Extended free childcare rollout begins amid concern over costs and staffing

The government's extended childcare policy is beginning today - but it starts amid warnings of a lack of funding and not enough staff to fulfil the pledge. From today, eligible parents and carers of two-year-olds will be entitled to 15 hours of funded childcare per week. It is the first …...Read More

Opposition attacks PM Modi for not standing up when President presented Bharat Ratna to Advani

March 31, 2024 08:30 pm | Updated 08:33 pm IST - New Delhi The Opposition has alleged on march 31 that Prime Minister Narendra Modi disrespected President Droupadi Murmu by not standing up when Ms. Murmu was presenting the Bharat Ratna to veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani. The Congress said …...Read More

Vishwanath rebukes govt. over KPSC affairs

March 31, 2024 08:30 pm | Updated 08:30 pm IST - MYSURU MLC A.H. Vishwanath who is known to flay the BJP, took potshots at the Congress government in the State over the theft of file containing the names of those recruited by Karnataka Public Service Commission, to fill vacant …...Read More

Lok Sabha elections | Amit Shah launches BJP’s election campaign in Rajasthan with a roadshow in Sikar

March 31, 2024 08:27 pm | Updated 08:28 pm IST - JAIPUR Union Home Minister Amit Shah on March 31 launched the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) campaign for the Lok Sabha election in Rajasthan with a massive road show in Sikar. Mr. Shah, who arrived in Jaipur on a two-day …...Read More

‘Congress culture is such that it never accepts its wrong doings’

March 31, 2024 08:27 pm | Updated 08:27 pm IST - Belagavi Union Minister and BJP leader Pralhad Joshi has defended the notices issued by the Department of Income Tax to the Congress. “The action taken by the Income Tax Department is justified. The Congress has been looting the country …...Read More

People will teach DMK a fitting lesson, says Palaniswami

March 31, 2024 08:27 pm | Updated 08:27 pm IST - CUDDALORE Accusing the DMK government of having failed on all fronts, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Sunday said that people of the State would teach the ruling party a fitting lesson by ensuring the defeat of all …...Read More

Only two candidates file nominations in Kozhikode district

March 31, 2024 08:26 pm | Updated 08:26 pm IST - Kozhikode Only two persons have filed their nomination papers as candidates for the Lok Sabha polls in Kozhikode district so far, even as the nominations close on April 4. Most of the major party candidates for the Kozhikode Lok …...Read More

Threat of Central probe has left CPI(M) a servile partner of BJP, says Satheesan

March 31, 2024 08:26 pm | Updated 08:55 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan has said that the Damoclean threat of Central investigations has rendered the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] a subaltern partner in its “unholy nexus” with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Kerala. …...Read More

Mysuru LS Polls: Training for polling officers held

March 31, 2024 08:25 pm | Updated 08:25 pm IST - MYSURU Training for the polling officers, including presiding and assistant presiding officers, who have been appointed for the elections to Mysuru Lok Sabha constituency scheduled on April 26, was held here on Sunday. This was the first stage of …...Read More

BJP struggling to find candidates for all 147 Assembly seats, ridicules BJD

March 31, 2024 08:25 pm | Updated 08:25 pm IST - BHUBANESWAR The Biju Janata Dal on Sunday took a potshot at the Bharatiya Janata Party, suggesting that the latter was struggling to find candidates for all 147 Assembly seats, as it was yet to announce contenders for any of …...Read More