Chatta Munnar check-post employs surveillance tech to safeguard Marayur Sandalwood forest, prevent crimes

March 03, 2024 08:10 pm | Updated 08:16 pm IST - IDUKKI In a first for the State, the Forest department has embraced the latest mobile phone-linked digital surveillance technology to protect the sandalwood forests in Marayur. According to Forest officials, the department has established a mobile app-based vehicle checking …...Read More

YSRCP Chittoor MLA to join Jana Sena Party, strongman C.K. Babu annouces support to TDP candidate

March 03, 2024 08:09 pm | Updated 08:10 pm IST - CHITTOOR In what could be termed as a shot in the arm of the Telugu Desam Party-Jana Sena Party (JSP) combine, the sitting YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) MLA Arani Srinivasulu on Match 3 (Sunday) confirmed that he would join …...Read More

Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, Calcutta HC Judge hints at taking a plunge into politics

March 03, 2024 08:06 pm | Updated 08:06 pm IST - Kolkata: Calcutta High Court judge Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who has given several orders in the West Bengal recruitment scam, announced his decision to resign as judge and hinted at taking a plunge into politics ahead of the Lok Sabha …...Read More

Salary, pension disbursal delayed in Kerala due to financial mismanagement by govt.: Sudhakaran

March 03, 2024 08:04 pm | Updated 08:04 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran has accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the Ministers of drawing their salaries on time, even as the salary disbursal of government employees and pensioners have been delayed due to …...Read More

Pulse polio drive: District administration hopes to achieve 100 per cent target in Mysuru

March 03, 2024 08:04 pm | Updated 08:04 pm IST - MYSURU The Mysuru district administration hopes to cover all the estimated 2.31 lakh children below five years of age in the district during the pulse polio drive that was launched on Sunday. After Minister for Social Welfare H.C. Mahadevappa, …...Read More

Suchitwa Mission issues guidelines for LS campaign

March 03, 2024 08:03 pm | Updated 08:04 pm IST - KOLLAM As Lok Sabha (LS) campaign begins, District Suchitwa Mission has issued a set of guidelines to ensure green protocol compliance and make all election-related activities environment friendly. The decision was taken at a meeting of political party representatives …...Read More

P.C. George’s spat with BDJS, SNDP Yogam catches BJP off balance

March 03, 2024 08:03 pm | Updated 09:16 pm IST - PATHANAMTHITTA Veteran politician P.C. George, a high-profile newcomer to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), appears to have thrown the party’s State unit off balance by accusing the Bharath Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS), a key backward class ally, of scuttling …...Read More

Kochi Bishop Joseph Kariyil steps down, administrator appointed

March 03, 2024 08:01 pm | Updated 08:01 pm IST - KOCHI Bishop of Kochi Joseph Kariyil has stepped down after Pope Francis accepted his request to retire. Senior priest Shaiju Pariyathuchery has been appointed as administrator of the diocese till a bishop is appointed. The decision to step down …...Read More

Kalyana Venkateswara rides Kalpavriksha, Sarvabhoopala Vahanam

March 03, 2024 07:57 pm | Updated 07:57 pm IST - TIRUPATI The idols of Sri Kalyana Venkateswara and consorts Sridevi and Bhudevi were taken on Kalpavriksha Vahanam on a grand procession around the Srinivasa Mangapuram temple here on Sunday, the fourth day of the ongoing annual Brahmotsavams. Devotees thronged …...Read More

Literary competitions held at Sreenarayanaguru Open University

March 03, 2024 07:56 pm | Updated 07:56 pm IST - KOLLAM Sreenarayanaguru Open University (SGOU) on Sunday organised various literary competitions as part of its first arts festival. Poet Prabha Varma, who inaugurated the competition, said that the arts festival organised for students who have enrolled for their distance-education …...Read More