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Elusive Turmeric board and hardships of Gulf migrants still a key issue in Nizamabad
It was in 2019 that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Dharmapuri Arvind created a record of sorts by writing a bond and declaring that he would quit his Lok Sabha membership if he failed to get the much-awaited Turmeric Board for Nizamabad district. Riding on the promise, turmeric farmers in this progressive constituency voted for … Read more
Former Haritha leaders get key posts in Muslim Youth League
The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has given key posts to the erstwhile functionaries of Haritha, the women’s forum of its students’ wing, the Muslim Students Federation (MSF), and some other MSF leaders, who were earlier removed from the organisation after they fell out of the party leadership. K. Fathima Thahiliya, former national vice-president of … Read more
NHAI increases toll rates on key highways in Karnataka, including Bengaluru-Mysuru
A toll gate on a highway. | Photo Credit: BASHKARAN N Starting April 1, as part of its annual revision, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has raised toll rates on the access-controlled Bengaluru-Mysuru and Bengaluru-Hyderabad highways, and on the Hoskote-Devanahalli section of the Bengaluru Satellite Town Ring Road (STRR). On the Bengaluru-Mysuru access-controlled … Read more
Lok Sabha elections: Deswali belt holds key in Haryana’s multi-corner contest
Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Akhilesh Kumar The Deswali belt in politically-significant Haryana is key for parties in what is going to be a multi-corner contest in the Lok Sabha elections. Traditionally a stronghold of the Congress, the State’s ruling BJP has been making efforts over the years to weaken the … Read more
NIA arrests key conspirator in RSS leader’s murder case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday, March 1, arrested a Popular Front of India (PFI) member who was allegedly the key conspirator in the murder of RSS leader R. Rudresh in 2016 and was absconding. According to an NIA release, Ghouse Nayazi was arrested by an NIA team at the Mumbai International Airport on … Read more
Mobile phone evidence key in 70 percent of cybercrime cases, says forensics expe
About 70% of cyber frauds occur through mobile phones, and the usage of phones in crimes is rising by the day, said A.P. Forensic Science Laboratory (APFSL) Joint Director D. Venkateswarlu. Speaking on ‘Evidence collection in POCSO Act – Forensic Analysis’ at the State-level consultation on POCSO cases organised by APSLSA and CRAF on the … Read more
Huddle Global: start-ups play key role in fulfilling India’s development goals, says Chief Economic Advisor
Stressing on the paramount role of start-ups in India achieving its ambitious developmental aspirations, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor to Government of India, said that tier-2 and tier-3 cities of the country, including Kerala’s capital, are emerging as start-up powerhouses leveraging the improvement in infrastructure and government’s supportive policies. He was delivering the leadership … Read more