India asks its citizens not to travel to Israel, Iran

April 12, 2024 08:22 pm | Updated 08:29 pm IST - New Delhi India on April 12 asked its citizens not to travel to Iran or Israel amid escalating tensions between the two countries following a strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria on April 1. Iran blamed Israel for …...Read More

Nine candidates file nomination papers in four Lok Sabha constituencies

April 12, 2024 08:22 pm | Updated 08:22 pm IST - HUBBALLI On the first day for filing nomination papers, nine candidates, including a Congress rebel candidate, have filed theirs for the elections to Dharwad, Haveri, Uttara Kannada and Davangere Lok Sabha constituencies. According to a press release by the …...Read More

Madhu Bangarappa defends board exams and argues on number of papers fixed to be evaluated in a day

April 12, 2024 08:19 pm | Updated 08:19 pm IST - Shivamogga Minister for School Education Madhu Bangarappa reiterated that the board exams for classes 5,8,9, and 11 were held in the interest of students and the number of papers to evaluated in a day by each teacher was fixed …...Read More

Lok Sabha polls | Gangster’s new wife could give JD(U) warhorse tough fight in Bihar’s Munger

April 12, 2024 08:18 pm | Updated 08:19 pm IST - Munger Country-made kattas and the oldest locomotive repair workshop at Jamalpur have dominated Munger’s landscape for years. But of late, the town, 180km east of Patna, has been talking about a new bride from Delhi who married a convicted …...Read More

Sunitha Dixon steps down as works standing committee chairperson of Kochi Corporation

April 12, 2024 08:18 pm | Updated 08:18 pm IST - KOCHI Sunitha Dixon, Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) councillor from the Vyttila division who put in her papers as chairperson of the Kochi Corporation’s public works standing committee on Thursday, said she had delayed relinquishing the post as she was …...Read More

CPI(M) to contest from one Lok Sabha and eight Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh

April 12, 2024 08:18 pm | Updated 08:18 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA The CPI(M) has decided to contest elections from one Lok Sabha and eight Assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh. CPI(M) State secretary V. Srinivasa Rao, in a release on April 12 (Friday), said his party would contest from Araku …...Read More

10-year rigorous imprisonment for Maoist Rupesh in Vellamunda case

April 12, 2024 08:17 pm | Updated 08:17 pm IST - KOCHI Maoist activist Rupesh was given a total jail term of 62 years, including two 10-year terms for rigorous imprisonment on 13 counts, and a fine of ₹2 lakh by the Kochi special court of the National Investigation Agency …...Read More

KRMB allocates 8.5 tmc ft water to Telangana, 5.5 tmc ft to A.P.

April 12, 2024 08:13 pm | Updated 08:13 pm IST - HYDERABAD At a time when the two Telugu States are facing the drinking water problem due to lean inflows into the Krishna Basin reservoirs this water year, the three-member committee meeting of the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) has …...Read More

Election handbook released

April 12, 2024 08:12 pm | Updated 08:12 pm IST - KOLLAM The Election Commission of India (ECI) has brought out a handbook containing all information on exercising the right to vote during the Lok Sabha elections. Collector N. Devidas, who is also the District Election Officer, released the book …...Read More

CM warns millers against buying paddy from farmers at low prices

April 12, 2024 08:12 pm | Updated 08:12 pm IST - HYDERABAD Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has warned millers against purchasing paddy from farmers at lower prices and said that the government will not tolerate any attempts to ‘deceive’ farmers. He directed the officials to take stringent action against …...Read More