90% target achieved under MGNREGA, says Dharwad ZP CEO

April 06, 2024 10:06 pm | Updated 10:06 pm IST - HUBBALLI Chief Executive Officer of Dharwad Zilla Panchayat Swaroopa T.K. has said that 90% of the works under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the drought-hit Dharwad district had been completed, thus helping the people of …...Read More

Health centres should take steps to prevent discrimination against patients : Veena George

April 06, 2024 10:04 pm | Updated 10:04 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram The Health department is committed to the protection of the citizens’ right to health, according to a statement issued by the Health Minister Veena George on the occasion of World Health Day on Sunday. The theme of World …...Read More

NH Bypass-Thammanam-Pullepady-M.G. Road corridor bogged down by uncertainty over final alignment

April 06, 2024 10:03 pm | Updated 10:03 pm IST - KOCHI The development of the 3.6-km NH Bypass-Thammanam-Pullepady-M.G. Road as a four-lane stretch is yet to take off due to the inordinate delay in finalising its alignment. The road’s development is also hamstrung by the Revenue department’s delay in …...Read More

Construction workers’ health checkup exposes serious risk factors they face

April 06, 2024 10:01 pm | Updated 10:01 pm IST - Bengaluru The initial health screening test results of construction workers in Karnataka, which is more than halfway through, have shown some startling revelation about their health conditions and risk factors. While about 32.6% of around 7.21 lakh construction workers …...Read More

Children received at Ammathottil named Manav, Manavi

April 06, 2024 10:00 pm | Updated 10:00 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram The Kerala State Council for Child Welfare on Friday received two children in its Ammathottil electronic cradles. The children – a boy and a girl – were received at the Ammathottil set up at the council headquarters here …...Read More

J.P. Nadda, others take oath as Rajya Sabha members

April 06, 2024 09:59 pm | Updated 10:39 pm IST - New Delhi BJP national president J.P. Nadda and five other newly elected members of the Rajya Sabha took oath on Saturday. The oath was administered by Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar. Among others who also took oath include Ashokrao …...Read More

I-T searches at four places in Tiruchi

April 06, 2024 09:59 pm | Updated 10:20 pm IST - TIRUCHI Income Tax Department officials conducted searches at four places here on Saturday. The searches started early Friday and continued until Saturday. Searches are going on in a private contractor’s residence at Edamalaipattipudur and another private contractor’s residence in …...Read More

NIA raids multiple locations in U.P., Bihar in anti-India Naxal conspiracy case

April 06, 2024 09:57 pm | Updated 09:57 pm IST - New Delhi The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on April 06 carried out raids at multiple locations in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar against the CPI (Maoists) in an anti-India conspiracy case, officials said. The raids were carried out by NIA …...Read More

Drought relief delayed as State government did not submit details, says BJP leader

April 06, 2024 09:54 pm | Updated 09:54 pm IST - Belagavi The Union government has not released crop loss compensation to drought-hit farmers in Karnataka as the Congress government has delayed submission of documents including various statistics, A.S. Patil Nadahalli, BJP Raitha Morcha State Unit president said in Belagavi …...Read More

Rahul says ‘B’ team of BJP defeated and BJP is next, refers to issues like phone tapping, ED misuse

April 06, 2024 09:53 pm | Updated 10:26 pm IST - Hyderabad Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the party defeated the ‘B’ team of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Telangana in the last Assembly elections and it was ready to defeat the BJP in the Parliament elections. Releasing the …...Read More