April 06, 2024 11:02 pm | Updated 11:02 pm IST - MALAPPURAM Thousands of traditional Islamic believers from across the State converged at Swalat Nagar here on Saturday and spent in night-long mass prayers, anticipating the holiest night of the year called Lailathul Qadir. Madin Academy, which organised the annual …...Read More
Vote carefully, Ramzan prayer meet tells believers
FM perhaps deliberately confusing SDRF and NDRF, says Siddaramaiah
April 06, 2024 10:54 pm | Updated 10:54 pm IST - Bengaluru Rebutting the statement of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman that financial relief to disasters was the ambit of the State government, using the State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) to which the Union Government had released funds in time, …...Read More
Number of NRI voters and transgender voters in Kerala up since 2019 polls
April 06, 2024 10:53 pm | Updated 10:53 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The voters’ list for the April 26 Lok Sabha polls in Kerala shows that the number of overseas (NRI) and transgender electors has gone up compared to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Kerala has 89,839 NRI voters and …...Read More
The battle in Vadakara between MLAs may go down to the wire
April 06, 2024 10:51 pm | Updated 11:03 pm IST It is not yet noon, but summer heat is picking up at Koolikkunnu village of Velom grama panchayat in the Vadakara Lok Sabha constituency on a Thursday morning. Undeterred, scores of women, children, and men are huddled around a makeshift …...Read More
IMA-A.P. releases ‘Health Manifesto’ for equal access to healthcare
April 06, 2024 10:51 pm | Updated 10:51 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA The Indian Medical Association (IMA)-Andhra Pradesh on April 6 (Saturday) released a ‘health manifesto’ pointing out the gaps in the healthcare sector and the measures to be taken to bridge them to ensure equal healthcare for all. In …...Read More
Karnataka declared drought well ahead of deadline, Amit Shah’s claim that we declared it late is a lie: Krishna Byre Gowda
April 06, 2024 10:48 pm | Updated 10:50 pm IST - Bengaluru Disputing the recent statement of Union Home Minister Amit Shah that the Karnataka government submitted its proposal seeking drought relief three months late, leading to a delay in providing relief to the State, Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda …...Read More
CPI(M) continues its electoral experiment in Ponnani
April 06, 2024 10:45 pm | Updated 10:45 pm IST - MALAPPURAM When K.S. Hamza, the CPI(M) candidate in Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency, visited the graves of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leaders Syed P.M.S.A. Pookoya Thangal and Syed Hyderali Shihab Thangal at Panakkad before filing his nomination on Wednesday, …...Read More
BBMP writes to BWSSB to take precautionary measures to contain diseases
April 06, 2024 10:43 pm | Updated 10:43 pm IST - Bengaluru The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has written to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to take precautionary measures to contain contagious diseases like cholera emerging during summer. The BBMP has directed the BWSSB officials to …...Read More
India will not remain a democracy if Modi comes back to power, says Prakash Karat
April 06, 2024 10:42 pm | Updated April 07, 2024 03:26 am IST - MADURAI CPI (M) Politburo member Prakash Karat on Saturday said if Narendra Modi and the BJP came back to power India, would not remain a democracy, and the upcoming Lok Sabha election would determine the future …...Read More
Deadline for installing aerators extended to April 30
April 06, 2024 10:38 pm | Updated 10:38 pm IST - Bengaluru The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has, for the second time, extended the deadline for installing aerators at malls, commercial complexes, apartments, religious spaces, government buildings, luxury hotels and other establishments. As per the new deadline, …...Read More
