149 sensitive poll stations in Pudukkottai

March 16, 2024 08:16 pm | Updated 08:16 pm IST - PUDUKOTTAI District Collector I.S. Mercy Ramya urged the public and the political parties to contact the control room in the district in case of violation of the model code of conduct. The Collector said there were 149 sensitive polling …...Read More

Students told to hone creative skills to address contemporary issues

March 16, 2024 08:15 pm | Updated 08:15 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA Member of the Legislative Council from Krishna-Guntur Teachers’ constituency K.S. Lakshmana Rao said that it is important to hone one’s creative skills to address contemporary challenges of the society. Mr. Lakshmana Rao was speaking as the chief guest …...Read More

Chandrababu Naidu exhorts people to save Andhra Pradesh from YSRCP

March 16, 2024 08:11 pm | Updated 08:18 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu has said there is a dire need for a judicial system that can effectively regulate the other democratic systems when they do not work as per the Constitution. Addressing a workshop of …...Read More

Forest dept. seeks court intervention in eradicating invasive plants in Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary

March 16, 2024 08:11 pm | Updated 08:11 pm IST - KALPETTA The Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) authorities are planning to approach the Kerala High Court to grant permission to extract Senna spectabilis, an invasive plant which poses a major threat to the wildlife habitat in the Nilgiri biosphere, to …...Read More

Elections in India and EU holding up FTA talks, hope to start later this year: Irish Minister

March 16, 2024 08:09 pm | Updated 08:11 pm IST - NEW DELHI Elections to the European Parliament and in India this year are holding up talks for the India-EU Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement, Ireland’s Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, indicating that unlike the India European Free Trade …...Read More

Preternaturally presanctified presentation

March 16, 2024 08:09 pm | Updated 08:19 pm IST - Bengaluru Since this is the pre-wedding season, my thoughts are predominantly about my own pre-wedding pre-blues when the pre-bells pre-rang. It was a prelapsarian time of joy when we ate pre-heated prebiotic food while our animals were fed pre-chewed …...Read More

CAA a major campaign issue for LS polls in Malabar

March 16, 2024 08:09 pm | Updated 08:10 pm IST - Kozhikode Political stance on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) is turning out to be one of the key campaign issues for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Malabar region, which has a sizeable presence of voters from the Muslim …...Read More

Excise steps up vigil in Kollam district before Lok Sabha polls

March 16, 2024 08:08 pm | Updated 08:08 pm IST - KOLLAM The Excise department will step up vigil and strengthen surveillance measures in the district prior to the Lok Sabha elections on April 26. Since Kollam is a border district, the district administration has instructed to intensify inspections to …...Read More

Five-member gang of highway robbers nabbed

March 16, 2024 08:08 pm | Updated 08:08 pm IST - CHITTOOR A five-member inter-state gang involved in highway robberies was nabbed and 6 kgs of ganja, ₹18,000 cash, two bikes, and five knives were seized from them at the outskirts of Chittoor Municipal Corporation on Saturday. Superintendent of Police …...Read More

Nitish Kumar distributes portfolios; retains Home, General Administration departments

March 16, 2024 08:04 pm | Updated 08:16 pm IST - Patna A day after the expansion of his cabinet, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday allocated portfolios to the ministers of the National Democratic Alliance government. While Mr. Kumar retained important portfolios such as Home, General Administration, Cabinet …...Read More