The automotive industry has welcomed the Budget announcement on customs duty exemption for capital goods used in manufacturing of lithium ion batteries that is expected to boost local manufacturing and strengthen the supply chain for India’s transition to clean mobility. “The industry appreciates the rationalisation of customs duties on key raw materials and the reduction of […]
Senior leaders from Backward Classes (BCs), including Rajya Sabha member and National BC Association president R. Krishnaiah, and former chairman of the Telangana BC Commission Vakulabharanam Krishna Mohan Rao, have demanded that the State government implement 42% reservations for BCs in the impending local body elections. They also warned the government of massive agitations if their demand […]
In a move to provide relief to the economically vulnerable groups, individuals/SHGs and small and marginal farmers, the State government has proposed to promulgate an Ordinance in a couple of days asking them not to repay the loans they borrowed from unlicensed and unregistered microfinance institutions (MFIs) A draft copy of the Karnataka Microfinance (Prevention of Coercive […]
The management of Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (KLEF) has allegedly connived with the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) for getting good ranking for the institute. It has allegedly paid about ₹50 lakh to the NAAC members and mediators for securing the same. The NAAC, an autonomous body established by the University Grants Commission (UGC), […]
A 35-year-old man from Kadapa was arrested by the Dharmavaram police on Sunday for allegedly assaulting his estranged wife at her home at Badannapalli in Dharmavaram mandal and taking away their seven-year-old son. According to the police, Lalita (29) and Bhoomiah, a resident of Garipalle in Kadapa district, had been living separately owing to marital […]
Two drivers and a rider were killed in a road accident in Alagur village of Bagalkot district on Saturday. Car driver from Jambagi village Anand Badagi, goods van driver from Arabavi Bheemappa Ghantennanavar and two-wheeler rider Mahantesh Honakatti of Benakanahalli village died when their vehicles collided. The goods van was going to Tungal from Kunchanoor, […]
The 113th edition of the Ayiroor-Cherukolpuzha Hindu Matha Parishad commenced on Sunday. Marking the event’s opening, processions from various temples in the State were accorded reception at the event venue here in the morning. Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar inaugurated the eight-day event at a function presided over by Hindu Matha Parishad president P.S. Nair. In […]
The Saundatti Yallamma Devi Temple in Yallammanagudda of Belagavi district is not closed and will remain open for devotees, the Yallamma Devi Temple Authority has clarified. Secretary of the temple authority Ashok Dudagunti has appealed to the people not to believe in rumours. There is some development work going on at the temple but devotees […]
On the 56th formation day of Prakasam district, Social Welfare Minister Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy, Ongole MLA Damacharla Janardhana Rao, Santhanuthalapadu MLA B.N. Vijay Kumar and Prakasam District Collector A. Thameem Ansaria paid floral tributes to the statue of Andhra Kesari Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu at the Ongole Collectorate on Sunday. Mr. Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy […]
A bomb threat, received by a hotel in the city on Sunday morning, has been ruled out as hoax following an extensive search in the premises by the police. An e-mail message received by the manager of the hotel, located near Thampanoor, claimed that a suicide bomb attack would take place at 2.15 p.m. Soon, […]
