Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu chairing a review meeting on law and order, at the Secretariat on Tuesday. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday held a high-level review meeting at the Secretariat on law and order, taking a serious note of the gruesome murder of T. Lakshmi Naidu, a resident of Kandukur.... Read More

After a row over the ‘London Book of World Records’ recognition for Karnataka’s Shakti scheme and the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), the London Book of Records issued a clarification defending its decision. The London Book of World Records has issued a clarification in response to what it described as “defaming and tarnishing” reports... Read More

Three persons, including two history sheeters, have been arrested on charges of murdering a 33-year-old man and causing multiple stab injuries on the victim’s brother at Periyar Nagar in Gandhi Market police station limits here in the early hours on Monday. The name of the deceased was given as M. Umashankar alias Appu. His elder brother... Read More

BJP West Bengal State President Samik Bhattacharya | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership in West Bengal has accused the Trinamool Congress government of delaying the census exercise in West Bengal so that the State’s ruling party can take “political advantage of a vote bank politics”. This allegation comes at a... Read More

Vehicles lined up at Tuvakudi tollgate on Tiruchi-Thanjavur National Highway on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: R. VENGADESH Traffic congestion lasting 30 minutes was reported at Tuvakkudi tollgate on Tiruchi–Thanjavur National Highway on Tuesday evening, as several hundred people returned to their workplaces after Deepavali holidays. Cars, buses, and two-wheelers queued up several hundred metres, particularly... Read More

The stalls of firecrackers look empty while the area was stagnated with rain water at VRC Grounds in Nellore on Monday. | Photo Credit: HANDOUT Continuous rains across South Coastal Andhra Pradesh (SCAP) since Sunday have dampened the festive spirit of middle-class youth and children, who eagerly await burning firecrackers during Deepavali. Last-minute buyers were... Read More

Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and Kalaburagi in-charge Priyank Kharge. File Photo: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Launching a counter-attack at BJP MP B.Y. Raghavendra, who accused the Congress Ministers of “extorting” officials in Karnataka to raise funds for Congress campaign in the Bihar polls, IT/BT and RDPR Minister Priyank Kharge on Tuesday shared an old... Read More

Rain waterlogging at Kalaignar nagar in Mandapam in Ramanathapuram district on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: L. BALACHANDAR Rainfall was heavy in Rameswaram island with Thangachimadam recording 170 mm of rain. Mandapam recorded 153 mm and Pamban 113.40 mm. As it was a steady drizzle, water flowed away easily, and no flooding was reported in Ramanathaswamy... Read More

BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao speaking to a doctor at Ibrahim Nagar Basti Dawakhana in Hyderabad on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement HYDERABAD Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders led by working president K.T. Rama Rao and senior leader T. Harish Rao who undertook visits to Basti Dawakhanas in all four zones of Greater... Read More

Justice Yashwant Varma. | Photo Credit: File The Lok Sabha Speaker has appointed advocate Karan Umesh Salvi as a consultant to assist the committee constituted under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, to probe corruption charges against Justice Yashwant Varma, currently serving at the Allahabad High Court. The notification of Mr. Salvi’s appointment was issued on... Read More