Gadchiroli: The 12 Naxalites, including three senior cadres, who were killed in an encounter with security forces in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra carried a total cash reward of Rs 86 lakh on their heads, police said on Thursday. Due to the success of the operation, the entire Korchi-Tipagad and Chatgaon-Kasansur Dalams of Maoists have been…
Kozhikode (Kerala): Heavy rains continued to lash several parts of Kerala, especially the hilly areas of its northern districts on Thursday, disrupting the normal life there. Incidents of flooding, uprooting of trees and minor landslides have been reported from many parts of northern Kerala districts. Widespread heavy rains have been reported in the hilly areas…
Milwaukee: J D Vance would make a great vice president for America, his Indian-American wife Usha Chilukuri Vance has said, as she introduced him at the Republican National Convention by giving an insight into their life, about him accepting her vegetarian diet and his ability to cook Indian food. A Yale law graduate and a…
Bengaluru: The opposition BJP in Karnataka on Thursday warned the Congress government in the state to be prepared for the wrath of the people if it fails to table the bill that mandates reservations for Kannadigas in the private sector in the ongoing Legislative session. The party slammed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for taking an U-turn…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has temporarily halted the implementation of a bill that mandates reservation for locals in the private sector. The decision follows significant backlash from Nasscom and leading industrialists, who argued that such mandates are unconstitutional and overly restrictive for private enterprises. The Siddaramaiah-led Congress government initially proposed that 50 percent of managerial…
Amaravati: Amid row over the Karnataka government’s move mandating 100 per cent reservations to Kannadigas and Nasscom raising concerns over the decision, Andhra Pradesh minister Nara Lokesh welcomed IT firms to “relocate businesses” in Vizag. The TDP MLA quickly pointed out that Andhra Pradesh is “ready” with the “most suitable skilled talent with no restrictions…
Puri (Odisha): Lakhs of devotees on Wednesday witnessed Lord Jagannath’s “Suna Besha” ritual in which the idol, seated on a chariot in Puri, was adorned with gold ornaments embedded with precious stones. The idols of his siblings – Devi Subhadra and Lord Balabhadra – were also decorated by servitors with golden jewellery and attires atop…
Hyderabad: The historic city observed Youm-e-Ashoora, the 10th day of Muharram, with deep mourning and solemnity on Wednesday, passing the day peacefully. The day’s highlight was the annual Bibi-ka-Alam procession, which journeyed from Bibi-ka-Alawa to Chaderghat in the Old City. The ‘Alam’ (holy relic or flag commemorating the Battle of Karbala) was carried on the…
New Delhi: The primary driver for the US recently passing the ‘Resolve Tibet Act’ is its “rivalry with China”, not any concern for Tibet, claimed former national security adviser (NSA) Shivshankar Menon. Speaking at the launch of former diplomat Dilip Sinha’s book “Imperial Games in Tibet: The Struggle for Statehood and Sovereignty” on Tuesday, Menon…
Guwahati: The Assam government has asked its border police unit not to forward cases of non-Muslim illegal immigrants entering the state before 2015 to the Foreigners Tribunal, and advised them to apply for citizenship under the CAA. In a letter to the Special Director General of Police (Border), Home and Political Secretary Parth Pratim Majumdar referred…
