Asha workers block the road outside the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, as part of their protest on Monday (March 17, 2025) | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) in Kerala, whose 38-day-old agitation for fair remuneration has been making headlines at the national level, launched an intense phase of their agitation on … Read more
A 40-year-old man allegedly strangled his 32-year-old wife to death before ending his life in front of his six-year-old son over a domestic row at their house in Byadarahalli on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Suresh V., a factory employee, and his wife Mamata G, a garment worker. The couple had two sons , … Read more
Contractors working for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation staged a demonstration in front of the corporation’s headquarters on Thursday, demanding immediate payment of money due to them for the works carried out last year. The situation turned tense when a couple of the contractors threatened self-immolation, drenching themselves in kerosene, but their attempt was thwarted … Read more
Political controversy erupted in Punjab after the Union government issued a notification abolishing the post of the Adviser to the Union Territory Chandigarh Administrator, a joint of Punjab and Haryana. According to gazette notification issued on January 3 by the Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension, the post of Adviser to the U.T. … Read more
The body of an elderly woman was found buried in front of her house allegedly by her son on Thursday (December 19, 2023) morning. The deceased was identified as Ally Peethambaran, 78, of Nediyattil Lane South in Vennala division of the Kochi Corporation. Her son Pradeep Peethambaran, 47, remains detained by the Palarivattom police. … Read more
Team India’s bowling coach Morne Morkel hailed Rohit Sharma for leading from the front and taking an aggressive route during their 1st innings against Bangladesh on Day 4 of the 2nd Test at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. India launched an assault on Bangladesh from the start with opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scoring 30 off first … Read more
A view of National Investigation Agency (NIA), in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The National Investigation Agency has zeroed in on several front organisations and student wings that were purportedly tasked by the Communist Party of India (Maoist) with identifying suitable persons to work as underground cadre for the banned outfit, wage … Read more
After five years of steadfast leadership under Mr. P.V. Narasimha Rao, India witnessed some one of its the most unstable years politically, between 1996 and 1999. The cause for this was largely the two consecutive United Front governments and the short-lived Vajpayee government. The United Front (UF) experiment between 1996 and 1998 was a non-Congress, … Read more
Police escort former minister and BJP MLA Suresh Kumar, and chase away job aspirants protesting outside Udyog Soudha, KPSC’s head office near Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, on January 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K Former Minister and BJP MLA Suresh Kumar sat on a dharna (protest) in front of the Karnataka Public Service … Read more
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and Ministers N Uttam Kumar Reddy, Komatireddy Venkata Reddy and Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy at the All India Builders Convention. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy sought the builders’ community to support his vision for developing the proposed Musi River Front on the lines of the Thames River Front in London and he … Read more