CPI questions Congress’ political wisdom in fielding Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad

March 19, 2024 07:05 pm | Updated 07:07 pm IST - Kozhikode Communist Party of India (CPI) State secretary Binoy Viswam has again questioned the Congress party’s political wisdom in fielding its former president Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad in the Lok Sabha polls, where he is pitted against the CPI’s …...Read More

JD(U) leader Mohammed Ali Ashraf Fatmi quits, likely to rejoin RJD

March 19, 2024 07:04 pm | Updated 07:04 pm IST - Patna Janata Dal (United) general secretary and former Union Minister Mohammed Ali Ashraf Fatmi on March 19 resigned from the party to protect his “moral values”. Mr. Fatmi is likely to return to the Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) …...Read More

40 girl students fall ill in hostel in Raichur district

March 19, 2024 07:01 pm | Updated 07:01 pm IST - Yadgir As many as 40 girl students fell ill in Arakera town of Raichur district on Tuesday after they had had dinner on Monday night. They complained of abdomen pain, vomiting and diarrhoea. They are all inmates of a …...Read More

100 jails certified as Eat Right Campuses as part of FSSAI’s nationwide campaign for safe, healthy and sustainable food

March 19, 2024 06:56 pm | Updated 07:57 pm IST - NEW DELHI There are about 100 prisons among the 2,900-plus campuses which the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has certified as ‘Eat Right Campuses’, as part of its public health initiative to improve access to clean …...Read More

Woman convicted of manslaughter after causing cyclist to fall into road can appeal sentence

A woman convicted of manslaughter after causing a cyclist to fall in front of an oncoming vehicle has been allowed to appeal her sentence. Auriol Grey was found guilty of manslaughter and was jailed for three years in March 2023 over the death of retired midwife Celia Ward. CCTV footage …...Read More

KRLCC against turning Easter Sunday into working day

March 19, 2024 06:51 pm | Updated 07:11 pm IST - KOCHI Kerala Region Latin Catholic Council (KRLCC) has submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty demanding the withdrawal of a directive to commence higher secondary valuation camps from April 1. A …...Read More

No BJP wave in north, INDIA bloc will get clear majority to form government, says Baghel

March 19, 2024 06:51 pm | Updated 08:41 pm IST - New Delhi/Rajnandgaon Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘400 paar’ claim as “hollow”, senior Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel on March 19 said the BJP’s Ram temple pitch “would not make much of a difference” in the Lok Sabha polls and …...Read More

It is a straight fight between BJP and Congress in byelections for Shorapur Assembly constituency

March 19, 2024 06:50 pm | Updated 06:50 pm IST - Yadgir Shorapur (Scheduled Tribes) Assembly constituency in Yadgir district is going to face byelections on May 7, along with polling in the Lok Sabha elections. The byelections have been necessitated within a year of the Assembly elections due to …...Read More

25-year-old posing as RPF Sub Inspector caught after getting feted on Women’s Day in Telangana

March 19, 2024 06:40 pm | Updated 06:40 pm IST - HYDERABAD A 25-year-old woman from Nalgonda was arrested recently after she posed as a Sub Inspector of Railway Protection Force (RPF). According to sources, Jadala Malavika often travelled on the Palnadu Express between Nalgonda and Secunderabad, donning the uniform …...Read More

XL bully shot and killed by police after injuring four people in Battersea

Police officers shot and killed a "dangerously out of control" dog believed to be an XL bully after it injured four people in Battersea. The dog began attacking people on Home Road at around 10pm on Monday evening, Met Police said, leading to four men being taken to hospital with …...Read More