- India
West Bengal polls: BJP eyes gains in five assembly seats
New Delhi: Stakes are high for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the upcoming polls to five assemblies, with West Bengal being the major test case for the saffron party. In the 2021…
- India
10 dead, 11 injured in SCB Medical College ICU fire: Odisha CM
Bhubaneswar: At least ten patients were killed after a major fire erupted in an ICU in Odisha government-run SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack in the wee hours of Monday, March…
- India
West Bengal: Ahead of polls, EC orders appointment new chief secretary
New Delhi: The Election Commission has ordered the appointment of Dushyant Nariala as the new chief secretary of West Bengal which goes to assembly polls in two phases next month. Till now…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra CM to unveil Potti Sriramulu statue in Amaravati on Mar 16
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will unveil a statue of freedom fighter Potti Sriramulu in Amaravati on the occasion of the leader’s 125th birth anniversary on Monday. The CM…
- India
NHAI hikes FASTag annual pass price to Rs 3,075
New Delhi: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Sunday said it has increased the rate of its annual pass by Rs 75 to Rs 3,075 for the next 2026-27 financial…
- Andhra Pradesh
Drug consumption: TDP seeks explanation from Eluru MP Putta Mahesh Kumar
Amaravati: The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Sunday sought a detailed explanation from its Eluru Lok Sabha member Putta Mahesh Kumar over allegations that he consumed drugs at a farmhouse in Hyderabad.…
- India
LPG crisis: Varanasi temple ‘offered’ PNG connection as prasad affected
Varanasi: A day after the distribution of prasad at the Annapurna temple in Varanasi was affected due to a shortage of LPG cylinders, the district administration on Sunday, March 15, surveyed the…
- News
From viral video to fatal crash: Sedan hits wall at 150 kmph, 2 die
Jetpur: The thrill for speed and obsession with social media popularity turned fatal when the sedan driven by a 20-year-old man, purportedly at a speed of 150 km/hour, crashed into the wall…
- India
Hours before poll announcement, Mamata hikes honorarium for purohits, muezzins
Kolkata: Hours before the scheduled announcement of assembly polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday, March 15, announced an increase of Rs 500 in the monthly honorarium for purohits and…
- Business
Air India finds large-scale misuse of staff travel policy, begins action
New Delhi/Mumbai: Air India has detected large-scale discrepancies in the utilisation of its leisure travel policy, involving more than 4,000 employees and has initiated corrective actions, including imposing penalties on the erring…
- India
Bangladeshi held in Bengal for aiding killers of Sharif Osman Hadi to escape
Kolkata: The West Bengal Police’s STF arrested a Bangladeshi for allegedly helping the suspected killers of Sharif Osman Hadi, a youth leader from the neighbouring country, flee to India after committing the…
- Hyderabad
Telangana Assembly budget session set for showdown between BRS, Congress
Hyderabad: The budget session of Telangana Assembly beginning on Monday is expected to witness heated debates on the implementation of the Congress government’s election promises and welfare programmes, the proposed Musi river…
- India
EC to announce assembly poll dates on Sunday evening
New Delhi: The Election Commission will announce the dates for the Assembly polls on the evening of Sunday, March 15. Polls are due in West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Puducherry.…
- India
SP backs Oppn move to remove CEC Gyanesh Kumar, says Akhilesh
Mumbai: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has said his party supports the demand to remove Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, alleging that he was indulging in “dishonesty”. Opposition MPs have submitted…
- India
TN: Over 20 students injured as goods train hits college bus near Karur
Karur: Over 20 students of a private engineering college were injured after the bus they were travelling in was hit by a goods train in Karur on Saturday, March 14, police said.…
