BJD trying to strike an emotional chord with voters to counter aggressive BJP in Odisha

BJD trying to strike an emotional chord with voters to counter aggressive BJP in Odisha

Voters before casting a vote for the Odisha Assembly Election 2024, at Gopalpur in Ganjam district on May 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI Amidst the acrimonious exchange of words between Bharatiya Janata Party and Biju Janata Dal in the ongoing simultaneous elections in Odisha, the regional party is raking up the issue of personal … Read more

Women in politics juggle hard to strike work-life balance

Women in politics juggle hard to strike work-life balance

TDP candidate for Allagadda Assembly segment, Bhuma Akhilapriya plays with her toddler, ahead of addressing a media conference at her camp office in Nandyal. | Photo Credit: A.D. Rangarajan The omnipresent challenge for working women —striking a healthy work-life balance—finds no special resistance in the field of politics in the country. The challenge becomes only … Read more

Boy killed in lighting strike as rains lash KK region (page 1)

Boy killed in lighting strike as rains lash KK region (page 1)

Roads were flooded after the rains in Kalaburagi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI Roads were flooded after the rains in Kalaburagi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI A 10-year-old boy was killed in a lighting strike at Narona village in Aland taluk of Kalaburagi district on Saturday, as the Kalyana Karnataka region … Read more

Israel fires 2 officers after Gaza strike kills 7 workers of US food charity

Israel fires 2 officers after Gaza strike kills 7 workers of US food charity

The Israeli military dismissed two officers and formally reprimanded senior commanders after an inquiry into the killing of seven aid workers in an air strike in Gaza this week found serious errors and breaches of procedure, the military said. The inquiry found Israeli forces mistakenly believed they were attacking Hamas gunmen when drones hit the … Read more

Power-loom workers union stages day-long hunger strike in Sircilla

Power-loom workers union stages day-long hunger strike in Sircilla

Members of the CITU-affiliated Power-loom Workers’ Union on Friday staged a 24-hour hunger strike in Sircilla demanding urgent steps by the government to place fresh orders for production of Bathukamma saris and other fabric to mitigate the financial woes of the power-loom workers in the textile town. Addressing the demonstrators, the union leaders said thousands … Read more

Idukki’s hydel tourism centres in standstill following ongoing workers’ strike over salary revision

Idukki’s hydel tourism centres in standstill following ongoing workers’ strike over salary revision

A view of boating activity under the hydel tourism centre at Echo Point near Munnar in Idukki. Idukki’s hydel tourism centres have come to a stand still following the ongoing strike by Left employee unions in the district. The Hydel Tourism Workers Association under the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) have gone on strike … Read more