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Bengaluru, Aug 18 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister, D.K. Shivakumar, on Tuesday hit out at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, over his remarks condemning the killing of three alleged poachers in Chamarajanagar reserve forest by Forest Department officials, asserting...
Chennai, Aug 18 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President, Manickam Tagore, has attacked AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami over the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test, accusing him of attempting to conceal his party’s “historic betrayal” of Tamil Nadu students by blaming...
Amaravati, Aug 18 (IANS) Eight fishermen from Andhra Pradesh’s B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema district went missing at sea, officials said on Tuesday. The fishermen, who had set out on a boat in the Bay of Bengal for fishing on August...
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Israel expects two more rounds of negotiations with India on the proposed free trade agreement, with the two sides likely to have greater clarity on the pact by February 2027, Israeli Ambassador to India Reuven...
Patna, Aug 18 (IANS) The political temperature in Bihar has risen amid growing concerns among students and young people over paper leaks, unemployment, recruitment irregularities and the education system. The controversy surrounding the use of an AK-47 by a cop...
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) As Jharkhand student leader Devendra Nath Mahato called off his hunger strike after the Hemant Soren government cancelled examinations and recruitment processes for government jobs following weeks of student protests, the BJP on Tuesday congratulated...
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) A day after announcing a major reshuffle of the national office-bearers, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday appointed new state in-charges for Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Gujarat, with the appointments coming into effect immediately....
Chennai, Aug 18 (IANS) The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has begun the process of transforming an area of the Omandurar Government Estate into a modern public plaza featuring recreational, exhibition and public viewing facilities.The civic body proposes to develop the...
Jammu, Aug 18 (IANS) A teenager was killed and 17 others injured on Tuesday, in two separate road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir.According to officials, a teenage boy was killed and 12 people were injured after multiple vehicles collided with...
Chennai, Aug 18 (IANS) Members across party lines in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Tuesday condemned the shooting of three Tamil men by Karnataka Forest Department personnel and demanded an impartial investigation.AIADMK MLA and former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami...
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The government has proposed extending the permissible age of battery-operated, hydrogen fuel-based and natural gas-driven commercial vehicles covered under the national permit system by five years.According to a recently issued notification by the Ministry of...
Bengaluru, August 18 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday conducted search operations at 21 locations across Karnataka and Ahmedabad, in connection with alleged irregularities in the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) recruitment of Veterinary Officers.The Bengaluru Zonal Office of...