The Sammakka-Sarakka Jatara also known as ‘Kumbh Mela of the South’ attracts millions of devotees, mainly tribals from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Odisha. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL The State government has sanctioned ₹150 crore for the conduct of the Sammakka-Sarakka (Saralamma) Medaram Maha Jatara, scheduled to be held from January 28 to … Read more
President Murmu sanctions discretionary fund for top students in Eklavya schools to promote tribal education and empowerment. File | Photo Credit: Singam Venkataramana In a first-of-its-kind initiative, President Droupadi Murmu has sanctioned a discretionary fund to the National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) for toppers from the Eklavya Model Residential Schools this year. Officials … Read more
US President Donald Trump will sign an order lifting sanctions on Syria, the White House announced on Monday. Sanctions will still apply to individuals tied to former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, human rights abusers, drug traffickers, people linked to chemical weapons activities, the Islamic State and ISIS affiliates and proxies for Iran. President Donald Trump … Read more
The NAD land issue was a major challenge to the development of Seaport-Airport Road over the past 20 years. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO The government has sanctioned ₹32.26 crore for the extension of Seaport-Airport Road that includes the price for the acquisition of 2.49 hectares from the Naval Armament Depot (NAD). Besides the ₹23.11 … Read more
Ukraine and several key European powers have jointly demanded that Russia agree to a full, unconditional 30-day ceasefire starting Monday, aiming to create space for peace negotiations and avert further bloodshed in Europe’s longest war since World War II. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the coordinated proposal in Kyiv after hosting French President Emmanuel Macron, … Read more
The State Cabinet which met on Wednesday decided to sanction a relief amount of ₹4 lakh each from the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund to the kin of four persons who died following the accident at Anjoottambalam Veerarkavu Bhagavathy temple, Neeleswaram, Kasaragod, when a stash of fire crackers caught fire Sanitation workers A sum of … Read more
The State Cabinet has sanctioned around 500 new posts in different categories in law and other departments. The Cabinet, which met for over five hours on Saturday evening, sanctioned 142 additional posts in various categories of the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC). Permission has also been accorded to create 56 posts (39 regular and … Read more
Moscow: Ahead of his two-day visit to North Korea beginning Tuesday, Russian President Vladamir Putin has said that the two countries will together build the security architecture in Eurasia, counter Western sanctions, and establish independent transaction systems. Putin said this in his article for North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun, published on the Kremlin website, state news … Read more
DUBAI: United Arab Emirates – Iran‘s hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi has long been seen as a protege to Iran’s supreme leader and a potential successor for his position within the country’s Shiite theocracy. News of his helicopter making what state media described as a “hard landing” on Sunday immediately brought new attention to the leader, … Read more
The Biden administration is considering blacklisting a number of Chinese semiconductor firms linked to Huawei Technologies Co. after the telecom giant notched a significant technological breakthrough last year, people familiar with the matter said. Such a move would mark another escalation in a US campaign to ringfence and curtail Beijing’s AI and semiconductor ambitions. It … Read more