Naidu promises to increase remuneration of volunteers to ₹10,000

April 09, 2024 08:22 pm | Updated 08:23 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu said the TDP-BJP-Jana Sena Party coalition, if voted to power, would not only continue the system of ward and village volunteers but also increase their monthly remuneration to ₹10,000 from the present …...Read More

Development of Amaravati will be completed in five years, says BJP poll in-charge for A.P.

April 09, 2024 08:20 pm | Updated 08:20 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA Siddharth Nath Singh, Andhra Pradesh BJP co-in-charge for general elections, has said that the BJP-TDP-JSP alliance, if voted to power, would complete the development of Amaravati in five years. Speaking during the Ugadi celebrations organised at the BJP …...Read More

Woman, two children found dead in house in Kasaragod

April 09, 2024 08:16 pm | Updated 08:16 pm IST - KASARAGOD A woman and her two children were found dead inside their house at Chembrakanam in Kasaragod on Tuesday. While the woman was found hanging after reportedly slashing her wrist, her children were suspected to be poisoned. The Cheemeni …...Read More

Peter Higgs, physicist behind Higgs boson particle prediction, dead at 94

Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the Higgs boson particle, has died at age 94, the University of Edinburgh said Tuesday. The university, where Higgs was emeritus professor, said he died Monday "peacefully at home following a short illness." R&B ICON CLARENCE 'FROGMAN' HENRY DEAD AT …...Read More

Kenyan hospital lays off 100 striking doctors as nationwide strike nears a month

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A public hospital in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi has laid off 100 doctors who are taking part in a nationwide strike that has been ongoing for almost a month, its management said Tuesday. The Kenyatta University Referral Hospital said new doctors had been hired in place of …...Read More

It’s ‘Iftar time’ for contestants ahead of Ramzan

April 09, 2024 08:08 pm | Updated 08:09 pm IST - KADAPA/NELLORE With the Ramzan festival being round the corner and the general elections not far away, several contestants are vying to host ‘Iftar’ parties and were seen visiting mosques and dargahs to make their presence felt. There are many …...Read More

Lok Sabha polls 2024 | Lalu’s daughter Rohini seeks support from snubbed BJP MP Ashwini Choubey

April 09, 2024 08:08 pm | Updated 08:08 pm IST - Patna Rohini Acharya, the daughter of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, on Tuesday urged Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and sitting MP from Buxar Ashwini Choubey to campaign in her favour. The BJP has not given Mr. …...Read More

Guest lecturers want implementation of HC order to absorb them into government service

April 09, 2024 08:06 pm | Updated 08:06 pm IST - CHENNAI Guest lecturers from government colleges want the Higher Education Department to implement the judgment of the Madras High Court on their absorption. The verdict, issued by the court on April 2, had ordered the State government to absorb …...Read More

Purandeswari condemns fake news on Muslim reservations

April 09, 2024 08:05 pm | Updated 08:05 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA BJP State president Daggubati Purandeswari condemned a fake news report in which she was quoted as expressing her intention to cancel the Muslim reservations if the BJP-TDP-Jana Sena Party (JSP) alliance came to power. She appealed to the …...Read More

AMLO 'offended' by preferred candidate's debate performance

There were plenty of reasons to criticize Mexico’s first presidential debate leading up to the June 2 election. The format was a bit constrictive, and the candidates’ timer wasn’t working at some points, leaving it unclear how much longer they could speak. But President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday …...Read More