ICG Director-General visits Chennai to review operational preparedness

April 05, 2024 06:45 pm | Updated 06:45 pm IST - CHENNAI Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Director-General (DG) Rakesh Pal has arrived in Chennai to review the operational preparedness of the force in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Puducherry. During the four-day visit, he will review the operational preparedness of …...Read More

New SP takes charge in Chittoor

April 05, 2024 06:43 pm | Updated 06:43 pm IST - CHITTOOR V.N. Manikanta Chandolu, a 2018 batch IPS officer, assumed charge as the 67th Superintendent of Police (SP) of Chittoor on Friday, following an order from the Election Commission of India (ECI). Before this, Mr. Chandolu served as the …...Read More

Imperative to promote Mysuru’s industrial growth without diluting its heritage, says Yaduveer

April 05, 2024 06:42 pm | Updated 07:38 pm IST - MYSURU The BJP candidate for Mysuru Lok Sabha constituency Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar said here on Friday that it was imperative to ensure industrial growth of Mysuru by promoting IT, tourism, and related sectors without compromising on the city’s …...Read More

Human remains wrapped in plastic found at nature reserve in Salford

Police have launched a murder investigation after finding human remains wrapped in plastic at a nature reserve. Officers were called by a member of the public who found an "unknown item wrapped in plastic" at Kersal Dale in Salford, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said. Pathologists and detectives at the scene …...Read More

No need for food safety licence for midday meal in Kerala

April 05, 2024 06:20 pm | Updated 06:20 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram The government has withdrawn the direction that made food safety registration mandatory for midday meal scheme at schools. This comes in the wake of its conclusion that the midday meal scheme was not akin to food business. A …...Read More

Calcutta HC orders NIA probe into death of BJP activist

April 05, 2024 06:19 pm | Updated 06:19 pm IST - Kolkata The Calcutta High Court on April 05 directed the central government to hand over to NIA the investigation into the death of a BJP activist in violence before the 2023 panchayat elections in West Bengal. Deceased Bijay Krishna …...Read More

840 critical polling stations identified in NTR District

April 05, 2024 06:09 pm | Updated 06:09 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA Krishna District Election Officer (DEO) S. Dilli Rao has said that 840 critical polling stations have been identified in the district. Micro observers will be deployed at these poll stations and webcasting and video shooting will also be …...Read More

Spur debate among people on broken promises of Congress: Harish Rao

April 05, 2024 06:03 pm | Updated 06:03 pm IST - HYDERABAD Former Minister and senior leader of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) T. Harish Rao has asked the party ranks and leaders to set aside the differences among them and spur debate among people on the failures of the Congress …...Read More

Children of wrongly convicted sub-postmasters seeking 'family fund' for Post Office scandal

The children of some of the sub-postmasters caught up in the Post Office scandal are calling for a "family fund" for the impact their parents' wrongful convictions and financial collapse had on their lives. More than 700 sub-postmasters and mistresses had their reputations ruined by allegations of theft and false …...Read More

Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambareesh joins BJP in Karnataka

April 05, 2024 05:43 pm | Updated 05:44 pm IST - BENGALURU Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambareesh joined the BJP on April 5 in the presence of former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa, in Bengaluru. Her close aide, film producer and distributor ‘Rockline’ Venkatesh, too joined the BJP. The actor-turned-politician won …...Read More