Kudumbashree supporting voter education activities

April 03, 2024 11:15 pm | Updated 11:15 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram The Kudumbashree is assisting the SVEEP (Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation) team of the Collectorates in some districts to spread awareness of voter participation in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. SVEEP is being implemented to ensure that …...Read More

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla files nomination in Kota

April 03, 2024 11:10 pm | Updated 11:10 pm IST - JAIPUR Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday filed his nomination papers as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate in Rajasthan’s Kota, while expressing confidence about his victory in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Mr. Birla is a two-time MP …...Read More

Karandlaje, Rajeev Gowda among 87 candidates submit nominations a day ahead of deadline

April 03, 2024 11:09 pm | Updated April 04, 2024 07:39 am IST - Bengaluru Several candidates including Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje, former Rajya Sabha member M.V. Rajeev Gowda, and former Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary filed their nominations on Wednesday, April 3, for the April 26 Lok Sabha elections, in …...Read More

Should State Governments borrow more? | Explained

April 03, 2024 11:07 pm | Updated April 04, 2024 10:58 am IST The financial relation between the Union and various State governments has been a matter of vigorous debate. In a recent development, the Government of Kerala has approached the Supreme Court for a resolution of the following question: …...Read More

Three youths injured in country bomb explosion

April 03, 2024 11:01 pm | Updated 11:01 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Three youths sustained injuries when a country bomb exploded allegedly while it was being put together at Mukkola in the Mannanthala police Station limits on Wednesday. A 17-year-old from Nedumangad lost both his hands in the explosion. The …...Read More

‘T.N.’s energy consumption reached a new peak of 430.13 million units’

April 03, 2024 10:55 pm | Updated April 04, 2024 01:17 am IST - CHENNAI Electricity, Finance and Human Resources Management Minister Thangam Thennarasu said the State’s energy consumption had reached a new peak of 430.13 million units on Tuesday. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), he said the …...Read More

On being called by Amit Shah to Delhi and denied meeting, Eshwarappa says...

April 03, 2024 10:55 pm | Updated April 04, 2024 11:05 am IST - BENGALURU In a curious development, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who had invited BJP rebel leader K.S. Eshwarappa to Delhi for consultations, called off the conciliatory meeting after the latter arrived in the national capital on …...Read More

Action against NSCN (I-M) rebels sought

April 03, 2024 10:53 pm | Updated April 04, 2024 12:07 am IST A group of 15 military ‘officers’ of the extremist National Socialist Council of Nagalim, or NSCN (Isak-Muivah), has sought disciplinary action against 14 “mutineers” who decided to defy the authority of the ‘longvibu’ or the commander-in-chief of …...Read More

Farooq Abdullah not to contest Lok Sabha polls: Omar Abdullah

April 03, 2024 10:52 pm | Updated April 04, 2024 02:47 am IST - SRINAGAR: Farooq Abdullah, 86-year-old president of the National Conference (NC), will not contest the Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir. “Dr. Abdullah will not fight the coming Lok Sabha polls because of health issues,” NC …...Read More

NID AP students stage protest against ‘unliveable’ conditions in their new campus building

April 03, 2024 10:52 pm | Updated 10:52 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA Students of the National Institute of Design Andhra Pradesh (NID AP) are vehemently demanding better living conditions in their new building at Sakhamuru village of Thullur mandal in the Guntur district. A total of 191 students, comprising three …...Read More