April 04, 2024 07:13 am | Updated 07:13 am IST - MUMBAI Following the Bombay High Court’s order, Sadanand Kadam, a close aide of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anil Parab, has begun the demolition of the alleged unauthorised portion of a resort in the coastal district Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. Mr. Kadam …...Read More
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anil Parab’s ‘close aide’ demolishes ‘illegal’ construction in Maharashtra
Lok Sabha polls | Thanks to thin margin of victories, parties in Kerala too now try to woo Lingayat voters
April 04, 2024 07:12 am | Updated 07:51 am IST - Bengaluru The Veerashaiva-Lingayats, a politically dominant community in Karnataka, seems to be slowly attempting to become a player in the poll politics in neighbouring Kerala, with parties approaching community members ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. While politics in …...Read More
The Hindu Morning Digest, April 4, 2024
April 04, 2024 06:52 am | Updated 06:53 am IST 33 loss-making firms donated electoral bonds worth ₹582 crore, 75% went to BJP | Data The sources of funds of at least 45 companies that donated electoral bonds to various political parties (and whose financials could be matched with data …...Read More
Easing of airport security rules on liquids and laptops delayed
A planned relaxation of rules around airline passengers carrying liquids in hand luggage has been delayed by a year. Major UK airports are believed to have been granted an extension for installing the new scanning technology after they were unable to meet the 1 June deadline. The 12-month extension was …...Read More
'Alarming rise' in learner drivers cheating on their theory test
Reports of learner drivers cheating on theory tests have tripled in three years, according to new data. More than 1,600 incidents of cheating were reported by theory test centres in 2022-2023 compared with 568 in 2020-2021, according to figures from the Driving Standards Agency. Out of the 1,652 reports in …...Read More
Political affiliation of applicant institution does not influence selection process on new Sainik Schools: Defence Ministry
April 04, 2024 05:51 am | Updated 05:51 am IST - NEW DELHI The scheme for new Sainik Schools is “well thought out” and the “political or ideological affiliation or otherwise” of the applicant institution does not influence the selection process, the Defence Ministry said on April 3 responding to …...Read More
Fadnavis thanks Pawar for making Gandhi ji’s Wardha ‘Congress-free’
April 04, 2024 05:45 am | Updated 05:45 am IST - Pune Saying that the 2024 Lok Sabha election results would not see ‘a Modi wave’ but a ‘Modi tsunami’, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on April 3 took potshots at NCP (SP) leader Sharad Pawar …...Read More
Siddaramaiah, Deputy Obsessed With Prajwal Revanna "Pen Drive": BJP
BY Vijayendra said the sex scandal will not impact the ongoing Lok Sabha elections (File) Commenting on the sex video scandal involving JDS MP Prajwal Revanna, Karnataka BJP chief BY Vijayendra slammed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar on Saturday for "forgetting about the guarantees and talking only …...Read More
BJP Has Lost National Security Narrative, Claims Shashi Tharoor
The national security narrative of the BJP failed during this election, Shashi Tharoor said. Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday slammed the Central government over national security, claiming that it did not take any action on the border issues involving China. "The BJP contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections …...Read More
"Not Relevant In Polls": Shashi Tharoor On PM Modi's Kartarpur Sahib Remark
"History and all this stuff is good for academic discussions in University," he said (File) After Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that he would have taken Kartarpur Sahib back from Pakistan for the release of Pakistani soldiers at the time of Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor …...Read More
