The government's alternative plans for housing asylum seekers will actually cost the taxpayer millions more than the hotels they seek to replace, according to a public spending watchdog. A report from the National Audit Office (NAO) said accommodating those waiting for asylum decisions on barges or former RAF bases would …...Read More
Barges and RAF bases more expensive than hotels to house asylum seekers - watchdog
Accused include both Muslims and Hindus who tried to fleece shopkeeper earlier too, say police
March 19, 2024 08:57 pm | Updated 08:57 pm IST - Bengaluru The alleged assault on a shopkeeper, Mukesh, in Nagarathpete by six men over the shopkeeper playing devotional songs on a loudspeaker has taken on a communal colour. Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya visited the area on March 18 …...Read More
Student killed after boulders from tipper lorry falls on scooter
March 19, 2024 08:54 pm | Updated 08:54 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM A college student riding a scooter was killed after a boulder fell on him from a moving tipper lorry that carries boulders to the under-construction Vizhinjam International Seaport, here on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Ananthu, …...Read More
Shailaja, Shafi meeting prominent people, visiting campuses in Vadakara
March 19, 2024 08:51 pm | Updated 10:13 pm IST - Kozhikode K.K. Shailaja and Shafi Parambil, candidates of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) respectively, from the Vadakara Lok Sabha constituency have put on hold public events for now. They are meeting prominent people …...Read More
Harish Rao demands ₹10,000 per acre relief to ryots, crops hit by untimely rain
March 19, 2024 08:50 pm | Updated 08:50 pm IST - hyderabad hyderabad Former Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader T. Harish Rao has demanded that the State government sanction compensation/input subsidy to a large number of farmers who have suffered crop damage/loss in the hails, gales and untimely …...Read More
Katie Price missed court hearing where she was declared bankrupt because she was 'dealing with serious stuff'
Katie Price has said she missed a court hearing where she was declared bankrupt for the second time because she was "dealing with serious stuff". The former glamour model and TV personality owes nearly £762,000 to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), which issued a bankruptcy petition last October. The debt …...Read More
TDP and JSP leaders allege YSRCP’s involvement in illegal sand mining and transportation
March 19, 2024 08:49 pm | Updated 08:49 pm IST - GUNTUR Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Pemmasani Chandrasekhar, whose candidature is almost finalised for the Guntur Parliamentary constituency, alleged that the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leaders have been transporting thousands of lorries of sand illegally every day. Mr. Pemmasani, …...Read More
Malappuram BJP candidate Abdul Salam kept away from Modi’s roadshow
March 19, 2024 08:48 pm | Updated 08:48 pm IST - PALAKKAD Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate in Malappuram M. Abdul Salam was denied permission to accompany Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his roadshow here on Tuesday. The BJP had announced that the candidates in the Palakkad, Ponnani and Malappuram …...Read More
JSW Paints, The Hindu Young World organise painting contest
March 19, 2024 08:48 pm | Updated 08:48 pm IST - HYDERABAD The regional-level finals of Futurescapes painting contest 2024, organised by JSW Paints in association with The Hindu Young World, were held at St. Peters Central Public School in Hanamakonda on Tuesday. The event in sub-junior, junior and senior …...Read More
Need seen for devising customised teaching methodologies for students from rural areas
March 19, 2024 08:46 pm | Updated 08:46 pm IST - KALABURAGI A five-day Faculty Development Programme on Effective Teaching Strategies, Emerging Technologies, Grant Writing and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) was inaugurated at Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College (GNDEC) in Bidar on Tuesday. Delivering his keynote address, principal of Karnataka …...Read More
