April 05, 2024 08:38 am | Updated 08:38 am IST - SRIKAKULAM: The Telugu Desam Party Srikakulam district vice-president P.M.J. Babu on Thursday said that the TDP-JSP opposed only the political activities of volunteers since they were getting remuneration officially from the government. At a media conference here, he said …...Read More
‘TDP opposed to only political activities of volunteers’
Electoral Bonds Case: Company electoral bonds purchases exceed 7.5% cap by ₹1,377.9 crore in 2022-24
April 05, 2024 08:31 am | Updated 09:35 am IST The Supreme Court’s February 15 verdict on electoral bonds (EBs) had held the deletion of a provision contained in Section 182 (1) of the Companies Act, 2013, which enabled unlimited corporate contributions to political parties as “violative of Article 14 …...Read More
How are symbols allotted to political parties? | Explained
April 05, 2024 08:30 am | Updated 08:30 am IST The story so far: The Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) that secured 3.9% and 6.5% votes in Tamil Nadu in 2019 and 2021 respectively, has been allotted a new common symbol (Mike). The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) that secured 1.09% and …...Read More
How an ethanol factory has turned this Vijayawada village from idyllic charm to industrial nightmare
April 05, 2024 08:27 am | Updated 09:43 am IST Gandepalli village, about 50 kilometres from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, defies stereotypical village imagery of empty roads, vast expanses of fertile land, and clean air and water. Here, there are more lorries than humans on the main road that measures not …...Read More
CPI(M) takes a dig at BJP over claim of winning 400 Lok Sabha seats
April 05, 2024 08:24 am | Updated 08:24 am IST - VIJAYAWADA The CPI(M) Polit Bureau member B.V. Raghavulu has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is claiming to win 400 Lok Sabha seats in the elections even as its performance is “deteriorating” in many States. “To hush it …...Read More
Students told to use their knowledge for benefit of society
April 05, 2024 08:22 am | Updated 08:22 am IST - VIJAYAWADA Dean of VIT-AP School of Law (VSL) Benarji Chakka on April 4 (Thursday) exhorted the students to apply their knowledge for the benefit of the needy in the society. He was addressing the passing out batch of Class …...Read More
BJP wants EC to take suo motu note of ‘phone-tapping’
April 05, 2024 08:16 am | Updated 08:32 am IST - HYDERABAD Telangana BJP continued to focus on the controversial phone-tapping by the erstwhile BRS government and called upon the Election Commission (EC) and other statutory bodies to take suo motu note of the ongoing investigations and take appropriate action …...Read More
Plot and plunder | Land grabbing cases in Telangana
April 05, 2024 08:08 am | Updated 08:10 am IST There is unmistakable joy on Anumandla Ravinder’s face when he tells his friends and relatives about his lifelong dream finally taking shape on a 140-square yard plot: building a house for his family. A resident of Theegalaguttapally, on the outskirts …...Read More
Revanth inspects Tukkuguda meeting arrangements, wants Ministers and MLAs to mobilise 10 lakh people
April 05, 2024 08:05 am | Updated 09:15 am IST - HYDERABAD Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has said the Tukkuguda meeting will be unheard of in the State in terms of public response with about 10 lakh people attending where the national guarantees of the Congress will be announced. …...Read More
ED attaches properties worth ₹1.17 crore of Joint Director in Boilers Department
April 05, 2024 08:03 am | Updated 08:03 am IST - HYDERABAD The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) of Hyderabad has attached various immovable and movable properties amounting to about ₹1.17 crore belonging to Joint Director in Boilers Department, Molugu Vijai Kumar, and his family members. Officials said that they have …...Read More
