Beneficiaries of Central schemes are innumerable among voters, says C. Krishnakumar

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State general secretary C. Krishnakumar is contesting to the Lok Sabha from Palakkad for the second time in a row. Although he had been relegated to the third position, having won 21.44 % of the votes in the 2019 polls, Mr. Krishnakumar is back in the …...Read More

Install Rajiv Gandhi statue at Hyderabad’s Uppal stadium: former Minister asks HCA

March 18, 2024 07:44 pm | Updated 07:56 pm IST - HYDERABAD Former Minister for Sports and former MP V. Hanumanth Rao on Monday appealed to the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) to install the statue of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at the main entrance of the Uppal stadium. “It …...Read More

With increase in the number of shakhas, RSS bifurcates its Kerala unit

March 18, 2024 07:44 pm | Updated 07:56 pm IST - KOZHIKODE Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has split its Kerala unit into south and north divisions, citing an increase in the number of shakhas (units) in the State. The south division is from …...Read More

Former PCC president’s son joins Congress in Srikakulam

March 18, 2024 07:44 pm | Updated 07:44 pm IST - SRIKAKULAM: Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee former president Majji Tulasidas’s son Majji Trinatha Rao joined the Congress party in the presence of the Srikakulam District Congress Committee president at a programme at the DCC office in Srikakulam on Monday. Mr. …...Read More

Katie Price declared bankrupt for second time

Former glamour model Katie Price has been declared bankrupt for a second time over an unpaid tax bill of more than £750,000. Ms Price, who was previously declared bankrupt in 2019, owes £761,994.05 to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), a court was told on Monday. At a short hearing at …...Read More

Vijayapura scientists get patent for automatic sugarcane planting machine

March 18, 2024 07:35 pm | Updated 07:36 pm IST - Belagavi The Indian Patent Office has granted some patents to scientists of BLDE institutions in Vijayapura for inventions in various disciplines. One of them is for the invention of Automatic Sugarcane Planting Machine. Associate professor of Mechanical Engineering Samir …...Read More

SC refuses to entertain submissions of ASSOCHAM, CII against disclosure of electoral bonds details

March 18, 2024 07:35 pm | Updated 07:35 pm IST - New Delhi Not ordering disclosure of details of electoral bonds prior to April 12, 2019 was a "conscious choice" by the Constitution bench, the Supreme Court said on March 18 while refusing to entertain the submissions of ASSOCHAM and …...Read More

Delhi excise policy scam: More high-profile persons can be arrested, CBI submits in court

March 18, 2024 07:33 pm | Updated 07:35 pm IST - New Delhi The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday opposed the bail of Aam Aadmi Party (AA) leader Manish Sisodia. The agency further submitted in court that more “high-profile persons” could be arrested in connection with the Delhi …...Read More

Saraswathi Samman for Prabha Varma

March 18, 2024 07:31 pm | Updated 07:31 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram Noted Malayalam poet Prabha Varma has bagged the prestigious Saraswati Samman literary award for 2023. Mr. Varma, currently Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s media secretary, has brought the award back to Kerala after a 12-year hiatus. The jury had …...Read More

ASI dies of heart attack at border checkpost

March 18, 2024 07:30 pm | Updated 07:31 pm IST - MADANAPALLE Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police (ASI), M. Reddappa Naik (55), died of a heart attack while on duty at the border checkpost at Chandrayuni Palli village of Pedda Tippa Samudram mandal of Annamayya district on Monday. According to the …...Read More