The UoH is considered a top university in the country with excellent academic and research achievements. File | Photo Credit: Siddhant Thakur As the controversy around the 400-acre land parcel in Kancha Gachibowli, adjacent to the University of Hyderabad (UoH), escalates amidst a strong stance from the government and stiff opposition from the students over … Read more
BJP MP Jagadish Shettar in a meeting with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi on Friday, seeking financial approval for a National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management for Belagavi. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Union government has agreed to consider a proposal to set up a national-level food technology institute … Read more
Activists of Maithili Sangharsh Abhiyan demonstrating to protest against the decision of Bihar Government to abolish Maithili Language from Bihar Public Service Commission on March 08, 1992. | Photo Credit: The Hindu archives While five languages were accorded the classical status earlier this month, Maithili, a language for which demands have been raised time and … Read more
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) president Anbumani Ramadoss on Tuesday (October 22, 2024) urged the State government to drop the Transport Department’s proposal to hire and operate private buses on a contractual basis during the Deepavali festival, expressing concern that it would lead to privatisation. In a statement, he said the State government had announced last … Read more
Backlash: Members of the Association of University Teachers and Tamil Nadu Association of Non-Teaching Staff of Aided Colleges staging a demonstration in Coimbatore on December 9, 2010 against the plan. | Photo Credit: S. SIVA SARAVANAN While Tamil Nadu continues to expand its footprint in higher education, its attempt to go a step further by … Read more
Sadineni Yamini Sarma | Photo Credit: The Hindu : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is weighing its options of fielding Sadineni Yamini Sarma from the Vijayawada Central Assembly constituency. The proposal assumes significance in the wake of YSRCP’s decision to field Velampalli Srinivas instead of Malladi Vishnu, sitting MLA. Mr. Vishnu and Ms. Yamini Sarma … Read more
The party’s health spokesman, Dr Sandesh Gulhane, said: “Alcohol deaths are at their highest level since 2008 on the SNP’s watch and it is clear their blanket approach to tackling this crisis is simply not working, or supporting those who most need help with alcohol addiction.” Source link
The State government is mulling over introducing the interest waiver scheme on water dues (for domestic consumers) as it has asked the Mysuru City Corporation to submit a proposal in this regard. The direction came at a meeting chaired by Minister for Urban Development B.S. Suresh (Byrathi) in Bengaluru on Thursday, August 31, in which … Read more
Nandini toned milk sold at ₹39 per litre, will now be sold at ₹42. File photo | Photo Credit: SRIRAM MA The Karnataka Cabinet that met on July 27 is learnt to have cleared the proposal by Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) to hike selling prices of its “Nandini” milk by ₹3 a litre. The … Read more
The Election Commission on Wednesday began public hearings in Guwahati on the draft delimitation proposal for Assam. The full Bench of the commission, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, will meet political parties, civil society organisations and other sections of society over three days till Friday. The draft delimitation proposal for Assam was published … Read more