The State government has officially notified Mysuru-Thandya and Mysuru-Hebbal as a Special Investment Region (SIR), in a move that is expected to give a thrust to industrialisation and economic growth. The official notification was issued on February 10 by the Department of Industries, and the decision is a fallout of years of lobbying and persuasion. […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (February 16, 2025) said he is optimistic that the textile sector will achieve the Rs 9 lakh crore annual exports target ahead of the 2030 deadline. This assumes significance in view of the General Budget 2025 announcement of a five-year Cotton Mission to increase cotton productivity especially of extra-long […]
Hyderabad City Police have deported a Nigerian national, Ikechukwu Sylvester Mbah, for overstaying in India without valid documents and allegedly associating with drug peddlers. The action was taken as part of an ongoing crackdown on foreign nationals involved in undesirable activities. According to police, Mbah, 40, originally arrived in India on a business visa in […]
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to protecting public schools, saying that none were closed due to being deemed unprofitable. He was inaugurating a multi-storey building at the Peralassery AKG Memorial Government Higher Secondary School (HSS) on Sunday (February 17). The building was constructed at a cost of ₹20 crore. Recalling the […]
Minister for Transport, Youth and Sports Mandipalli Ramprasad Reddy has reiterated the government’s commitment to the welfare and development of Backward Classes (BCs), highlighting their crucial role in the success of the coalition government. Speaking at the National BC Welfare Association Convention held at Ajay Convention Hall here on Sunday, Mr. Ramprasad Reddy said that […]
The change of guard is a long-standing military tradition conducted weekly to allow a fresh group of the President’s Bodyguards to take charge. Raised in 1773, the President’s Bodyguard (PBG) is the senior-most regiment of the Indian Army- skilled horsemen, tank operators, and paratroopers. They are tasked with ceremonial duties for the President. “The ceremony […]
Strongly reacting to Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan’s comments on Tamil Nadu’s position against the National Education Policy and the three language formula, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Sunday (February 16, 2025) observed that Tamils would not accept brash blackmail and that Delhi might have to see “Tamils’ unique nature” if the State was […]
Railway sources said there was unprecedented crowd for passengers going to Kumbh. So special trains were running since quite a few weeks. Prayagraj express was slated to arrive on platform 14, there was still sometime for the train to arrive, during this time, there was an announcement of a special train departing to Prayagraj from […]
Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Nara Lokesh has expressed serious concern over the incident of a private school bus, with 35 children onboard, plunging into a pond at Mandasa mandal of Srikakulam district and causing injuries to four students on Saturday (February 15, 2025). The Minister said private school managements should take greater precautions […]
The BJP on Sunday (February 16, 2025) claimed that a U.S.-funded programme, now cancelled, linked to voter turnout in India is a pointer to the previous Congress-led UPA government allegedly enabling infiltration of Indian institutions by forces opposed to the country’s interests. BJP’s IT department head Amit Malviya said on X, “It is becoming increasingly […]
