New Delhi: The first part of the Parliament’s Budget session is set to be held between January 31 and February 13, with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman likely to table her eighth straight budget on February 1. Parliament budget session will start with President Droupadi Murmu’s address to a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha…
Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully carried out a demonstration of restarting its Vikas liquid engine at a test facility at Propulsion Complex in Mahendragiri, the space agency said on Saturday. The space agency said the Vikas engine is the workhorse that powers the liquid stages of its launch vehicles. This test on…
Washington: Indian American entrepreneur-turned-politician Vivek Ramaswamy plans to run for Ohio governor, multiple media reports said Friday. Ramaswamy, 39, who had an unsuccessful run in the Republican presidential race, is now a close confidant of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J D Vance. Trump has entrusted him, along with Tesla owner Elon Musk, with…
Jerusalem: Israel’s security cabinet on Friday recommended the approval of a ceasefire deal after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed an agreement had been reached that would pause the 15-month war with Hamas in Gaza and release dozens of hostages held by militants there. Mediators Qatar and the US announced the ceasefire on Wednesday, but the…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that his government has written to the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy to send officers at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj “to study crowd management and other varied aspects” of their duties. “The one thing that has stood out this time is police behaviour….
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday said that the issue of privatising the Vizag Steel Plant will no longer arise as the Centre has approved financial support of Rs 11,440 crore. Addressing a press conference in Undavalli, Naidu stated that everyone must work hard and utilise taxpayers’ funds efficiently to revive…
New Delhi: India’s offensive and defensive responses need to be further strengthened in view of turmoil in the rules-based global order, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday. In an address at an event, he also said that the Indian Navy is working towards increasing its presence in the Indian Ocean region. The Indian Ocean…
Bhandaru Srinivasarao January 18, 1996 – At dawn, as the train pulled into Renigunta station, I woke up to find many passengers preparing to disembark at Tirupati. On the adjacent berth, former minister and Telugu Desam Party leader Muddu Krishnama Naidu and my journalist friend M.S. Shankar were still fast asleep. Shankar, deeply devoted to…
The Board of Cricket Council of India’s (BCCI) latest move to enforce a set of 10 commandments, including mandatory participation in domestic tournaments like the Ranji Trophy, is a much-needed course correction. But let’s not mince words: this directive comes far too late to undo the damage caused by years of poor planning and misplaced…
We get up for cattle, they graze, and we eat, they do not take a bath and we also do not. We return home with them. They are our leaders; we do not walk in their front but simply follow the animals. The only fortune we have is that You are born amongst us, you…
