The Centre has issued an order that will grant a special pay allowance to VIP security commandos of CAPFs who provide armed protection to a handful of the important persons who are guarded under the top two categories of Z plus (ASL) and Z plus. The personnel who secure the VIPs in the lower VIP […]
India and Indonesia on Saturday (January 25, 2025) agreed to give a new momentum to the overall bilateral ties and especially concurred on working jointly in the areas of defence manufacturing and supply chains, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto for wide-ranging talks. Mr. Subianto, on a three-day visit to India, […]
An apparently ostentatious wedding held on Friday (January 24, 2025) on the premises of Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Trust at Kuppali in Tirthahalli, following the rituals of Mantra Mangalya – a wedding ceremony designed and propagated by the late Kannada poet Kuvempu to simplify weddings — has attracted the wrath of many readers of the writer. The […]
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar felicitated athletes and para-athletes for their achievements and contributions to their respective sporting disciplines, during the Sportstar Focus Bihar Conclave held at the Taj City Centre in Patna on Friday (January 24, 2025). The players felicitated included Paralympic silver medallist Deepa Malik, Olympic bronze medal-winning boxer Vijender Singh, double Olympic […]
The Union Home Ministry has granted registration under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 2010 to the famous Banke Bihari temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Vrindavan, enabling it to receive donations from foreign countries for “religious” activity. The temple’s priests, however, said they had never applied for the registration. The temple committee is locked in a legal […]
Amid faction fights and dissidence within the party, BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra rushed to New Delhi on Friday. Sources said he was meeting certain leaders in the party’s high command to discuss the emerging situation within the party’s State unit. Former Ministers B. Sriramulu and G. Janardhana Reddy have been openly trading charges, amid […]
A 10-member Australian edtech delegation, which visited the city recently, met senior officials from public-private partnership (PPP) entities, representatives of educational institutions and tech business to explore collaborations and partnership opportunities. The delegation was organised by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) under the Australia-India Business Exchange Programme of the Australian government. The objective […]
The CPI(M) and the VCK, allies of the ruling DMK, on Friday demanded that the investigation in the Vengaivayal case be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). In a statement, CPI(M) State secretary P. Shanmugam said the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) stating in its charge-sheet that human faeces were mixed in the […]
In a setback to Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) ambitious project of establishing four integrated solid waste management plants, not a single bidder showed interest to participate in the tenders. The last date to participate in the tender process was January 22. The BBMP invited tenders for end-to-end solution for waste management in the city which is currently tasked […]
The Secunderabad Railway Police on Friday arrested members of two gangs transporting dry ganja from Vishakhapatnam to Chennai, and Odisha to Surat respectively via Secunderabad. In the two cases, the officials seized 20.88 kilograms of dry ganja, valued over ₹5.2 lakh. In the first case, Aslam S, 27, an electrician from Kancheepuram in Chennai was […]
