Minister inaugurates fish landing centre

March 11, 2024 07:28 pm | Updated 07:29 pm IST - ALAPPUZHA The government will come up with projects for the comprehensive development of coastal areas in the State, Fisheries Minister Saji Cherian has said. He was inaugurating a fish landing centre at Prayikkara in Alappuzha on Monday. “The government …...Read More

One instalment of social security pensions to be disbursed from March 15

March 11, 2024 07:28 pm | Updated 07:29 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM One instalment of the social security pensions and welfare board pensions will be disbursed from March 15, the State government has said. All pensioners who had completed the mustering exercise would receive the pension, Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal …...Read More

BDJS sets condition for contesting from Kottayam

March 11, 2024 07:27 pm | Updated 07:27 pm IST - KOTTAYAM Amidst the ongoing uncertainty regarding his candidature in Kottayam, Bharath Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS) president Thushar Vellappally has now presented a condition to the Bharatiya Janata Party for his candidacy in the central Travancore seat. Speaking to reporters …...Read More

INSAT-3DS commences Earth imaging operations

March 11, 2024 07:26 pm | Updated 08:00 pm IST - Bengaluru ISRO’s meteorological satellite, INSAT-3DS, has initiated Earth imaging operations with the meteorological payloads (6-channel Imager and 19-channel Sounder) capturing the first set of images on March 7. The INSAT-3DS satellite was launched on February 17. After completing orbit-raising …...Read More

DYFI leader accused of assaulting woman law student surrenders

March 11, 2024 07:24 pm | Updated 07:25 pm IST - PATHANAMTHITTA Over a couple of months after being accused of assaulting a female student, Democratic Youth Federation of India leader Jaison Joseph finally surrendered before the police here on Monday. Officials said Mr. Joseph surrendered before the Dy.SP in …...Read More

Italian police arrest 3 Palestinian terrorists planning suicide attacks

Italian police have arrested three Palestinians based in central Italy who they said were planning attacks in an unspecified country, a police statement said on Monday. The three men living in l'Aquila, about 75 miles northeast of Rome, had set up a cell linked to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, it …...Read More

FBI again searches California federal women's prison plagued by sexual abuse

Federal investigators on Monday were again searching a troubled women’s prison in California, seizing computers and documents in an apparent escalation of a yearslong sexual abuse investigation that led to previous charges against a former warden and other employees. CA FEMALE INMATES FILE SUIT, CITING PRISON SEX ABUSE HASN’T STOPPED …...Read More

Andhra Pradesh Government Advisor hails the CM Jagan’s “employee-friendly” policies

March 11, 2024 07:19 pm | Updated 07:20 pm IST - SRIKAKULAM: Andhra Pradesh Government Advisor (Employees Welfare) and former State president of APNGOs Association N. Chandrasekhar Reddy said that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy implemented several welfare measures for the staff despite financial constraints in the exchequer. Speaking …...Read More

Artists showcase nation’s development through art

March 11, 2024 07:19 pm | Updated 07:20 pm IST - KALABURAGI Professional artists and art students from Kalaburagi district participated virtually in a one-day Viksit Bharat Ambassador Artist Workshop organized by the National Gallery of Modern Art and the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, autonomous organisations of the Ministry …...Read More

Designed to polarise polls, manage headlines: Congress questions CAA rules notification timing

March 11, 2024 07:15 pm | Updated 07:54 pm IST - New Delhi The Congress on March 11 alleged that the timing of notifying the rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act is evidently designed to polarise the coming Lok Sabha elections, especially in West Bengal and Assam. Congress general secretary …...Read More