March 15, 2024 09:24 pm | Updated 09:26 pm IST - MYSURU Pressure was building up on former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy to either enter the poll fray from Mandya Lok Sabha constituency or field his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy in the coming Lok Sabha elections. A meeting of the JD(S) …...Read More
Pressure builds up on HDK, Nikhil to enter poll fray from Mandya
Man charged more than a year after capsized boat death in Dumfries and Galloway
An arrest has been made 16 months after a man died when a boat capsized off the coast of southern Scotland during a recovery operation. William Murray McCubbin, 60, died in hospital following the incident near to Port William in Dumfries and Galloway on 19 November 2022. On Friday, Police …...Read More
Yaduveer hits the road for his first brush with political convention
March 15, 2024 09:21 pm | Updated 09:21 pm IST - MYSURU The BJP candidate for Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha seat Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar hit the road to mingle with the party workers and leaders across the constituency on Friday. Soon after his maiden visit to the Mysuru BJP office …...Read More
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar expands Cabinet; 12 BJP and nine JD(U) Ministers sworn in
March 15, 2024 09:19 pm | Updated 09:19 pm IST - Patna: A day before the Lok Sabha election date is to be announced, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on March 15 expanded his Cabinet, inducting nine Ministers from his party JD(U) and 12 from the ruling ally BJP. Earlier, …...Read More
Liz Truss 'furious' after MPs accused of blocking transgender reform bill
A controversial proposal to ban transgender women from female-only spaces will not be debated after both Tory and Labour MPs were accused of filibustering a bill drawn up by Liz Truss. The former prime minister said she was "furious" at the Labour Party for preventing debate on her Private Member's …...Read More
Phase 2 of Pavagada Solar Park will be completed in two years: K.J. George
March 15, 2024 09:09 pm | Updated 09:09 pm IST - Bengaluru The second phase of Pavagada Solar Park will be completed in the next two years, Energy Minister K.J. George said on Friday in Tumakuru. “To eliminate the energy deficiency in the State and become self-sufficient, the support of …...Read More
Power-loom workers union stages day-long hunger strike in Sircilla
March 15, 2024 09:04 pm | Updated 09:04 pm IST - RAJANNA SIRCILLA Members of the CITU-affiliated Power-loom Workers’ Union on Friday staged a 24-hour hunger strike in Sircilla demanding urgent steps by the government to place fresh orders for production of Bathukamma saris and other fabric to mitigate the …...Read More
60 experts hit the forest trail to make a bird atlas of Papikonda hill range in Andhra Pradesh
March 15, 2024 09:01 pm | Updated 09:20 pm IST - MAREDUMILLI (ASR DISTRICT) MAREDUMILLI (ASR DISTRICT) The Andhra Pradesh Forest Department in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research (IISER-Tirupati) on Friday kick-started the preparation of a bird atlas of Papikonda National Park (PNP) and the …...Read More
Merger pangs: Vistara gives ultimatum to pilots over new pay
March 15, 2024 09:01 pm | Updated 09:17 pm IST - NEW DELHI Vistara issued an ultimatum to its pilots on Friday, hours before a deadline to accept a new pay structure ahead of its merger with Air India that could result in a pay cut of more than 50% …...Read More
Disturbances in proposed Kalkothy
March 15, 2024 08:57 pm | Updated 08:57 pm IST - COIMBATORE With increasing incidents of wild elephants entering villages in the Madukkarai region of Coimbatore, conservationists are raising concerns over the disturbances and infrastructural developments taking place along the proposed Kalkothy – Walayar elephant corridor, a critical route for …...Read More
