18-month-old girl allegedly dies after eating ‘prasadam’ in Palnadu district

April 05, 2024 11:00 pm | Updated 11:00 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA Eighteen-month-old girl Mannem Akshaya has allegedly died after eating ‘pulihora prasadam’ in Petasannegandla village of Palnadu district on Mach 31. The incident came to light on Friday, April 5, after her mother, M. Sravani, lodged a complaint with …...Read More

Congress manifesto promises to thoroughly review Modi government’s policies

April 05, 2024 10:56 pm | Updated 10:56 pm IST - New Delhi From promising to probe the electoral bonds scheme and PM Cares Fund to rejecting the concept of one nation-one election, several sections of the Congress manifesto released on April 05 promises to undo key policy initiatives and …...Read More

Mahadevappa Yadawad, former MLA and BJP leader announces support to Jagadish Shettar

April 05, 2024 10:49 pm | Updated 10:49 pm IST - Belagavi Mahadevappa Yadawad, former MLA and BJP leader announced his support to Jagadish Shettar in Ramdurg on Friday. He was apparently upset after the party refused to re-nominate him in the Assembly polls of 2023. It had fielded Bengaluru-based …...Read More

Lok Sabha polls: nominations of 16 candidates rejected in Thiruvananthapuram district

April 05, 2024 10:47 pm | Updated 10:47 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The nominations of nine candidates in the Thiruvananthapuram constituency and seven in the Attingal constituency were rejected on Friday after a scrutiny by election officials ahead of the April 26 Lok Sabha polls. Thiruvananthapuram constituency currently has 13 …...Read More

SC indicates it may quash money laundering case against ex-IAS officer Tuteja

April 05, 2024 10:34 pm | Updated 10:34 pm IST - NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court indicated on April 05 that it may quash a money laundering case against former IAS officer Anil Tuteja and his son in connection with the alleged ₹2,000-crore liquor scam in Chhattisgarh, saying there were …...Read More

Of 358 Lok Sabha candidates who filed nominations, 276 validly nominated

April 05, 2024 10:31 pm | Updated 10:55 pm IST - Bengaluru After scrutiny of the 492 sets of nominations filed by 358 candidates for the first of the two-phase Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka, polling for which will be held on April 26, the Election Commission has rejected 60 …...Read More

Babu Jagajivan Ram Jayanti celebrated in Belagavi

April 05, 2024 10:24 pm | Updated 10:24 pm IST - Belagavi Babu Jagajivan Ram Jayanti was celebrated in Belagavi on Friday. Folk artists performed along a procession in the main streets of the city. Senior officers paid tributes to the former Union Minister by garlanding his statue. Officers administered …...Read More

Two-day National Conference on Students’ Medical Research 2024 begins

April 05, 2024 10:18 pm | Updated 10:18 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram The 14th National Conference on Students’ Medical Research (NATCON 2024), which serves as a platform for undergraduate medical students from across the country to present their research studies and exchange ideas with each other, began in the State …...Read More

Joshi takes exception to Lad’s remarks

April 05, 2024 10:17 pm | Updated 10:17 pm IST - HUBBALLI Taking exception to Labour Minister Santosh Lad’s remarks on BJP issuing advertisements, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi sought to know if Congress had fulfilled its promise on guarantee schemes, why was it issuing …...Read More

Karnataka | Writers appeal to voters to choose wisely ‘to save democracy and Constitution’

April 05, 2024 10:15 pm | Updated 10:16 pm IST - Bengaluru A group of Kannada writers, including K. Marulasiddappa, G. Ramakrishna, and S.G. Siddaramaiah, have appealed to voters to choose wisely in the Lok Sabha election “to save democracy and the Constitution”. They said in a joint statement, “At …...Read More