Hyderabad: The ruling Congress in Telangana announced plans to hold a PAC meeting this weekend to decide the next steps on key issues, including implementing 42 percent reservation for backward classes and conducting local body elections. The Political Affairs Committee meeting is likely to be convened on August 16 or 17, Congress sources said. State…
Beijing: China is set to build the most ambitious rail link connecting Xinjiang province with Tibet, part of which will “run near” the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India, according to a media report. Work is expected to get underway this year on one of the world’s most ambitious rail projects with the launch…
Amaravati: YSRCP leader V Srinivas on Monday accused Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu of “conspiring to prevent” the party’s victory in the Pulivendula and Vontimitta local body polls scheduled for August 12. The former minister alleged that Naidu was “misusing police and TDP supporters to ‘influence the outcome,’ fearing defeat in free and fair elections….
New Delhi: Equity-oriented mutual funds garnered a net inflow of Rs 42,702 crore in July, making it the highest-ever monthly tally for the segment, propelled by contributions from thematic and flexi cap funds, despite heightened market volatility plagued by the tariff war with the US. This was a sharp 81 per cent surge from Rs…
New Delhi: No stray dogs roaming the streets of New Delhi? That could be possible in the future after India’s top court ordered authorities in New Delhi to start removing all stray dogs from the streets, and to sterilize and relocate them to shelters permanently. In its order on Monday, the Supreme Court directed the…
New Delhi: AGNIT Semiconductors Private Limited, India’s only vertically integrated Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor startup, has been awarded the prestigious Deep Tech Emerge 50 Award 2025 by NASSCOM. The award was presented during NASSCOM Future Forge 2025, held in Bengaluru on August 7, 2025. Hareesh Chandrasekar, Co-founder & CEO of AGNIT, received the honour from…
Bengaluru: The wait is finally over for India’s indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk1A as it gears up to receive its much-awaited powerplant. The first GE F404 engine, specifically designed for the Tejas Mk1A, is undergoing its final round of testing at GE Aerospace’s facility in Lynn, Massachusetts. This development marks a significant milestone…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Cooperation Minister KN Rajanna, who came into the party high command’s crosshairs for publicly admitting that voter list irregularities took place during the Congress government’s tenure, resigned from his post on Monday. Rajanna, who is known to be close to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, had questioned the party’s silence over alleged electoral roll manipulation—comments…
New Delhi: Central GST officers in Karnataka detected tax evasion of Rs 39,577 crore in the 2024-25 fiscal year, an over 5-fold jump from the year-ago period, Parliament was informed on Monday. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, “Central GST authorities have not issued any notices based on…
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday accused the Election Commission of failing to act against large-scale irregularities, including in the Uttar Pradesh elections, and alleged that officials colluded with the ruling BJP to “loot votes”. The remarks came as opposition INDIA bloc MPs, including Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and Sharad Pawar,…
