March 31, 2024 10:13 pm | Updated 10:14 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP) CEO D. Muralidhar Reddy issued a circular, on Sunday, directing the officials to disburse pensions through staff of ward and village secretariats during the course of elections, following an order by …...Read More

March 31, 2024 10:12 pm | Updated 10:13 pm IST - RAJANNA SIRCILLA Rajanna Sircilla district stood first in the State in collection of property tax by gram panchayats in 2023-24 financial year. As many as 255 gram panchayats in the district collected ₹6.92 crore (98.19%) as against the target …...Read More

March 31, 2024 10:10 pm | Updated 10:11 pm IST - BENGALURU Bharatiya Janata Party central leaders are set to publicly campaign along with coalition partner Janata Dal (Secular) leaders for the first time on Tuesday when Union Minister and BJP strategist Amit Shah will embark on a roadshow in …...Read More

March 31, 2024 10:01 pm | Updated 10:32 pm IST - CHENNAI Over 60 products from across India, including the famous Banaras Thandai, have been given the Geographical Indication (GI) tag. This is the first time such a large number of GI tags have been given at a go, a …...Read More

March 31, 2024 10:01 pm | Updated 10:29 pm IST - AHMEDABAD Even as Kshatriya communities continued their protests against BJP candidate Parshottam Rupala over his controversial remarks about former princely families, the BJP was faced with another hurdle as party workers of two different groups clashed over the candidate …...Read More

March 31, 2024 10:00 pm | Updated 10:00 pm IST - Belagavi The Ahimsa Marathon organised by Jain International Trade Organisation received enthusiastic response in Belagavi on Sunday. Over 2,300 participants ran in various categories of 3 km, 5 km and 10 km events. The run started at the Vidyaniketan …...Read More

March 31, 2024 09:46 pm | Updated 09:46 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA Confident of retaining the 151 Assembly seats it won in the 2019 elections in Andhra Pradesh, the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) is focussing on constituencies where there is a possibility of 5% to 10% swing in the forthcoming …...Read More

March 31, 2024 09:45 pm | Updated 09:45 pm IST - BENGALURU The BJP on Sunday filed a complaint with the Election Commission accusing Congress Ministers, including Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, of violating the model code of conduct by misusing their offices in the State Secretariat for political activities. …...Read More

March 31, 2024 09:32 pm | Updated 09:55 pm IST Democracies survive as long as those who lose elections do not question the fairness of the process. When the losers think, rightly or wrongly, that they have been short-changed by the process, democracy is undermined. India appears to be at …...Read More

March 31, 2024 09:28 pm | Updated 09:28 pm IST - Belagavi The alliance partners will face the Lok Sabha polls under the joint leadership of B.S. Yediyurappa of the BJP and H.D. Deve Gowda of the Janata Dal(S) to win the maximum number of seats in the State, BJP …...Read More