Marri Shashidhar Reddy Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently observed that anti-Naxalite operations suffered a serious setback after the Supreme Court’s July 5, 2011 judgement delivered by Justice B. Sudershan Reddy, which disbanded Salwa Judum — the controversial people’s movement backed by the Chhattisgarh government with central assistance. This remark has triggered a storm. A group of…
Hyderabad: Dr. M. Shashidhar Reddy, former Vice Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Chairman of the BJP Telangana State Election Commission Affairs Committee, has accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of deliberately manufacturing panic over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of the state elections. “Rahul Gandhi is…
Tianjin: India and Russia on Monday vowed to strengthen their strategic ties against the backdrop of New Delhi’s frictions with the US, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi telling Russian President Vladimir Putin that the two countries stood “shoulder-to-shoulder” even in the most difficult times. Modi and Putin met on the sidelines of the annual summit…
New Delhi: The Indian Railways on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with State Bank of India to provide significant insurance cover for its employees and their families, an official statement said. Under the MoU, signed in the presence of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, employees who maintain salary accounts with SBI will get accidental…
Aizawl: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Mizoram and Manipur on September 13, officials in Aizawl said. PM Modi will first visit Mizoram to inaugurate the new Bairabi-Sairang railway. Multiple officials of the Mizoram government said they have received information that from Aizawl, the PM will fly to Manipur, his first visit since…
Chandigarh: The devastating floods in Punjab have claimed 29 lives so far, the maximum in Pathankot district, besides impacting the lives of more than 2.56 lakh people, officials said on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday evening spoke to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, inquired about the flood situation and assured him of every…
Struck was the daughter of Janaka—not by weapon or wound, but by the blow of unbearable words, falling in Rama’s camp as a thunderclap upon a cloudless sky. Her spirit reeled, not at suspicion, for she felt none in his heart, but at something more grievous—a storm of anger, compulsion, or sorrow, whose source she…
Shri Siddhivinayak Gundacha Ganapati Temple is located at Kasba Peth, one of the oldest and most historic parts of Pune city, Maharashtra. The temple is believed to date back to the Peshwa era, and historical records suggest that the idol originally found here belonged to the 12th or 13th century. However, since the old idol…
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday approved IBM’s proposal to install a 133-qubit, 5K-gate quantum computer at the Amaravati Quantum Computing Centre (AQCC). The Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) had earlier allotted 50 acres for developing a “Quantum Valley” to benefit universities, startups, and industries through advanced research programmes in deep technologies and quantum…
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday criticized the Congress-led Revanth Reddy government for what it termed as a “too little, too late” move in ordering a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the massive Kaleshwaram project scam. BJP’s chief spokesperson and media in-charge N.V. Subash said the party had consistently demanded a…
