Host team bags the overall championship at ‘All India Sanskrit Students Talent Festival 2024’

March 31, 2024 09:06 pm | Updated 10:03 pm IST - TIRUPATI The National Sanskrit University (NSU) in Tirupati, which hosted the second edition of the ‘All India Sanskrit Students Talent Festival 2024’, also emerged successful in most of the events and bagged the overall championship shield ‘Vijaya Vyjayanthi’. Over …...Read More

Kerala’s additional resource mobilisation measures to kick in from April 1

March 31, 2024 09:04 pm | Updated 09:04 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The ₹10 hike in the support price for rubber along with measures for additional resource mobilisation announced in the State Budget will kick in from April 1. Presenting the 2024-25 State Budget in February, Finance Minister K. N. …...Read More

A.P. Elections: Naidu says people cannot afford to give Jagan Mohan Reddy a second chance

March 31, 2024 09:01 pm | Updated 09:01 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu has exhorted people during his Praja Galam public meeting at Markapur in Ongole Parliamentary constituency to vote for his party if they want development, and not fall into the trap of the …...Read More

Easter celebrated with religious fervour across Hyderabad

March 31, 2024 09:00 pm | Updated 09:00 pm IST - HDYERABAD “The belief of all Christians is dependent on the Resurrection. If there was no Resurrection, there would be no Christianity,” said Raja Hebel of Raja Faith Ministries, Hyderabad, on Sunday. The message and the purpose of the Resurrection …...Read More

90-year-old woman who protested against pension delay dies

March 31, 2024 08:52 pm | Updated 08:52 pm IST - IDUKKI A 90-year-old woman, who had protested against the delay in the distribution of welfare pension, died on Sunday due to age-related health issues. Ponnamma, a resident of Karuppupalam, near Vandiperiyar in Idukki, grabbed headlines after she staged a …...Read More

Stakes high for MDMK as party scion tests political fortunes in Tiruchi

March 31, 2024 08:52 pm | Updated 08:52 pm IST - Tiruchi The MDMK’s quest to reclaim the Tiruchi Lok Sabha seat after two decades by fielding Durai Vaik, 51 — the son of the party’s general secretary Vaiko, — and the party’s insistence on contesting on its own symbol, …...Read More

Walkovers in Arunachal Pradesh assembly seats give NDA psychological edge in Northeast

March 31, 2024 08:48 pm | Updated 08:48 pm IST - GUWAHATI GUWAHATI: The uncontested victory for 10 BJP candidates in Arunachal Pradesh appears to have given a psychological edge to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) across the northeast ahead of the first phase of polling on April 19. Apart …...Read More

Uddhav Thackeray lambasts BJP, alleges party of corruption in electoral bonds issue

March 31, 2024 08:47 pm | Updated 08:47 pm IST - MUMBAI Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party, dubbing it the ‘Bhrasht Janata Party’ (corrupt people’s party) in light of the electoral bonds issue. Accusing the BJP of indulging …...Read More

What about incursions by China, Congress asks PM after his attack on Katchatheevu issue

March 31, 2024 08:46 pm | Updated 08:47 pm IST - New Delhi Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attack on the Congress on the Katchatheevu issue, the Congress on March 31 hit back at the government, questioning Mr. Modi on “incursions” by the Chinese in the last few years, …...Read More

Water woes: BWSSB to lay 500 metre pipelines and use tankers up within 5 km radius to supply treated water to construction projects

March 31, 2024 08:45 pm | Updated 08:45 pm IST - Bengaluru To encourage the usage of treated water for construction activities, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board will lay separate pipelines covering an area of up to 500 metres from private apartments and the board’s sewage treatment plants …...Read More