Telangana BJP president N. Ramchander Rao on Thursday directed party workers to join in relief works immediately in rain affected areas of the State. In a tele-conference with booth- level presidents, district presidents, office-bearers and corporators, he asked them to participate in relief works and cooperate with official machinery involved in evacuating people from low-lying … Read more
The Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to an “ex-parte” and “sweeping gag order” passed by a Bengaluru civil court restraining media outlets from publishing any defamatory material. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Wednesday (July 23, 2025) declined to hear a challenge to an “ex-parte” and “sweeping gag order” … Read more
CARA issues directions for structured counselling services in adoption process to ensure emotional well-being of both the children and the families involved | Photo Credit: iStockphoto The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has issued comprehensive directions to all State Adoption Resource Agencies (SARAs) to strengthen and institutionalise structured counselling services throughout the adoption process — … Read more
A poster for Udaipur Files, based on the Kanhaiya Lal murder case from 2022. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Wednesday (July 16, 2025) deferred for July 21 hearing on the film ‘Udaipur Files – Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder’, and asked the filmmakers to await a decision of the panel appointed by … Read more
Minister for Agriculture Tummala Nageswara Rao interacting with an oilpalm plantation farmer at Samudrala village of Siddipet district on Friday. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement HYDERABAD Minister for Agriculture Tummala Nageswara Rao along with Minister for Transport and Backward Classes Welfare Ponnam Prabhakar, Minister for Roads & Buildings Komatireddy Venkat Reddy and Minister for Health … Read more
Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi. File | Photo Credit: ANI Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has asked officials to include widowed women under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Kanya Vivah Yojana’ (MMKVY). CM Majhi issued such a direction while presiding over a meeting in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday (May 21, 2025), an official said. He said the scheme … Read more
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh addressing a press conference. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Congress on Tuesday (May 13, 2025) said its repeated demands for a Prime Minister Narendra Modi-chaired all-party meeting and a special session of Parliament assume even greater urgency and importance in light of the statements from Washington DC. The opposition … Read more
In a stark and symbolic moment that has gone viral, Maulana Abdul Aziz Ghazi, a controversial cleric of Islamabad’s Lal Masjid, faced an unexpected silence when he asked his audience whether they would stand with Pakistan in the event of a war with India. Not a single hand was raised. This incident came nearly two … Read more
Chained Indian migrants allegedly without legal papers being deported to India on a US military aircraft marking the farthest deportation flight employed by the United States. | Photo Credit: X – @USBPChief The Opposition cornered the government on Thursday (February 6, 2025), both inside and outside the Parliament, on the issue of deportation of … Read more
Annabel Rackham Health reporter, BBC News Getty Images Health watchdog NICE is asking doctors and other healthcare professionals to identify patients at risk of gambling addiction GPs and other healthcare professionals in England should help identify potential problem gambling, in the same way they look for alcohol and smoking addiction, new guidance says. In its … Read more