New Delhi: The Registrar General of India (RGI) has directed all the states and Union territories to complete the appointment of census functionaries — the officers responsible for the massive data collection exercise — by January 15, 2026, according to a latest circular. The enumerators and supervisors are the primary census functionaries responsible for data…
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that India should not be “dumping” rice into the United States market and he will “take care” of it, while stressing that tariffs will solve the “problem” easily. Trump held a roundtable in the White House on Monday with representatives of the farming and agriculture sector as…
Dharam Guruva Reddy Across Telangana, a quiet but decisive shift is taking shape at the grassroots. In mandals and villages, BJP-backed Sarpanch candidates are witnessing growing enthusiasm—fuelled not by rhetoric, but by a clear pitch for transparent governance, faster development, and stronger financial support from the Union Government. The message resonating in village meetings is…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted that the NDA government in Bihar will leave no stone unturned to live up to the expectations of the people of the state. Modi’s assertion came hours after he met the NDA MPs from Bihar in Parliament. “After the historic victory in the Bihar Assembly elections,…
Chandigarh: The Punjab Congress on Monday suspended Navjot Kaur Sidhu from its primary membership after her “Rs 500 crore for chief minister’s chair” remark sparked a political row. Reacting to her suspension, Kaur launched an offensive against Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, alleging, “I refuse to stand with an insensitive and irresponsible, morally…
New Delhi: Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will initiate the debate on election reforms in the Lower House on Tuesday. The opposition has been demanding a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Parliament since the monsoon session, but the government suggested having a debate on…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday held talks with European Union’s Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic and deliberated on the proposed free trade agreement between the two sides. Sefcovic is in New Delhi to advance negotiations for the long-awaited India-EU trade deal. The two sides are looking at sealing the free trade agreement…
Telangana’s fiscal health isn’t just weak — it is in the ICU, with alarms blaring across every critical indicator. The latest CAG data (October 2025) tears apart the official narrative of a “rising Telangana,” exposing instead a state running on fumes, debt, and denial. In just seven months of FY 2025–26, the government has exhausted…
The power of silence is better felt than explained. Depending on the situation, its power ensures success in both personal and in professional fields. It is a belief that speech is silver and silence is gold. However, in contemporary conditions, terms and conditions apply to this belief. In the present conditions, there is a dire…
The sage Nārada, in his instruction on the pursuit of spiritual perfection to the sons of Pāṇḍu, expounded in detail the sanctity of the sacred waters and holy shrines spread over the earth. Among these, he said, there is a revered place known as Gaṅgādvāra, where the celestial and the terrestrial worlds seem to meet,…
