Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday said drinking water samples will be collected and tested across the state, including Bengaluru, to prevent water-borne diseases. Speaking to reporters before a meeting with officials, he said, “There are reports of drinking water contamination in some parts of the state due to rain. This…
Hyderabad: On Thursday, May 23, Telangana Minister for Roads and Buildings, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, predicted the end of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chapter after June 5. He forecasted a decisive defeat for BRS in the Lok Sabha elections, comparing their imminent downfall to the collapse of the Medigadda barrage. Venkat Reddy also warned BRS working…
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said the Election Commission was “egregiously wrong” in directing his party not to ‘politicise’ the Agnipath scheme, asserting that it is the right of an Opposition party to criticise a policy of the government. The Election Commission Wednesday came down heavily on the ruling BJP and…
Kolkata: Barely two days ahead of the parliamentary polls, a woman BJP worker was killed in Nandigram in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district, triggering large-scale protests by the saffron party activists there on Thursday, police said. The region, which falls under the Tamluk Lok Sabha seat and is considered to be the backyard of Bengal’s…
Mumbai: India can get ‘rating support’ over time if it utilises the highest-ever dividend of over Rs 2 lakh crore received from the Reserve Bank to reduce fiscal deficit, said an S&P Global Rating analyst on Thursday. The RBI board has decided to pay a record Rs 2.1 lakh crore dividend to the government for…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown during the poll campaign that he is always “3X” the next person, including much younger rivals like Rahul Gandhi, Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai has said, asserting that one can discuss “what after Modi” only when someone better in hard work and popularity comes along. “He…
New Delhi: About 121 candidates contesting in the Lok Sabha elections have declared themselves illiterate, and 359 have stated that they have studied up to the 5th grade, according to an analysis of the reports shared by the poll rights body ADR. The data shows that 647 candidates have reported their education level up to…
Bengaluru: Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) supremo HD Deve Gowda issued a warning on Thursday to his grandson, Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who has been accused of multiple sexual abuse allegations, to “return immediately from wherever he is” and face the legal process. In an official statement posted on social media platform X,…
Mumbai: At least five workers were killed and more than 100 others injured in a deafening boiler explosion that rocked a chemical company at the MIDC industrial estate at Dombivli in the neighbouring Thane district, on Thursday. The fire and other rescue officials, who had arrived on the scene soon after the explosion took place…
Mahenragarh (Haryana): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday claimed that the INDIA bloc is talking about having five PMs over the next five years and said the fight over ‘ghee’ has broken out in the alliance, even before the cow has given milk. Hours before campaigning for the sixth round of the seven-phase Lok Sabha…
