April 07, 2024 08:42 am | Updated 08:42 am IST - KOCHI Facing a broad range of vulnerabilities, farmers are sceptical of election-time promises by political parties, be it on protection from wild animal attacks or on better prices for natural rubber. The current election campaign has reflected the concerns …...Read More
Farmers facing broad spectrum of vulnerabilities sceptical of poll promises
Fresh headache for Labour as questions grow over Angela Rayner's tax affairs
Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner is facing fresh questions over her tax affairs - and there's a feeling in Westminster that they will not be the last. It's the same allegation that keeps popping up around whether she paid enough tax on the sale of her home in Stockport in …...Read More
The Hindu Morning Digest, April 7, 2024
April 07, 2024 08:08 am | Updated 08:08 am IST CAA Rules open the door to dual citizenship, anti-CAA petitioners tell SC The Rules of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act do not require foreign applicants to effectively renounce the citizenship of their native country, creating a possibility for dual citizenship which …...Read More
HDI and SDG indices of A.P. plummeted due to flawed policies of YSRCP, says Yanamala
April 07, 2024 07:47 am | Updated 07:47 am IST - VIJAYAWADA TDP Polit Bureau member and former Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu has alleged that the rank of Andhra Pradesh in the Human Development Index and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index fell to 21 and 13 respectively due to the …...Read More
Why alliance if you have done anything good, Jagan asks Naidu
April 07, 2024 07:45 am | Updated 07:45 am IST - NELLORE Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has ridiculed Telugu Desam Party president Nara Chandrababu Naidu on the need to go for an alliance if he had done anything good for the State. Addressing …...Read More
2 Texas principals charged for violating state election laws
Two principals in a Texas school district are facing criminal charges after allegedly violating state election laws by using their school emails to urge staff to vote for candidates who oppose school choice. Alexander Elementary School Principal Lindsey Lujan and Borman Elementary Principal Jesus Lujan, who are married, work in …...Read More
Ponnala faults Congress govt. for failure to utilise available Godavari water
April 07, 2024 07:24 am | Updated 07:24 am IST - HYDERABAD Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and former Minister for Irrigation Ponnala Lakshmaiah has criticised the attitude of the Congress Government in utilising the available water in Godavari by lifting it back from Annaram and Sundilla barrages even after …...Read More
Drake Bell says he's forgiven Rider Strong after letter of support for his abuser: 'Healing together'
Drake Bell revealed that he has forgiven Rider Strong for his past support of the Nickelodeon star's convicted abuser, Brian Peck. After being convicted of sexually abusing a child in 2004, Peck was sentenced to 16 months in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender. Last month, Bell, …...Read More
EC pegs cost of conducting Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka at an estimated ₹520 crore
April 07, 2024 07:01 am | Updated 07:01 am IST - Bengaluru It will cost an average of over ₹18.5 crore to elect an MP in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, as per the Election Commission’s (EC) estimation of expenses for conducting the polls. According to the EC’s estimation, the …...Read More
Congress tries to keep Veerashaiva Lingayat leaders in good spirits after Dingaleshwar Swami episode
April 07, 2024 06:56 am | Updated 06:56 am IST - HUBBALLI Close on the heels of Fakira Dingaleshwar Swami of Shirahatti Fakkireshwar Mutt targeting Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi for his alleged ‘ill-treatment of Lingayat seers and leaders’, the Congress party seems to …...Read More
