, the …...Read More
Congress tries to keep Veerashaiva Lingayat leaders in good spirits after Dingaleshwar Swami episode
April 07, 2024 06:56 am | Updated 06:56 am IST - HUBBALLI Close on the heels of Fakira Dingaleshwar Swami of Shirahatti Fakkireshwar Mutt targeting Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi for his alleged ‘ill-treatment of Lingayat seers and leaders’, the Congress party seems to …...Read More
