Stray dog enters runway, creates panic among officers, crew during Emergency Runway Landing test at Bapatla

Stray dog enters runway, creates panic among officers, crew during Emergency Runway Landing test at Bapatla

An IAF officer runs behind the stray dog which entered the runway during the ERL testing, on NH 16 in Bapatla district on Monday. | Photo Credit: T. VIJAYA KUMAR Tension prevailed for some time when a dog entered the Emergency Landing Runway (ELR) on Monday, March 18, while the Indian Air Force (IAF) was conducting … Read more

Mother, daughter among three drowned in river in Kozhikode

Mother, daughter among three drowned in river in Kozhikode

Three persons, including a 46-year-old woman and her 28-year-old daughter hailing from Wayanad district, drowned in a river at Chathamangalam near Kunnamangalam in Kozhikode on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Mini, her daughter Athira, and their relative’s 13-year-old son Adwaith Shaiju hailing from Kunnamangalam. The incident took place near Pulikkamannukadavu around 5.45 p.m. when … Read more

IIHR technologies help improve food and nutrition security among tribals in various States: Union Agriculture Minister  

IIHR technologies help improve food and nutrition security among tribals in various States: Union Agriculture Minister  

Various technologies developed and promoted by ICAR – Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) have had a great impact on tribal areas in many States, noted Arjun Munda, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare during his maiden visit to IIHR on Sunday.  He said that eight major technologies from the institute were selected and … Read more

Telangana ranked among the top in own tax revenue collections at 84.2% of overall tax collected

Telangana ranked among the top in own tax revenue collections at 84.2% of overall tax collected

Telangana has been ranked among the top States in the country in terms of State’s Own Tax Revenues as proportion of the overall tax revenue. The State’s own tax revenue is pegged at 84.2% of the overall tax revenue collected and it stands next only to Haryana which has own tax revenue constituting 86.9% of … Read more

Govt. should take issues of dissatisfaction among ruling party MLAs seriously, says HDK

Govt. should take issues of dissatisfaction among ruling party MLAs seriously, says HDK

Former Chief Minister and JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday called upon the Congress government in the State to take the issues of dissatisfaction among the ruling party MLAs seriously. When his attention was drawn to the letter written by Aland MLA B.R. Patil to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah threatening to abstain from attending the upcoming … Read more

SP among six policemen booked on charge of torturing advocate in Punjab

SP among six policemen booked on charge of torturing advocate in Punjab

A case has been registered against six Punjab policemen, including a superintendent of police, in Muktsar district on the charges of subjecting an advocate to custodial torture, abetment of unnatural sex, wrongful confinement and causing threat to his life, police said on Tuesday. The case was registered against Muktsar SP (Investigation) Ramandeep Singh Bhullar, CIA … Read more

From mosques to classrooms, fight against drug addiction among youth intensifies in Kashmir

From mosques to classrooms, fight against drug addiction among youth intensifies in Kashmir

Dr. Muzaffar Khan, a clinical psychologist, addresses a religious congregation about drug abuse at the Magam Imambara in north Kashmir in August 2023. Photo: Special Arrangement Religious centres and educational institutions are assuming a new role in Kashmir by doubling up as counselling and testing centres to curb the fast-spreading menace of drugs. These rare … Read more