Pinarayi Vijayan and V D Satheesan Thiruvananthapuram: As chief minister V D Satheesan and leader of opposition Pinarayi Vijayan trade charges over the size of ministerial personal staff, RTI records show that 726 people were appointed as personal staff during the five-year tenure of the second Pinarayi govt, with the cumulative number of appointments rising…
The lone tusker moving in Kulad area of Ganjam district Berhampur: Forest officials in Ghumusar North division in Ganjam district have used the thermal drone camera to drive away the lone elephant from Kulad. “The elephant fled into the forest area on hearing the sound of the drone camera,” said Himansu Sekhar Mohanty, divisional forest…
The deceased is Aparna DJ of Dodda Aladahalli village Hassan: A 31-year-old homemaker who had come to her parental home to celebrate Gowri-Ganesha festival died after a KSRTC bus rammed her scooter from behind at NR Circle in Hassan city on Saturday.The deceased has been identified as Aparna DJ of Dodda Aladahalli village in Hassan…
Kanpur: Indian engineer Chandan Gupta (40), who was detained in Moscow, returned to his Kanpur home with his family on Thursday night, following which his wife released a fresh video contesting allegations of drunken misconduct against him.In the video, Sneha denied the allegations that her husband had consumed alcohol, broken a car window or indulged…
‘NEW WORLD ORDER’: Putin Declares SCO ‘World’s Largest’ Bloc; ‘Half The Planet’ Under Its Umbrella Russian President Vladimir Putin called the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation the world’s largest regional bloc, saying it represents nearly half of the global population and over one-third of world GDP. At the SCO Summit, Putin pushed for stronger trade, national currency…
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP president N. Ramchander Rao on Saturday demanded that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy end what he described as a “dilatory approach” towards fee reimbursement dues and make a clear statement on when the pending amount of nearly ₹15,000 crore free reimbursement would be released.Addressing a media conference at the BJP state office…
Officials at the Bhubaneswar zoo say the five babyorangutans appear healthy and are settling comfortably into captivity BHUBANESWAR: As wildlife campaigners press for repatriation of the five infant orangutans rescued from an alleged international trafficking racket in Odisha’s Balasore, history suggests returning the primates to their native forests may be far more complicated.Indonesian authorities have…
Was driven by emotion, says Raja Chennai: A day after facing a severe backlash, DMK MP A Raja expressed regret over his controversial remarks against TVK minister C T R Nirmalkumar and said he had no hesitation in taking back his words.“I regret questioning the identity and truth behind the person who mocked and deliberately…
Chennai: Metrowater on Friday seized eight electric motors used to draw drinking water illegally from pipelines at hostels and residential premises in Alapakkam, Maduravoyal and Taramani. The action followed inspections by special monitoring teams formed by the water utility to prevent pressure fluctuations in the drinking-water distribution network and ensure equitable supply to consumers across…
PoP Ganesha idols selling near Ram Mandir in Kalaburagi on Sunday evening Kalaburagi: As preparations gather pace for Ganesh Chaturthi across Kalaburagi, Bidar and Yadgir districts, grand pandals are coming up in several localities even as banned plaster of paris (PoP) idols coated with chemical paints continue to find their way into the market.Ganesh committees…
