Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has mulled acquiring land for pay-and-park lots near at least seven metro stations in Kochi metro’s Kakkanad extension. The Phase Two extension from Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium to Infopark will span 11.20 km and has been named the metro’s Pink Line. Around ₹140 crore is required for the pay-and-park project, primarily […]
Internationally acclaimed Sufi music troupe ‘Char Yaar’ will perform in Kozhikode on Monday. The event named ‘Symphony of Harmony’ with the theme ‘Music of unity against communalism’, is being organised by Deshiya Manavika Vedi chaired by poet K. Satchidanandan. The event will be held at Freedom Square on Kozhikode Beach under the banner of ‘UNESCO […]
Head constables M. Venkat Reddy, K. Pradeep Reddy and P. Veeraswamy, all working with the Madhapur Central Crime Station (CCS), were recognised and rewarded by Cyberabad Police Commissioner Avinash Mohanty for their bravery during the recent incident where a criminal opened fire on police personnel in a Gachibowli pub. On February 1, during an operation […]
There has been a record fall in the recruitment of youth into militancy in Jammu and Kashmir this year, according to official data. For the first time in 15 years, local militant strength has fallen to single digits, with official figures suggesting that the number of local militants currently active in J&K “is being considered […]
Nearly eight years after Irish-British national Danielle McLaughlin was raped and brutally murdered in Goa, a court on Friday (February 14, 2025) convicted the lone accused in the case, a 31-year-old local resident. While the prosecution demanded the maximum sentence for the accused Vikat Bhagat, the judge said she would pronounce the quantum of sentence […]
Former MP and senior Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan has been named the new AICC in charge of Telangana with immediate effect. AICC general secretary K.C. Venugopal in the orders issued on Friday (February 14, 2025) night announced two new party general secretaries in-charges for Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir and nine in-charges. Ms. Meenakshi Natarajan […]
The Forest and Revenue departments came up with contradictory reports on Friday about the circumstances that provoked two captive elephants on the premises of Manakulangara Devi Temple, near Kuruvangad, at Koyilandy and led to the death of three persons in a stampede-like situation on Thursday. While the Forest department indicated that a minor friction between […]
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has urged every citizen to actively participate in the Swachh Andhra Mission, emphasising that cleanliness should be a collective responsibility rather than an initiative limited to individuals or institutions. Reviewing the progress of the Swachh Andhra programme, the Chief Minister stressed the need for structured planning and […]
The State government will soon deposit ₹20,000 into the accounts of each farmer in the State as financial assistance under Annadata Sukhibhava scheme, including the Centre’s minimum income support of ₹6,000 under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, says former Agriculture Minister and Sarvepalli MLA Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy. He inaugurated Kisan Mela organised at NG Ranga […]
Even as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah slammed the decision to close Srinagar’s Jama Masjid preventing prayers on the occasion of Shab-e-Baraat, the J&K police allegedly placed Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under house arrest on both Thursday and Friday, stopping him from leading congregational prayers at the historic mosque. The J&K […]
