People thronging the market near Char Minar in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: ANI Just days before the deadline of June 2, 2024, the day when Hyderabad will cease to be the joint capital of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, the political class in residual Andhra Pradesh maintains a stoic silence on the issue of choosing a … Read more
A bomb squad team of the National Security Guard arrive after CBI recovered weapons in a case related to the violence against ED officials, at Agarhati village in Sandeshkhali, West Bengal. | Photo Credit: ANI The Supreme Court on Monday, April 29, 2024 wondered why the State of West Bengal has come to the Supreme … Read more
Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar. File. | Photo Credit: R. V. Moorthy The BJP will contest the Lok Sabha polls on its own in Punjab, the party’s State unit chief Sunil Jakhar said on March 26. The announcement came amid a buzz over talks between the Shiromani Akali Dal and the BJP for re-stitching their … Read more
Telangana Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar | Photo Credit: Debosri Mitra Telangana Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar said that the BRS would be wiped out after Lok Sabha elections in Telangana. He said that the fight would be between Congress and BJP only in the elections. During a chit-chat with the media representatives at the Gandhi Bhavan, he said, “Bandi … Read more
Concerned over the rising number of fatal and non-fatal accidents involving police personnel while riding two-wheelers, Karnataka State Police Chief Alok Mohan recently issued a circular mandating all personnel to wear helmets as per prescribed standards with the straps while riding. The circular issued on Tuesday directed all the unit heads across the State to … Read more
The Connemara Public Library, established in 1860, became the first ever public library in 1896. After the Act came into force, it became the State Central Library on April 1, 1950. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU The Anna Centenary Library (right), inaugurated by Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on September 15, 2010, is also the State … Read more
Minister for Youth Empowerment, Sports and Tribal Welfare B. Nagendra speaking at a district-level conference of guarantee schemes beneficiaries in Ballari on Monday. | Photo Credit: SRIDHAR KAVALI Terming the guarantee schemes being implemented by his government as powerful tools in the empowerment of common people, Minister for Youth Empowerment, Sports and Tribal Welfare and … Read more
The government on Friday issued orders revising the prices of 13 essential commodities supplied through Supplyco outlets in the State. A few days ago, the Cabinet had green-lit a proposal submitted by the Food and Civil Supplies department to revise the pricing mechanism of items sold through Supplyco. As a result, the subsidy provided for … Read more
Telangana State Aviation Academy entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of ISRO to provide advanced training drone pilots. The NRSC is one of the primary centres of ISRO ( Indian Spaces Research Organisation). The agreement was signed by the Aviation Academy’s CEO S.N. Reddy and NRSC director Prakash Chauhan, in … Read more
A march taken out by Kerala government employees and teachers to the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram on January 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: S. Mahinsha A one-day token strike by pro-Opposition State employee unions for payment of dearness allowance (DA) dues and better service conditions partially hobbled the functioning of government offices across Kerala on January 24 … Read more