Rajasthan Assembly bypolls: Congress declares candidates for seven seats

Rajasthan Assembly bypolls: Congress declares candidates for seven seats

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during a campaign in Jaipur, Rajasthan. File photo for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress has declared candidates for bypolls on seven assembly seats in Rajasthan. The list was released by the AICC late on Wednesday (October 23, 2024) night, according to which the party has fielded Amit Ola, … Read more

Priyanka Gandhi declares assets worth ₹12 crore

Priyanka Gandhi declares assets worth ₹12 crore

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra waves at the crowd during the public meeting before filing her nomination for the Wayanad byelections on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi, who on Wednesday made her electoral debut by filing her nomination as a Congress candidate for Wayanad Lok Sabha bypolls, has declared … Read more

Estranged LDF legislator P.V. Anvar declares DMK leader, Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin as ideological lodestar of his nascent social organisation

Estranged LDF legislator P.V. Anvar declares DMK leader, Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin as ideological lodestar of his nascent social organisation

P.V. Anvar | Photo Credit: S. MAHINSHA Independent legislator P.V. Anvar, who acrimoniously broke ranks with the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF), has declared Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin as the ideological lodestar of his nascent social organisation.  Remarkably, Mr. Anvar’s fledgeling organisation, the Democratic Movement of Kerala … Read more

J&K Police declares cash award for information on LeT commander

J&K Police declares cash award for information on LeT commander

Image for representation purposes only. File | Photo Credit: Nissar Ahmad Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday (August 24, 2024) announced a cash reward of ₹3 lakh for information about a wanted Lashkar-e-Taiba militant. Pakistan-based terrorist Sumama alias Illyas alias Babar, a commander in the proscribed outfit LeT, is wanted by CI Kashmir in a … Read more

WHO declares Mpox global health emergency

WHO declares Mpox global health emergency

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the mpox outbreak in parts of Africa a public health emergency of international concern. The highly contagious disease – formerly known as monkeypox – has killed at least 450 people during an initial outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has now spread across parts of central … Read more

CSI Church declares support for farmers protest

CSI Church declares support for farmers protest

The Church of South India (CSI) Madhya Kerala Diocese has declared its support for the ongoing protest by farmers in Delhi. In a statement, Bishop Malayil Sabu Koshy Cherian, chairman of the CSI Madhya Kerala Diocesan Department of Ecological Concerns, demanded immediate action to address the concerns raised by the protesting farmers. “Our commitment to … Read more

Uttar Pradesh declares ‘no non-veg’ day on November 25

Uttar Pradesh declares ‘no non-veg’ day on November 25

Uttar Pradesh has ordered all slaughterhouses and meat shops to remain closed on November 25. File. | Photo Credit: Rajeev Bhatt Uttar Pradesh government on Friday declared November 25 as “no non-veg day” on the birth anniversary of Sadhu TL Vaswani, who advocated for a vegetarian lifestyle. U.P. ordered all slaughterhouses and meat shops to remain closed on … Read more

WHO declares loneliness as a pressing global health threat

WHO declares loneliness as a pressing global health threat

Representational image. | Photo Credit: xijian   Loneliness has been declared as a pressing global health threat with a mortality effect equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).  The world organisation has now launched an international commission on the problem — led by U.S. Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, and … Read more

SC dismisses pleas, declares rights over 142.39 acres Manchirevula land to Greyhounds

SC dismisses pleas, declares rights over 142.39 acres Manchirevula land to Greyhounds

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, dismissing all civil appeals against Telangana High Court Division Bench’s order upholding allotment of 142.39 acres of land to Greyhounds in Manchirevula village on the outskirts of Hyderabad, declared that the land stands transferred to Greyhounds. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and J.K. Mahswari, pronouncing verdict in a batch … Read more