Srinagar: A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday carried out searches in the forest area in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir as part of its probe into the November 10 blast near the Red Fort in Delhi, officials said. They said the NIA sleuths, assisted by police and CRPF, brought along…
Mumbai: Traded to the Mumbai Indians from the Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 2 crore ahead of IPL 2026, Indian pacer Shardul Thakur says former captain Rohit Sharma allowed him to express himself. The 34-year-old pacer, who featured in India’s Test tour of England earlier this year, is hoping to again experience the good old…
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has issued an order increasing the number of wards in GHMC to 300 from 150. The number of wards rose following the merger of 27 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) on the periphery of Hyderabad with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). The state government treats the GHMC, including the 27 ULBs,…
Thiruvananthapuram: Voters in seven districts of Kerala began casting ballots on Tuesday in the first phase of crucial local elections, viewed by many as a key indicator ahead of next year’s state legislative assembly contest. Voting began at 7 am for the local bodies in seven districts–Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki and Ernakulam and…
Bengaluru: Deputy CM DK Shivakumar on Monday said that the State Government is addressing farmers’ issues in North Karnataka but reminded the Centre that it too has a responsibility to solve the issues in the region. He said the state government has already taken a ‘costly’ step to address issues facing sugarcane and maize farmers.’…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was felicitated at a meeting of all MPs of the ruling NDA on Tuesday for the coalition’s massive victory in the recent Bihar elections. Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah and J P Nadda, who is also the BJP president, were among those present at the NDA Parliamentary Party…
New York/Washington: The US is “deeply committed” to the Quad – the grouping with India, Japan and Australia – and will continue to build on that in the year to come, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said. “…we’re also deeply committed to the Quad, the concept of in conjunction with Japan and India, the…
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…
