HYDERABAD The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has decided to hold a public meeting on April 27 to coincide with its silver jubilee (25th) foundation day and the venue of the meeting will be decided in the next 4-5 days. It was one of the decisions taken at the party’s extended executive committee meeting chaired by […]
Additional Director-General of Police (Training) Alok Kumar on Wednesday advised probationary women police constables to be courteous with the public when they join the force. Speaking after inaugurating the foundation training for the 9th batch of 259 probationary women police constables at the district armed reserve here, he said the Police Department exists to serve the […]
The Chennammanakere Achukattu police on Wednesday arrested a dismissed Panchayath Development Officer (PDO) who was allegedly involved in a series of cheating cases and had escaped to Sri Lanka. The accused Yogendra was nabbed as soon as he landed at the Kempegowda International Airport where the security officials had detained him following a lookout circular […]
A public sector company that played a key role in making family planning a success in the country will soon turn 60. It was the Thiruvananthapuram-based HLL Lifecare Limited which first produced Nirodh, a condom brand, as part of India’s National Programme for Family Planning — one of the world’s earliest and biggest such programmes […]
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) heard objections to a power tariff hike proposed by Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) on the Mysuru Zilla Panchayat premises in the city on Wednesday. The KERC panel headed by its chairman and IAS officer P, Ravikumar (retd), besides members H.K. Jagadeesh and Jawaid Akthar heard the objections to […]
K.M. Mathew, a piano dealer-cum-tuner and the first Malayalee to settle and own property in the Secunderabad Cantonment in 1902, is fondly remembered for his invaluable contribution to the development of the Mar Thoma Church in Marredpally. As the predominantly Kerala-origin Christian congregation celebrates its Platinum Jubilee from February 23 onwards, his contribution remains a […]
Law Minister S. Regupathy on Wednesday said the people of Tamil Nadu would defeat the AIADMK and its leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami for suppressing the DMK government’s prompt action on crimes against women and for politicising these issues. In a statement, he said sexual assault against women is a social issue and it is difficult […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) granted interim protection from arrest to podcaster and influencer Ranveer Allahbadia in connection with the first information reports (FIRs) registered against him over remarks made on the YouTube show “India Got Latent”. A Bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and N. Kotiswar Singh imposed stringent conditions, prohibiting Allahbadia and […]
Mahasivaratri Brahmotsavams at Srisailam temple began on Wednesday (February 19). The temple management has made elaborate arrangements for the 11-day festivities, and the first day attracted a good number of devotees. On Day One, temple Executive Officer M. Srinivasa Rao, other officials, priests and Vedic pundits performed the Yagasala pravesam ritual, followed by Siva Sankalpam, […]
The police arrested six people on Wednesday morning, after a disturbing video of a body of a 35-year-old migrant from Bihar being dragged by a group of workers on Shree Cement Company premises near Kodla village in Sedam taluk of Kalaburagi district surfaced. The 1.18 minutes video, which has triggered public outrage, shows six workers […]
