New Delhi: Over 20 lakh households have got rooftop solar systems installed across the country under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, and very soon another 30 lakh will be added, New & Renewable Energy Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Thursday. The minister, however, did not give any specific time frame for achieving the…
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday mooted a bullet train service from Shamshabad on Hyderabad outskirts to Chennai. The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport of Hyderabad is located at Shamshabad. Reddy held a meeting with officials on the pending railway projects and those to be taken up for future needs. The Chief Minister…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict after hearing arguments for 10 days on the presidential reference, which asked if a constitutional court can impose timelines for governors and the President to assent to bills passed by state legislatures. A Constitution bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justices Surya Kant,…
Jammu: Shamas Udin Malik, father of Aam Aadmi Party MLA Mehraj Malik, who was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, has told Chief Minister Omar Abdullah that he cannot keep fighting in courts and wants his son released. Malik, an outspoken critic of the government, was arrested and…
Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met his Mauritian counterpart Navinchandra Ramgoolam in his parliamentary constituency ahead of bilateral talks between the two leaders. The two leaders warmly greeted each other and shook hands. Earlier, amid the sound of drums and conch shells, Modi’s convoy entered the city around 11:30 am. At several intersections…
Washington: Donald Trump lashed out at the “radical left” on Wednesday after the apparent assassination of his right-wing ally Charlie Kirk, vowing a crackdown after a killing that has sparked fears of worsening political violence in the United States. Kirk, a powerful voice in conservative politics at just 31 years old, had been dead only a…
Orem, Utah: Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump who played an influential role in rallying young Republican voters, was shot and killed Wednesday at a Utah college event in what the governor called a political assassination carried out from a rooftop. “This is a dark day for our state….
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted multi-state searches in a money laundering case linked to alleged fake GST input tax credit claim of Rs 650 crore, official sources said. The raids were being carried out at several locations in Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Telangana by the Guwahati office of the…
New Delhi: Praising Mohan Bhagwat for his intellectual depth and empathetic leadership, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that his tenure as the head of the RSS since 2009 will be considered the most transformative period in its 100-year journey. In a glowing piece that appeared in several newspapers on Thursday on Bhagwat’s 75th birthday,…
S Venkateshwaran I welcome this debate on whether the BCCI should amend its constitution to accommodate the genuine demand of the Telangana Cricket Association. As a former Secretary of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), I consider it my responsibility to speak with honesty and clarity, drawing on my own experience Let me admit upfront: there…
