YSRCP corporator representing the 19th division in the Anantapur Municipal Corporation Balanjineyulu joined the TDP in the presence of Anantapur Urban MLA Daggubati Venkateswara Prasad and district party president Venkatasivudu Yadav on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Prasad said Mr. Balanjineyulu joined the party after witnessing the development ushered in by the NDA government. […]
The fortnight celebrations of NTR Kala Parishad concluded in Ongole on Sunday (February 2). The annual cultural programme, which was held after the gap of a few years, began on January 18, on the occasion of the death anniversary of former Chief Minister N.T. Rama Rao. Speaking to The Hindu, Eedhara Haribabu, founder of NTR […]
In Jharkhand’s Parasnath, where tensions have often risen between Jains and local Adivasis over worshiping rights at the Sammed Shikharji (also known as Marang Buru by locals), the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has now alleged that the Chief Minister Hemant Soren-led government was hounding local Adivasi BJP members following the sacrifice of a goat […]
Two youths drowned at Jannapura tank in Channarayapatna taluk on Sunday. Ganesh, 30, and Rohith, 28, of Shravanabelgola had gone to the tank for a swim. Even though they knew swimming one of them encountered problems and the other rushed to rescue him but he too got drowned. The bodies were retrieved later in the […]
The Embassy of India in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday (February 2, 2025) said it is closely monitoring the security situation in the central African country and asked all the Indian nationals in Bukavu “to immediately depart to safer locations.” The Embassy issued three advisories during the day and recommended that everyone prepare […]
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) which is probing allegations in the wake of the publication of the Hema Committee report filed a second chargesheet against M. Mukesh, actor and MLA, in a sexual assault case. The first one had been filed at a court in Wadakkancherry, in another case. The investigation team relied mainly on […]
The Centre’s decision to significantly slash the income tax payer’s burden was aimed at addressing some “angst” that the government had noticed in recent months as well as to give a fillip to the economy’s weakening growth impulses with a broad-based boost to demand, savings, and investments, Finance Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Sunday […]
A novel contest is under way in Tamil Nadu for college students aged 18-25. Sol Thamizha Sol assesses the proficiency of the participants in Tamil and their oratorical skill. The winners receive cash award. Participants are given a set of six topics a day before the contest. They will speak for four minutes each. “This is a unique […]
Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad broke down before reporters while speaking about the alleged murder of a 22-year-old Dalit woman whose body was found in a canal in Ayodhya on Saturday (February 1, 2025). U.P. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, reacting to Mr. Prasad’s presser, said the Faizabad MP was engaging in “theatrics” on the issue. […]
Vijayapura Police have arrested three men on the charge of looting a house and assaulting a businessman in the city. Fortytwo-year-old Suresh Chauhan, 32-year-old Suraj Chauhan and 31-year-old Akash Rawat were picked up from some Maharashtra villages on the border. They are facing the charge of forcibly entering the house of Santosh Kanal in Jainapur […]
