Former Union Minister for Panchayati Raj Mani Shankar Aiyar has lauded Kerala as a model for decentralisation in India, emphasising that the State’s approach is being studied and implemented by other States. He was speaking at the concluding session of a national seminar on ‘Decentralisation and Local Self-Government’ jointly organised by the AKG Centre for […]
As many as 15,000 sanitation workers attempted to set a Guinness World Record as they carried out a synchronised cleanliness drive across four zones in Mahakumbh Nagar on Monday (February 24, 2025). Prayagraj Mayor Ganesh Kesarwani, Mahakumbh’s Special Executive Officer Akanksha Rana and the Guinness Book of World Records supervisory team were present on the […]
The family members of four workers from Jharkhand, who have been trapped in a collapsed section of a tunnel in Telangana, left for the southern state on Monday (February 24, 2025), officials said. At least eight workers, including four from Jharkhand’s Gumla district, were trapped inside the tunnel after a section of it collapsed in […]
The Kozhikode Corporation is planning to purchase two compact sewage treatment plant (STP) units under the AMRUT 1.0 scheme. A meeting of the Corporation council recently decided to set up one of the compact STPs at the Mavoor Road crematorium and the other at one of the community halls under the civic body. The Corporation […]
The Srisailam temple management started distribution of one free laddu to each devotee who has darshan of the Lord Mallikarjuna and Goddess Bhramaramba from Monday, and it will go on till February 27. The presiding deities of Lord Mallikarjuna Swamy and Goddess Bhramaramba were taken out on a celestial ride on Pushpa Pallaki in the […]
Ahead of the special session of the Punjab Assembly on Monday, Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa reiterated that 32 MLAs from the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were in touch. His statement triggered a war of words between the Punjab Congress and AAP. “Thirty-two MLAs from AAP have in […]
Three men from Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, have been arrested by the Cyberabad Cyber Crime Police for their involvement in a ₹1.38 crore ‘digital arrest’ fraud. The arrested individuals have been identified as Gokul Maruthachala Moorthi (24), Jafar Sereef (23), and Sharukh Khan (30). The trio played key roles in facilitating the scam by providing access […]
Former Chief Minister and YSRCP president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy held a meeting with his party MLAs and MLCs at the party office on Monday, where he emphasised the need for a resolute fight against the government amid growing ‘public discontent’. He urged the party members to treat their current position as a battlefield, stressing […]
The Supreme Court on Monday permitted the consolidation of First Information Reports (FIRs) registered against YouTuber Savukku Shankar for the allegedly disparaging comments he made online. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar said the FIRs would be clubbed with the primary one registered at the Coimbatore City Cyber […]
The Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC), through two notifications on February 23 and 24, stated that the initial keys for Paper-I and Paper-II of Group-II Mains Examination, held in the State on Sunday, have been uploaded on the Commission’s website. If a candidate wants to file objections, they may do so between February 25 […]
