No need for talks with India on ‘resolved’ Katchatheevu issue, says Lankan Foreign Minister

April 04, 2024 08:37 pm | Updated 09:36 pm IST - COLOMBO Sri Lanka sees no reason for re-opening talks on Katchatheevu that India gave up 50 years ago, Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry has said, in the first official reaction yet to the recent remarks of Prime Minister …...Read More

Manhattan DA Bragg denies Trump hush money trial will benefit judge's daughter despite Dem fundraising ties

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s Office used former President Trump’s defense team’s own words in arguing against their push to have Judge Juan Merchan recused from the hush-money case amid new allegations that Merchan’s daughter is financially benefiting as a result of the case through her work as a Democratic …...Read More

Federal judge denies Trump motion to dismiss classified records case based on Presidential Records Act

The federal judge presiding over former President Trump’s classified records case has denied his motion to dismiss the charges based on the Presidential Records Act. U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, last month, also dismissed Trump's motion to dismiss charges of retaining classified documents on the grounds of "unconstitutional vagueness." …...Read More

DMK-Congress alliance is based on principles, says Alagiri

April 04, 2024 08:35 pm | Updated 08:35 pm IST - THANJAVUR The former TNCC president, K.S. Alagiri, said on Thursday that the alliance in which Congress forms part was strong and based on principles. The former TNCC president was campaigning for his party candidate Sudha in Mayiladuthurai Lok Sabha …...Read More

ECI appoints three IAS and six IPS officers in Andhra Pradesh

April 04, 2024 08:34 pm | Updated 08:34 pm IST - GUNTUR The Election Commission of India (ECI) on April 4 (Thursday) appointed three IAS officers as District Election Officers (DEO) and six IPS officers, one as Inspector General (IG) and five as Superintendents of Police (SPs) in the place …...Read More

Lok Sabha polls: General Observers, Police Observer arrive in Thiruvananthapuram

April 04, 2024 08:32 pm | Updated 08:32 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The General Observers and the Police Observer for the Lok Sabha polls in the district have arrived. Rajeev Ranjan is the General Obsever for the Attingal constituency and Ashish Joshi, the observer for Thiruvananthapuram. Rajeev Swaroop is the …...Read More

Three killed, several injured as car crashes into overloaded auto in Suryapet in Telangana

April 04, 2024 08:30 pm | Updated 08:30 pm IST - HYDERABAD Two women and a two-year-old girl were killed and several others sustained injuries when the autorickshaw in which they were travelling was hit by a speeding car and got crushed between a parked lorry in Suryapet. The Suryapet …...Read More

‘Born Vokkaliga, becoming Vishwa Manava’

April 04, 2024 08:30 pm | Updated 08:30 pm IST - MYSURU Even though his name, according to the affidavit submitted to the Election Commission, is M. Lakshman, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar made it a point to call their party candidate in the …...Read More

Prakasam Collector enquires about welfare in remote tribal village in Nallamala forest

April 04, 2024 08:29 pm | Updated 08:29 pm IST - ONGOLE Prakasam district Collector A.S. Dinesh Kumar enquired about the welfare of the Chenchu and Sugali tribes living in Palutla village of Yerragondlapalem sub-division when he went there on April 3 (Wednesday) to take stock of the arrangements being …...Read More

Centre asserts in SC its right to regulate industrial alcohol

April 04, 2024 08:29 pm | Updated 08:29 pm IST - New Delhi Asserting its right to regulate industrial alcohol, the Centre told the Supreme Court on April 4 that legislative power to levy excise duty on alcohol not fit for human consumption but meant for industrial use lies exclusively …...Read More