Waterlogging issue haunts Vijayawada as drain project launched in 2016 remains incomplete

April 04, 2024 10:58 pm | Updated 10:58 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA Monsoons come and go, but work on the stormwater drain project, which was launched in Vijayawada during the Telugu Desam Party’s (TDP) tenure in 2016, has hardly made any headway in the past three years and non-payment of …...Read More

In all, 358 candidates file nominations for April 26 Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka

April 04, 2024 10:54 pm | Updated 10:54 pm IST - Bengaluru Former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, his brother-in-law and cardiologist C.N. Manjunath, and Tejasvi Surya, incumbent Bengaluru South MP, were prominent among the 183 candidates who filed 224 sets of papers on Thursday, April 4, the last day for …...Read More

Manchester: Teenage boy suffers life-threatening injuries after being stabbed

A teenage boy has been seriously injured after he was stabbed in Manchester. Police officers were called shortly after 4.15pm today to reports of a stabbing on Raby Street. The boy, whose age is not known, was taken to hospital with serious and life-threatening injuries. No arrests have been made …...Read More

5.3-magnitude earthquake hits Chamba in Himachal Pradesh

April 04, 2024 10:48 pm | Updated 10:48 pm IST - Shimla/Chandigarh Tremors were felt in parts of north India as a 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh on April 4. The earthquake struck at 9.34 p.m., the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. Mild tremors were also …...Read More

Lok Sabha: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faces problems in candidate selection

April 04, 2024 10:45 pm | Updated 10:45 pm IST - Pune The ruling Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction is facing trouble over its candidate selection. On April 04, the party dropped sitting its sitting Hingoli MP Hemant Patil, whose name had already been announced as the Mahayuti’s candidate, and …...Read More

Fali Nariman’s voice represented the conscience of the nation in hard times: CJI

April 04, 2024 10:44 pm | Updated 10:44 pm IST - NEW DELHI During difficult times, when many fell silent, senior advocate Fali S. Nariman’s baritone resonated in the walls of the court and beyond, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud said on Thursday. The CJI was paying tribute to …...Read More

15-month-old Satwik makes it back safe from borewell

April 04, 2024 10:40 pm | Updated 10:40 pm IST - Belagavi Satwik Mujagond, a 15-month-old boy who had fallen into an abandoned borewell in Lachyan in Vijayapura district, was rescued after a 20-hour operation that involved co-ordinated efforts of multiple agencies. The doctors have said that the child is …...Read More

Watch | The politics of Katchatheevu

April 04, 2024 10:39 pm | Updated 10:45 pm IST Fifty years after India and Sri Lanka signed a bilateral agreement demarcating maritime boundaries from the Palk Strait to Adam’s Bridge, the ceding of Katchatheevu islet has become a hot political issue in Tamil Nadu. What electoral impact would it …...Read More

Nikhil becomes teary-eyed while referring to his family’s bond with Ramanagara and his defeat

April 04, 2024 10:25 pm | Updated 10:25 pm IST - BENGALURU JD(S) Youth Wing president Nikhil Kumaraswamy became all teary-eyed and emotional on Thursday while talking about how Ramanagara district gave political birth to his father, H.D. Kumaraswamy, and that his family would be grateful to the people of …...Read More

Left Front’s electoral understanding with the Indian Secular Front falls flat

April 04, 2024 10:18 pm | Updated 10:18 pm IST - Kolkata The attempts to forge an electoral understanding between the Left Front and Indian Secular Front (ISF) in West Bengal for the upcoming Lok Sabha election fell flat on Thursday with the ISF announcing candidates for 14 seats. ISF …...Read More