Thiruvanthapuram: Three-time Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who is contesting again from Thiruvananthapuram constituency, said on Wednesday that there is no triangular contest there, as only the BJP poses a challenge with its “energetic” and “professional” poll campaign. The LDF campaign for its candidate Pannian Raveendran has not been very impactful, Tharoor remarked. While acknowledging that…
Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh): I) The Krishna District Police booked a case against former Minister and Machilipatnam MLA Perni Venkatramaiah and four YSRCP corporators for attacking Machilipatnam Rural police station, Adnan Nayoom Azmi, Superintendent of Police Krishna District said on Wednesday. Azmi said that a case was registered in Chilakalapudi Police Station under IPC section 427…
New Delhi: The CBI informed a Delhi court on Wednesday it has questioned BRS leader K Kavitha in Tihar central jail in a corruption case related to the alleged Delhi excise scam. She is under judicial custody in Tihar in a money laundering case linked to the alleged scam. The court had on April 5…
Hyderabad: Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Wednesday said it has forged an alliance with Blockchain For Impact (BFI) under the BFI-Biome Virtual Network Programme to accelerate biomedical research and innovation in India. A press release from the premier life science research organisation said…
New Delhi: Amid the BJP’s repeated ‘Muslim League imprint barb’ over the Congress manifesto, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said history is witness as to who joined hands with the forces that wanted to divide the country and asserted that history does not change by “spewing lies” from political platforms. Gandhi said that the 2024 Lok…
Mandya (Karnata): Officials on election duty on Wednesday allegedly stopped the ‘Hosa Todaku’ programme at the farmhouse of JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy at Bidadi in Ramanagara district, citing violation of model code of conduct in force for the Lok Sabha polls. The programme is celebrated a day after Ugadi when many communities in the…
Vellore (Tamil Nadu): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Congress and its ally, the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu, on Katchatheevu and ‘Shakti’ remarks, accusing them of keeping the “country in the dark” over the former and charged them with ill-treatment of women. He especially singled out the DMK over…
Hassan (Karnataka): The four-decade-old political battle between two influential families will once again be in sharp focus in this Lok Sabha polls, with members of their third-generation fighting it out in Hassan, which once hosted the capital of Hoysala kingdom. Known for its world-renowned Hoysala period architectural marvels and UNESCO world heritage sites like Belur,…
New Delhi: A nationhood is constituted by people who share a “common sense of their history” and a “common vision of their future”, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said on Tuesday as he released an 11-volume series that charts different phases of the history of ancient India and its accomplishments. Addressing a gathering at the…
Pune: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday sought support for his wife in the Lok Sabha polls and sent out a message to Baramati voters, telling them they have elected his uncle Sharad Pawar’s daughter three times, but now they should elect his daughter-in-law. Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)…
