West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. File | Photo Credit: ANI West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on September 10 (Thursday) defended the remarks made by Dhirendra Krishna Shastri alias Bageshwar Baba advocating vegetarian food during the upcoming Durga Pujas. Speaking in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, Mr. Adhikari said that the ‘saint’ had advocated his […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 10, 2026) said it is concerned about the health of people, especially growing children, and wants all concerned with food safety to consider in “national interest” the issue of front-of-pack warning labels for packaged products containing high salt, sugar and fat products. A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and […]
The question is making rounds in the political circles: who will get the “ grass and twin-flowers’ symbol of Trinamool Congress in the upcoming by-elections. File | Photo Credit: PTI With by-elections for two Assembly constituencies in West Bengal -Nandigram and Rejinagar- scheduled on October 6, both factions of Trinamool Congress -one led by Mamata […]
Nellore Rural MLA Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy laying the foundation stone for a road work in the 20th division of Nellore city. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The Telugu Desam Party (TDP)-led NDA alliance leaders have expressed hope of their Mayor candidate winning by a margin of one lakh votes in the forthcoming elections to the […]
Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: libin jose The Tribal Affairs Ministry must immediately withdraw its August 31 office memorandum that claimed there was “no provision” under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) to seek consent of Gram Sabhas for diverting forest land for non-forest purposes, the Campaign for Survival and Dignity (CSD) […]
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, along with National Conference president Farooq Abdullah. File | Photo Credit: Imran Nissar The Ruling National Conference (NC) and its ally the Congress traded barbs on Wednesday over the NC leadership’s decision to stand for all stanzas of the national song, Vande Mataram, after it was played at the inauguration of […]
Registrar of SRM University- AP Vinayak Kalluri and delegates from Springer Nature, after signing the MoU, in the presence of the university Librarian and other university officials, on Wednesday. SRM University-AP has entered into an Open Access agreement with Springer Nature to make research published by its scholars more widely and freely accessible. The significance […]
The Karimnagar Two-Town police on Tuesday busted a fake recruitment racket by arresting its alleged kingpin, Dudapaka Thirupathi, 51, of Ippalapalli village in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, near Satavahana University in Karimnagar. According to police, Thirupathi and his associates allegedly collected around ₹44 lakh from 21 job seekers by promising to secure outsourcing jobs in the […]
Congress MP and general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The Congress on Wednesday (September 9, 2026) alleged that the government’s decision to use open-ended questions instead of a drop-down list in the current format of the caste census is a “very serious flaw”, and said it seems that Prime […]
Residence of Karnataka PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi in Belagavi. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Wednesday (September 9, 2026) began conducting raids on the residences and other premises linked to Karnataka Public Works Department Minister Satish Jarkiholi. The raids are on at his residences in Bengaluru, Belagavi and Gokak, apart […]
