Dissent is encouraged within the ECI: CEC on Arun Goel’s resignation

March 16, 2024 09:09 pm | Updated 09:10 pm IST - New Delhi Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on March 16 said that “dissent” was encouraged in the poll panel, after reports suggested that the sudden resignation of former Election Commissioner Arun Goel had been due to differences with him. …...Read More

Dues pending for answer script valuation of last year: KHSTU

March 16, 2024 09:08 pm | Updated 09:09 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram Valuation of answer scripts for Plus One and Plus Two higher secondary examinations this year is set to begin in a fortnight, but remuneration for teachers for valuation of answer scripts of both the classes for 2023 is …...Read More

Sandeshkhali violence: CBI arrests Sheikh Shahjahan’s brother, two others

March 16, 2024 09:08 pm | Updated 09:08 pm IST The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday arrested Sheikh Shahjahan’s brother Sheikh Alomgir and two others in connection with the attack on Enforcement Directorate officials at Sandeshkhali on January 5. The two others arrested by the agency were Mafujar …...Read More

Collector warns of action over MCC violation

March 16, 2024 09:06 pm | Updated 09:06 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA Following the announcement of election schedule by the Election Commission of India on March 16 (Saturday), District Collector of NTR district S. Dilli Rao, also the District Election Officer, instructed officials to take action against those violating the …...Read More

YSR Congress Party selects Rapaka as Amalapuram Lok Sabha candidate

March 16, 2024 09:05 pm | Updated 09:05 pm IST - AMALAPURAM Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao, who was the only candidate to win for the party in 2019, will be in the fray in the Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency. The YSR Congress party on Saturday announced Mr. Vara Prasada Rao …...Read More

When three visually impaired scholars led Juma rites at Madin mosque

March 16, 2024 09:04 pm | Updated 09:41 pm IST - MALAPPURAM The first Friday Juma of Ramzan, widely considered very auspicious by the fasting believers, was very special for three visually challenged scholars of Madin Academy here. When the three scholars with visual impairment, Shabeer Ali, Umerul Aqsam and …...Read More

Standing on cusp of history, PM Modi says NDA ready for polls

March 16, 2024 09:03 pm | Updated 09:38 pm IST - NEW DELHI The schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha election was announced by the Election Commission on Saturday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking a third term in office, declaring that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by him …...Read More

Khader panel Part 2 to be implemented next academic year: Minister

March 16, 2024 09:03 pm | Updated 09:03 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram The second part of the M.A. Khader committee report on school education will be implemented in next academic year, Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty has said. Discussions will be held with all sections before implementing the committee …...Read More

Bodies of two Indians killed in Russia war zone brought to Delhi

March 16, 2024 09:01 pm | Updated 09:15 pm IST - New Delhi The bodies of two Indians who were killed on the Russia-Ukraine border after they were forced to fight alongside the Russian Army were brought to Delhi on March 16 and flown to their homes in Surat and …...Read More

Chief Minister hits out at BJP, Congress over their stances on CAA

March 16, 2024 09:00 pm | Updated 10:12 pm IST - KALPETTA Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan came down heavily on the stances adopted by the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party regarding the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). Speaking after inaugurating a public meeting of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in connection …...Read More