Taking a serious note of the publicity of the House business notices ahead of the Budget Session, Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Abdul Rahim Rather has asked the members to desist from the “breach of privilege”. He said it is improper to give unwarranted publicity to the notices of questions, Bills, resolutions and […]
The jallikattu at L. Abhishekapuram in Lalgudi taluk on Sunday left 18 persons injured. As many as 570 bulls were released during the event that lasted over seven hours with the number of participating tamers being 217. Two among the injured were referred to the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital in Tiruchi, while the other injured […]
‘Vizag Cruiser’, the first sea-based cruise tourism venture of Andhra Pradesh, is likely to be available for tourists in the next one or two months. As per the plans, cruise ship MV Sai Vaishnavi will ferry within 10 nautical miles in the Indian territorial waters off Visakhapatnam coast in the Bay of Bengal. The authorities […]
Watch: Delhi | Indian politics of the urbanscape The BJP’s victory in tiny Delhi, which is not even a full state, was fueled by support from all quarters across the city. The election campaign was informed by rhetoric around communitarian identities.The election mandate also had important lessons to give on the issue of freebies or […]
A six-member team of officials and doctors will inquire into alleged negligence of a private doctor from Puttur leaving a surgical mop inside the body of a woman following a Caesarean section, said Dakshina Kannada District Health and Family Welfare Officer H.R. Thimmaiah. Dr. Thimmaiah said the team will inquire in a week’s time and […]
The Urban Primary Health Centre (UPHC) at Periya Milaguparai in Tiruchi has received the National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS) certification from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) for upholding high standards of quality at the facility. The UPHC secured 92.71% and fulfilled all requirements for the certification. The facility received certification for […]
Srisailam temple town and the Nallamala forests are reverberating with chants of Om Namah Sivaya with thousands of devotees visiting the Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Swamy temple at Srisailam on the occasion of Mahasivaratri Brahmotsavams. Thousands of devotees from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka are trekking through the dense Nallamala forests to reach Srisailam and the […]
Gorantla-based historian MyNaa Swamy urged Director Department of Cultural Affairs R. Mallikarjuna to appoint an expert committee and prepare a status report for the permanent recognition of the Lepakshi Veerabhadra temple complex in the UNESCO heritage list. Speaking to the media here on Sunday, the historian said that he met the director in Vijayawada and […]
BJP State vice-president S. Vishnuvardhan Reddy has found fault with the remarks of Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy that Andhra Pradesh is “looting the State’s share of water from the Krishna.” “It is unfortunate that Mr. Revanth Reddy is portraying the people and farmers of Andhra Pradesh as thieves,” Mr. Vishnuvardhan Reddy said while […]
Two students from a private school in Bengaluru have formed Club Hasiru Sole, through which they collect old footwear from the houses in their neighbouhood, restore them and distribute them to the children in orphanages, slum communities, pourakarmikas, sanitation workers and others. Vedika Balachandar of Mallya Aditi International School, Yelahanka New Town, and Ameya Uchil, […]
