Concerns about the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme refuse to die down in Andhra Pradesh, with scientists and farmers saying water resources are depleting and emissions from factories are polluting the air, water, and soil. Buoyed by the encouraging results of the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme, which was introduced in India as a pilot […]
The Vidhana Soudha police on Monday booked over 14 members of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike for protesting in front of the Karnataka Public Service Commission office over the alleged corruption which caused injustice to the Kannada medium candidates who appeared for the exam. The protestors raised slogans, tried to lay siege to the premises, and disrupted […]
The Enforcement Directorate has conducted searches on five business and residential premises in Chandigarh and Ludhiana, in connection with a case alleging fraudulent activities perpetrated by visa consultants. The accused were involved in arranging forged documents to facilitate U.S. visas for the aspirants. The premises are linked to Red Leaf Immigration Private Limited, Overseas Partner […]
Two persons were killed and one person narrowly escaped after a goods carrier vehicle rammed the autorickshaw they were travelling in Vanasthalipuram of Hyderabad early on Wednesday (February 26, 2025). The deceased were identified as Syed Ismail, 48 and Md Ghouse, 40. They were travelling with Ghouse’ 15-year-old son Suleman from Batasingaram fruit market in […]
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista and MLA Neeraj Zimba met Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Wednesday (February 26, 2025) and raised their concerns about the West Bengal government’s decision to allocate 30% of land of tea gardens for tourism and allied purposes. “I wanted to complain about Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to him. The West Bengal […]
The Skill Development Program (SDP) on ‘GIS (Geographic Information System) Basics for Urban Planning’ organised by the Centre of Excellence in Urban Planning and Design (CoEUPD) of the National Institute of Technology-Calicut (NIT-C) began in Kozhikode on Wednesday (February 26, 2025). NIT-C Director Prasad Krishna, in his inaugural address, highlighted the importance of upskilling and […]
Officials of the Motor Vehicles department (MVD) and the Legal Metrology department have said that inspections to ensure that auto operators use fare meters will be resumed from March 1. Passengers in the city had openly protested against unfair charges and the collection of taxi fares by auto operators without using fare meters. Many drivers […]
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said the Dravidian movement holds no enmity towards any language, and emphasised that at the same time it will not allow attempts by other languages to show dominance. “For those who are asking us why [the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam] DMK is still opposing Hindi, my humble response to them, […]
The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday named retired IAS officer and scholar R. Balakrishnan as the Director of the International Institute of Tamil Studies. Mr. Balakrishnan’s literary works include the much acclaimed Journey of a Civilization: Indus to Vaigai. An official release from the Tamil Nadu government said: “This appointment would provide fresh impetus to […]
VCK president Thol. Thirumavalavan on Wednesday said that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin should also convene a meeting with Chief Ministers of other southern States to discuss the impact of the proposed delimitation exercise, which may lead to a reduction in the number of Lok Sabha seats especially for southern States. Interacting with media here, he […]
