A court in Maharashtra’s Beed district on Wednesday (January 22, 2025) remanded Walmik Karad, accused in an extortion case linked to the murder of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh, in 14-day judicial custody. Mr. Karad was produced, through a video link, before the special court for Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) cases after the end […]
The Kerala government has granted permission to use dredged soil from Vembanad Lake for the development of National Highway (NH) 66 in Alappuzha district. Dredging will be carried out on a 3.2- km stretch of the lake near Punnamada. The hydrographic survey wing has already earmarked the area. The soil removed will be brought to […]
The Opposition Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) walked out of the Kerala Assembly in protest on Wednesday (January 22, 2025), accusing the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) government of apathy in addressing the “unprecedented backlog” in pay revision and other benefits of government employees and pensioners. An Opposition demand that the House halt the day’s […]
This year’s Sankranti was particularly sweet for the turmeric farmers in Telangana as their nearly two decade-long demand for a National Turmeric Board (NTB), headquartered in Nizamabad, became a reality when Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal inaugurated it on the day of the festival. Turmeric is widely cultivated in Nizamabad and parts […]
India and China should handle the bilateral ties from a “strategic height and long-term perspective” while implementing the common understanding reached by the leaders of the two countries, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday (January 21, 2025). The Ministry was reacting to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s recent remarks that the India-China relationship is […]
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran has reiterated his willingness to relinquish his post, saying that the position is not a personal adornment. “The All India Congress Committee [AICC] can appoint anyone as KPCC president. I have no desire for the post,” he said in Kannur on Tuesday. Mr. Sudhakaran added that he […]
In the events preluding Republic Day, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh awarded the ‘Raksha Mantri Padak’, the highest honour to be bestowed on NCC cadets every year, to Under Officer V.P. Theja, during the investiture ceremony held at the Republic Day Camp in New Delhi recently. Ms. Theja, daughter of V.P. Baby and Smitha, is a […]
The Bommanahalli police have arrested a 45-year-old fortune-teller for allegedly robbing 115 grams of gold valuables from a homemaker on the pretext of performing puja for her well-being in March last year. The accused B.M. Venkataramana was caught moving suspiciously in the same area recently looking for a target when the beat police on suspicion […]
Minister for Commercial taxes and Registration P. Moorthy on Tuesday instructed officials to ensure that traders in their respective jurisdictions filed their GSTR returns within the deadline. In a meeting he chaired, Mr. Moorthy also instructed them to ensure that enterprises verified the input tax credit (ITC) and to ensure that vehicles with cargo were […]
The BJP Karnataka State core committee that met in the presence of party national general secretary and State in-charge Radha Mohan Das Agarwal is learnt to have emphasised the need to take everyone into confidence as part of efforts to resolve internal tussle that has taken centrestage in the party. Indicating this while briefing media persons […]
