Electoral Bonds scheme lacked transparency, abetted black money, says ADR chairman

March 31, 2024 07:11 pm | Updated 07:11 pm IST - MYSURU The electoral bonds introduced by the government, which the Supreme Court subsequently struck down, was lacking in transparency and went against the spirit of democracy. It also failed to curb the use of black money in elections which …...Read More

Genetic profiling of captive elephants of Kerala to begin shortly

March 31, 2024 07:06 pm | Updated 07:06 pm IST - KOCHI The genetic profiling of the 400-odd captive elephants of the State will begin shortly. The Wildlife Institute of India (WII), which is carrying out the profiling to add the details of the elephants to a national database, has …...Read More

Public servants asked to be pro-people while discharging duties

March 31, 2024 07:04 pm | Updated 07:04 pm IST - KALABURAGI Terming sincerity and commitment of public servants towards the welfare of people as prerequisites for good governance, Upalokayukta K.N. Phaneendra has asked government employees to be pro-people while discharging their duties. “There are around seven crore people in …...Read More

BJP seeks DGP intervention into ‘false’ cases against leaders

March 31, 2024 07:01 pm | Updated 07:01 pm IST - HYDERABAD Telangana BJP has urged DGP Ravi Gupta to instruct his officials to withdraw ‘false’ cases filed against national general secretary Bandi Sanjay Kumar and other party leaders for visiting Chengicherla to console the victims of a communal clash. …...Read More

Direct flights from Hyderabad to Ayodhya from April 2

March 31, 2024 07:01 pm | Updated 07:01 pm IST - HYDERABAD Telangana BJP president and Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy said direct flights to Ayodhya from Hyderabad will become operational from April 2. There will be flights thrice a week— Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. This follows a request made …...Read More

Bengaluru woman loses ₹6 lakh to person she befriended on social media

March 31, 2024 06:58 pm | Updated 06:58 pm IST - Bengaluru A 40-year-old single mother complained to the Ramamurthynagar police that she was cheated by a person she befriended on Facebook with a business preposition and he made away with ₹6 lakh. The victim, identified as Radhika from Sir …...Read More

Groups clash in Betageri as blue flag appears above saffron one on flagpole

March 31, 2024 06:54 pm | Updated 06:54 pm IST - Belagavi Two groups clashed in Betageri of Belagavi district on Saturday evening over hoisting two flags in the village. Some people had hoisted a blue flag above a saffron flag on the flagpole near Ambedkar Circle in the village. …...Read More

BRS president KCR extends ₹5L help to distressed woman farmer in Telangana

March 31, 2024 06:51 pm | Updated 07:08 pm IST - HYDERABAD Farmers whose crops withered due to lack of water for irrigation this season despite sinking new borewells poured out their woes before former Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao in Jangaon, Suryapet and …...Read More

BJP leader approached me seeking Cabinet berth, says Congress’ Komatireddy Venkata Reddy

March 31, 2024 06:49 pm | Updated 06:49 pm IST - Hyderabad In the ongoing war of words between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Roads and Buildings Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy claimed that BJP Legislature Party leader Aleti Maheshwar Reddy approached him to join the Congress in …...Read More

Man stabs his female friend to death over a trivial row in Bengaluru

March 31, 2024 06:48 pm | Updated 06:48 pm IST - Bengaluru A 42-year-old woman was killed by her male friend at Shalini Grounds in Jayanagar on Saturday evening. The deceased has been identified as Farida Khanum from Kolkata and living in a lodge in J.P. Nagar. The police arrested …...Read More