LS polls: Karnataka finds no place in BJP’s first list of 195 candidates

LS polls: Karnataka finds no place in BJP’s first list of 195 candidates

The names of candidates from Karnataka, the only State in South India where the BJP has held power, did not figure among the party’s first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, even as it announced candidates from Kerala and Telangana on Saturday. Sources in the State unit of the BJP said … Read more

'No other place as holy', says passenger as inaugural flight lands in Ayodhya

'No other place as holy', says passenger as inaugural flight lands in Ayodhya

The first flight that took off from Delhi for the newly constructed Maharishi Valmiki International Airport, landed at Ayodhya Airport and passengers deboarded the plane. Baskar Shukla, one of the passengers said, ” This place is holy and sacred. This is Lord Ram’s place, there is no other place which is as holy as this…those … Read more

Mizoram Assembly elections: Polling to take place in 40 seats on November 7

Mizoram Assembly elections: Polling to take place in 40 seats on November 7

Sun set in Aizawl town capital of Mizoram on November 5, 2023. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Polling in 40 Assembly seats in Mizoram Assembly elections is set to take place on Tuesday, November 7. More than 8.52 lakh voters will decide the fate of 174 candidates in Mizoram. According to the Chief Electoral … Read more

Officials told to ensure arrangements in place for Dasara festivities at Durga temple

Officials told to ensure arrangements in place for Dasara festivities at Durga temple

Ministers Taneti Vanitha and Kottu Satyanarayana, in a review meeting held at the Collectorate in Vijayawada, asked authorities concerned to ensure that all arrangements for Dasara festivities at Durga Malleswara Swamiwarla Devasthanam are in place before the commencement of the festival from October 15.  They asked officials to see to it that there is an … Read more

No mechanism in place to curb illegal recruitment, exploitation of home nurses

No mechanism in place to curb illegal recruitment, exploitation of home nurses

Despite rising number of complaints against labour rule violations and financial exploitations in the home nursing sector, illegal agencies are continuing with recruitment drives in the absence of a mechanism to check their exploitative practices. In a recent incident, a woman was accommodated at a rented facility for about a month by luring her with … Read more

45 Indian educational institutions find place in QS global rankings

45 Indian educational institutions find place in QS global rankings

A view of Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT). | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Forty-five educational institutions from India have found place in the annual international university rankings done by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). In the 20th anniversary edition of the rankings for 2024, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay emerged as the best Indian … Read more

India likely to see listing of four REITs in next 18 months: Property stalwart Anshuman Magazine

India likely to see listing of four REITs in next 18 months: Property stalwart Anshuman Magazine

India is likely to see the listing of at least four Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) on bourses from the second half of this year through the end of next year or early 2025, depending on the performance of the stock markets, according to CBRE India head Anshuman Magazine. REIT, a popular instrument globally, was … Read more

Fresh firefight takes place at Rajouri encounter site in Jammu: Army

Fresh firefight takes place at Rajouri encounter site in Jammu: Army

Representational file image of security personnel taking position in a forest area in Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo Credit: PTI A fresh firefight between the security forces and hiding militants took place in the Kandi Forest area in Jammu division’s Rajouri on May 6. The Army said the security forces engaged the hiding militants in … Read more