March 15, 2024 07:20 pm | Updated 07:20 pm IST - SRINAGAR Former J&K Chief Minister and National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Friday said the Election Commission of India (ECI) should restore democracy fully in J&K and announce the dates of both Parliament as well as Assembly …...Read More

March 15, 2024 07:18 pm | Updated 07:19 pm IST - MANCHERIAL An inter-State coordination meeting of the police officials of the border districts of Telangana and Maharashtra was held in Jaipur of Mancherial district on Friday to review security preparedness in areas affected by Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) ahead of …...Read More

March 15, 2024 07:15 pm | Updated 07:15 pm IST - New Delhi Former bureaucrats Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu on Friday assumed charge as Election Commissioners, a day before the poll body is scheduled to announce the dates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Mr. Kumar and Mr. …...Read More

March 15, 2024 07:12 pm | Updated 07:14 pm IST - TIRUMALA In a rare display of bonhomie, the Tirupati YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) candidate Bhumana Abhinaya Reddy met his rival Jana Sena Party (JSP) contestant Arani Srinivasulu and greeted him with all smiles, ahead of the ensuing Andhra Pradesh …...Read More

March 15, 2024 07:11 pm | Updated 07:11 pm IST - ALAPPUZHA Alex Varghese assumed office as District Collector of Alappuzha on Friday. A 2017 batch Indian Administrative Service officer, Mr. Varghese is the 58th Collector of the district. Before taking charge in Alappuzha, he worked as Urban Affairs director, …...Read More

March 15, 2024 07:07 pm | Updated 07:51 pm IST Someone somewhere seems to be running a little cottage industry supplying obscure, hard-to-pronounce titles for Malayalam films. Last week, we had the tongue twister Agathokakological, and this week we have Anchakkallakokkan. The latter title, of the film directed by Ullas …...Read More

March 15, 2024 07:05 pm | Updated 07:05 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The State government will release two more instalments of the social security and welfare pensions before Vishu, Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal said on Friday. Combined, the two instalments carry ₹3,200 (at the rate of ₹1,600 a month). The …...Read More

March 15, 2024 07:04 pm | Updated 07:04 pm IST - Kasaragod In the emerging world order, every country has to ensure its security through its own strength, Vice Admiral M.P. Muralidharan, former Director-General of Indian Coast Guard, has said. He was speaking at the valedictory session of the three-day …...Read More

March 15, 2024 07:01 pm | Updated 07:02 pm IST - HYDERABAD BRS working president K. T. Rama Rao objected to the ED officials move to arrest party MLC K. Kavitha without a transit warrant on March 15. Tension mounted outside Ms. Kavitha’s residence soon after the ED conducted searches. …...Read More

March 15, 2024 07:01 pm | Updated 07:01 pm IST - ALAPPUZHA A total of 7,252 enterprises have been established in Alappuzha under the Samrambhaka Varsham 2.0 (Year of Enterprises 2.0) project of the Industries department in 2023-24. The government launched the Year of Enterprises scheme in 2022. Phase II …...Read More