Bagalkote (Karnataka): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday insisted that the Centre should conduct a socio-economic survey as the caste census alone will not suffice. In a major decision, the Centre on Wednesday announced that caste enumeration will be included in the forthcoming census exercise in a ‘transparent’ manner. Opposition parties, including the Congress, have…
Hyderabad: The Telangana unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday strongly ridiculed Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s claim that the caste survey conducted by his government served as a “template” for the Union Government’s caste census. The party dismissed the assertion as laughable, unscientific, and politically motivated. Responding to Revanth Reddy’s remarks, BJP’s…
New Delhi: Bollywood actors Ranbir Kapoor and Aamir Khan, as well as cricket players Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah, have invested in power transmission firm Karamtara Engineering’s pre-IPO round. Karamtara Engineering is a backward-integrated manufacturer of products for the renewable energy and transmission lines sectors. It offers a diverse product portfolio, which enables it to…
Kancheepuram (Tamil Nadu): Rig Vedic scholar from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh Sri Satya Chandrashekarendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya was anointed as the junior pontiff of the ancient Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam at a grand religious ceremony here on Wednesday. The 25-year-old acharya, known as Ganesha Sharma Dravid before his initiation into sanyasa as per the tradition at the Kanchi…
Amaravati: April 30, Andhra Pradesh opposition leader and YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is scheduled to visit the kin of victims of the Simhachalam temple wall collapse tragedy on Wednesday. Seven people were crushed to death in the wee hours of Wednesday when a rain-soaked wall collapsed at the Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy…
Thane: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday backed the Congress’ demand for a special session of Parliament to discuss the Pahalgam terror attack and said this would send out the message that the country is united. Addressing a press conference after attending the consecration ceremony at a ‘Tulja Bhavani’ temple here, Pawar called the…
Kolkata: The faint smell of something burning was the only warning before chaos broke out in a narrow lane in Kolkata’s Burrabazar area Tuesday evening, when a raging fire turned a six-storey low-budget hotel into a furnace of smoke, panic, and death. By Wednesday dawn, the air in Mechhuapatti still reeked of soot and grief….
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that each time Pakistan dared to ”challenge India’s unity and integrity”, Indian soldiers courageously rose to the occasion and defeated the enemy to uphold the country’s pride. His comment comes at a time when Pakistani troops engaged in unprovoked firing along the Line of Control…
Hyderabad: The Telangana unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has dismissed the joint call by the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and AIMIM for a “switch off lights” protest as a hollow political stunt aimed at misleading the Muslim community. State BJP Chief Spokesperson &Media Incharge N.V. Subash criticized the protest, which is…
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday called for political unity in the wake of the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, urging all parties to support the government’s actions rather than engage in political point-scoring. Twenty-six people, mostly tourists, were killed on April 22 when some terrorists opened fire in a tourist hotspot…
