Flying squads, surveillance teams deployed to monitor poll violations

March 16, 2024 07:41 pm | Updated 07:41 pm IST - ALAPPUZHA The district administration in Alappuzha has deployed flying squads and static surveillance teams to prevent the use of freebies, liquor, and cash among other things to lure voters during the Lok Sabha elections in Alappuzha. District Collector Alex …...Read More

NDSA recommends completion of repairs on Nagarjunasagar dam before monsoon

March 16, 2024 07:40 pm | Updated 07:41 pm IST - Hyderabad A team of the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA), which visited Nagarjunasagar Project on February 13 and 14 to examine the safety aspects of the dam, has recommended a comprehensive dam safety evaluation of the project after finding …...Read More

26 Assembly bypolls to be held along with Lok Sabha elections

March 16, 2024 07:39 pm | Updated 08:08 pm IST - New Delhi By-elections to 26 Assembly seats across 13 States, including six constituencies in Himachal Pradesh where Congress MLAs were disqualified for rebellion, will be held along with the Lok Sabha elections beginning April 19. "There are 26 Assembly …...Read More

YSRCP MP Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy and his son join TDP

March 16, 2024 07:38 pm | Updated 08:16 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA YSR Congress Party Member of Parliament Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy and his son Magunta Raghava Reddy, and a few other leaders and their followers joined the TDP on Saturday. TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu welcomed them into the …...Read More

Free training programme in Kollam

March 16, 2024 07:38 pm | Updated 07:38 pm IST - KOLLAM The Kottiyam Canara Bank Rural Self Employment Training Institute has invited applications for its 10-day fast food making course. Those who are the age group of 18-45 can apply. Food and training will be free for selected candidates. …...Read More

Sparrow Festival at PFA on Sunday

March 16, 2024 07:38 pm | Updated 07:38 pm IST - MYSURU A Sparrow Festival will be held in the city on Sunday, March 17, 2024, to create awareness on conservation and to shore up the sparrow population and as part of World Sparrow Day that is held on March …...Read More

Annamayya SP instructs police on polling duties ahead of elections

March 16, 2024 07:38 pm | Updated 07:39 pm IST - MADANAPALLE Superintendent of Police (SP) B. Krishna Rao, on Saturday, instructed the police personnel on polling duties to maintain strict vigilance in the Annamayya district to prevent any clashes in the run-up to the general elections. The SP, along …...Read More

BJP and AAP trade charges on the latter’s two-year-old rule in Punjab

March 16, 2024 07:36 pm | Updated 08:06 pm IST - CHANDIGARH In a verbal attack on the BJP, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday urged the people of the State to reject “anti-Punjab forces”, while the BJP took a dig at the AAP government, asserting that rampant drug …...Read More

Officials remove flags of various political parties, cover statues as MCC comes into force

March 16, 2024 07:35 pm | Updated 08:21 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA With the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) coming into force from Saturday evening, officials were seen removing the flags and banners of various political parties at different places. Workers of municipalities and panchayats were busy clearing and implementing …...Read More

Satheesan counters CM’s charge that Congress was insincere about CAA

March 16, 2024 07:33 pm | Updated 07:33 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan on Saturday accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of attempting to undermine the struggle against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by spreading the false narrative that the Congress, especially Rahul Gandhi, was muted …...Read More