March 19, 2024 09:19 pm | Updated 09:19 pm IST - HYDERABAD Kerala welcomed 2.18 crore visitors from within the country in the period spanning January to December 2023, logging 15.92% growth, according to Kerala Tourism Secretary K. Biju. Speaking at a tourism partnership event held in Hyderabad on Tuesday, …...Read More

March 19, 2024 09:18 pm | Updated 09:18 pm IST - Bengaluru JD (S) State president and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will undergo a transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), a non-surgical procedure, at Apollo Hospitals in Chennai on March 21. He is likely to be discharged by March 24. …...Read More

March 19, 2024 09:18 pm | Updated 09:26 pm IST - IDUKKI Four persons, including a one-year-old, were killed and 11 were injured after a tourist vehicle from Tamil Nadu fell into a gorge near Mankulam in Idukki on Tuesday around 4.30 p.m. The dead were identified as P.K. Sethu, …...Read More

March 19, 2024 09:16 pm | Updated 09:16 pm IST - Bengaluru The Election Commission has made total seizures worth over ₹4.73 crore in the last 24 hours. With this, the total seizures since March 16 when the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came into force in Karnataka touched ₹20.62 …...Read More

March 19, 2024 09:15 pm | Updated 09:15 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram CPI(M) leader M.M. Mani, MLA, homespun election rhetoric has often backfired on him. On Tuesday, another speech he gave in Idukki appeared on track to boomerang on the veteran leader and the ruling party. Mr. Mani allegedly used …...Read More

March 19, 2024 09:14 pm | Updated 09:14 pm IST - MYSURU Days after BJP picked the scion of the erstwhile royal family of Mysuru Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar as its candidate for Mysuru Lok Sabha constituency in the Lok Sabha elections, a debate over his “Raja” and “Maharaja” tag …...Read More

March 19, 2024 09:13 pm | Updated 09:13 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has identified 23 places across the State to start driving schools under the public sector. All the state-of-the-art facilities would be arranged in the driving schools, including simulators for learning. In …...Read More

March 19, 2024 09:11 pm | Updated 10:27 pm IST - CHANDIGARH To curb the use of ‘black money’ across Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh in the upcoming parliamentary elections, the Income Tax Department has increased surveillance on activities that could unduly influence the election process. The Directorate of Investigation …...Read More

March 19, 2024 09:10 pm | Updated 09:10 pm IST - Bengaluru The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday stayed the operation of a circular issued by the Union government banning 23 breeds of ‘ferocious and danger’ dogs. However, the court clarified that the stay of the circular, issued on …...Read More

March 19, 2024 09:08 pm | Updated 09:09 pm IST - Bengaluru To prevent any illicit attempts to influence voters through inducements in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission is rigorously monitoring suspicious bank transactions and digital payments. Repeated payments of similar amounts from digital payment wallets to …...Read More