New Delhi: As the India-US 2+2 ministerial began on Friday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said both nations find each other in agreement on strategic issues, including countering China’s aggression. He termed the partnership between the two nations as “critical for ensuring a free, open and rules-bound Indo-Pacific region.” Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S…
Kamareddy (T’gana): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday called Telangana’s ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) as the ‘B-team’ of BJP, and claimed that there is no difference between the two parties, as he asked the people of the state to reject both of them in the November 30 Assembly polls. The senior Congress leader also…
Hyderabad: Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday slammed the Congress and BRS alleging that both parties have exploited Telangana over the years. Addressing a press conference here, he also claimed that the Congress party, which has come out with a ‘six guarantees’ programme in poll-bound Telangana, failed to fulfill…
Patna: Hindustani Awam Morcha chief Jitan Ram Manjhi on Friday alleged that “poisonous substances” were being mixed into the food served to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, by those “coveting his chair”. Manjhi, a former chief minister, made the allegation while speaking to journalists outside the Vidhan Sabha premises, a day after he was upbraided…
New Delhi: India on Friday conveyed to the US its serious concerns over increasing activities of pro-Khalistani elements in Canada. India flagged its concerns at the ‘2+2’ foreign and defence ministerial meeting. “We have made our concerns very very clear,” Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said at a media briefing. The American delegation at the ‘2+2’ ministerial…
New Delhi: Net direct tax collection swelled 22 percent so far this fiscal year to Rs 10.60 lakh crore, crossing 58 percent of the Budget target for the full year, the Income Tax department said on Friday. The net corporate tax collection grew 12.48 percent and personal income tax mop-up rose 31.77 percent. “Direct Tax collection,…
New Delhi: Working under the sun causes nearly one in three deaths from non-melanoma skin cancer, according to an international study including researchers from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO). They found that outdoor workers carry a large and increasing burden of non-melanoma skin cancer, which refers to a group…
New Delhi: Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande has urged the Military Engineer Services to endeavour to be in sync with the technological advancements happening in the industry and adopt modern construction methods. He said this in his address at a two-day engineer conclave on infrastructure development and sustenance held on November 8 and 9 at…
New Delhi: THDC India Ltd (THDCIL) is planning to set up 3,270 megawatts (MWs) of clean energy projects, including pumped storage and floating solar, in Karnataka, its chairman and managing director R K Vishnoi has said. In this regard, the Uttarakhand-based company on Thursday signed two memoranda of understanding with Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL)…
Hyderabad: The BJP on Friday released its final list of 14 candidates for the November 30 assembly polls in Telangana. The candidates announced by the party in the final list include senior leader N Ramachander Rao, a former MLC, who has been fielded from Malkajgiri here. The other candidates in the list include A Sridevi (Bellampalli-SC),…
