April 06, 2024 09:26 pm | Updated 09:26 pm IST - KADAPA M.S. Babu, legislator of the Puthalapattu (SC) Assembly constituency becomes the third from the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) in the undivided Chittoor district to quit the ruling party in the run-up to the general elections. Mr. Babu, who …...Read More

April 06, 2024 09:24 pm | Updated 09:24 pm IST - HYDERABAD The bull elephant that trampled two persons to death and kept the Telangana Forest Department on tenterhooks for three days finally returned to Maharashtra on Friday night. The jumbo got separated from its herd and entered Kumuram Bheem …...Read More

April 06, 2024 09:24 pm | Updated 10:20 pm IST - CHENNAI In 1984, combined vote share of the DMK, AIADMK fronts hit a high of 96.91%; low point was in 2014, when a BJP-led third front helped limit the Dravidian majors’ alliances to just 71% of votes Coalitions that …...Read More

April 06, 2024 09:20 pm | Updated 10:12 pm IST - Bengaluru Bengaluru water crisis The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is considering laying separate pipelines to supply treated water to industries in the city. In the first phase, BWSSB is likely to start the initiative by supplying …...Read More

April 06, 2024 09:19 pm | Updated 09:19 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The electoral atmosphere in the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency remained rife with mud-slinging as United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate Shashi Tharoor accused his rival Rajeev Chandrasekhar of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of attempting to sway voters with …...Read More

April 06, 2024 09:18 pm | Updated 09:18 pm IST - KOCHI The State government dropped as many as 38 projects envisaged for the management of liquid waste owing to severe local protests and land issues. There were eight projects under construction, 39 in approved status, and 74 new proposals …...Read More

April 06, 2024 09:17 pm | Updated 09:17 pm IST - Kozhikode The University of Calicut has rescheduled its examinations earlier planned to be held on April 11 as Id-ul-Fitr is likely to fall on the day. There are no exams on April 10, which has already been declared a …...Read More

April 06, 2024 09:16 pm | Updated 09:16 pm IST - NELLORE Telugu Desam Party (TDP) State spokesperson Anam Venkataramana Reddy has demanded a probe into the scam on the issue of Transferable Development Rights (TDR) bonds issued by the Municipal Corporation of Tirupati (MCT). At a press conference, here …...Read More

April 06, 2024 09:15 pm | Updated 09:15 pm IST - MUMBAI The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth ₹36.66 crore belonging to Rakesh Wadhawan and Sarang Wadhawan of Veena Developers under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, in a bank fraud case. The fraud case …...Read More

April 06, 2024 09:13 pm | Updated 09:13 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA Noted economist Prof. S. Mahendra Dev said welfare was possible only through development and promises to the contrary made during the elections were apparently meant to appease the voters. He observed that seeking votes by promising freebies was …...Read More