The Telangana High Court in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: File photo Justice Namavarapu Rajeshwara Rao of the Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the State government not to issue appointment letters to the candidates who had been selected for the Group-I posts through a main examination conducted by the Telangana State Public Service Commission. The Judge … Read more
The National Hawkers Federation (NHF) on Friday (April 11, 2025) urged the Centre to issue national-level guidelines to protect street vendors from the rising threat of heatwaves. The increasing temperatures are putting the lives and livelihoods of over two crore vendors at risk, it said. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union … Read more
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah speaks during the first day of the Budget session of J&K Assembly, in Jammu, on March 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Monday (March 3, 2025) that India and Pakistan came closer to resolving the Kashmir issue during the … Read more
Indian Overseas Congress chief Sam Pitroda said the India-China border dispute has been “blown out of proportion” because the US “has a tendency to define an enemy”. His comments came in response to US President Donald Trump’s offer to mediate in the issue during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington last week. “I don’t … Read more
File photo of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with JD(U) working president Sanjay Jha. | Photo Credit: ANI The Janata Dal (United) on Sunday (January 19, 2025) accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of hypocrisy on the issue of caste census, charging him with maintaining silence when Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar raised the matter in … 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
Emergency doctors in the UK have issued a safety warning over water beads, which could be given to children as gifts over Christmas. The brightly coloured soft plastic beads, also known as jelly balls, sensory beads, or water crystals, are marketed as crafting tools and homeware items – but also toys. They are typically only … Read more
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has termed the visit of Jagdambika Pal, Chairman of Joint Parliamentary Committee looking into the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, to Karnataka as a ‘political drama because of the elections’. Speaking to press persons in Hubballi on November 7, he … Read more
The Siddaramaiah government (in its previous tenure) set up a nine-member committee to study, design, and recommend an official flag for the State in 2017. | Photo Credit: File photo With the Kannada Rajyothsava celebrations on Friday, the Karnataka government has been urged to spell out its stand on the Kannada flag issue, following the … Read more
Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Sugar content in packaged baby foods, safeguarding consumer rights in the banking sector and rising prices of medicines are some of the issues that have come under the scanner of the Parliamentary panels. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, chaired … Read more