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CSR gives platform to spread content in local dialect: Anurag Thakur

Chennai: Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur on Tuesday, February 13, said that Community Radio Station (CRS) provide the much needed platform to disseminate content…
National Film Awards: Indira Gandhi, Nargis Dutt names dropped from categories

New Delhi: The ‘Indira Gandhi Award for best debut film’ and the ‘Nargis Dutt Award for best feature film on national integration’ have been retitled with the names of the late prime…

Oracle logs 50% growth in cloud consumption in India, unveils new capabilities

New Delhi: Oracle on Tuesday said that it clocked 50 per cent growth (year-on-year) in cloud consumption in India in the second quarter of FY24, as Cloud@Customer offering grew 380 per cent…
Hyderabad: Shamirpet Tahsildar caught while taking Rs 10 lakh bribe

Hyderabad: Anti-Corruption Bureau officials on Tuesday, February 13, caught a Tahsildar along with his driver P Bhadri, in Shamirpet Mandal of Medchal Malkajgiri District while taking a bribe of Rs 10 lakh. …
Muslim bodies object to compulsory Surya Namaskar in Rajasthan schools

A petition has been filed by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind in the Rajasthan High Court seeking a refrain from the compulsory practice of Surya Namaskar in schools, a recent move by the newly…
Experts question Manipur CM’s idea to deport those ‘who came after 1961’

Imphal: A day after Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh said those who entered and settled in the state after 1961 would be identified and deported, experts on Tuesday raised doubts over…
Telangana CM Revanth to give appointment letters to 15,750 constables

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy will hand over appointment letters to 15,750 police constables at 4 pm on February 14 at LB Stadium. These 15,750 candidates were selected during the recruitment drive…

Dubai’s oldest Indian family and its tryst with temples for decades

Dubai: Amidst the excitement of a massive new temple in Abu Dhabi reverberates in the air, an Indian family living here for over 100 years, recalling its tryst with temples in Dubai…
Uttarakhand roads to be like those in US by end of 2024: Gadkari

Dehradun: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said the Centre is going to spend Rs 2 lakh crore on road infrastructure in Uttarakhand and its roads will be…
Mamata condemns ‘assault’ on protesting farmers in Haryana

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday condemned the firing of tear gas shells at protesting farmers in Haryana, dubbing it as “BJP’s brutal assault” on cultivators. The Haryana Police…
ED seizes Rs 31 lakh cash during searches in Karnataka, AP

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said it has seized “unaccounted” cash worth Rs 31 lakh during searches at multiple locations in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in connection with a…
Sandeshkhali violence: TMC slams BJP for attempt to create communal divide

Kolkata: Launching a scathing attack on Union Minister Smriti Irani for her remarks “genocide of Hindus” in Bengal, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leadership accused the BJP of attempting to divide the state on…
High population is Assam’s disease: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday asserted in the Assembly that high population is a “disease” for the state, which impacts its performance in various parameters. He also maintained…
Siddaramaiah announces Rs 50 lakh cash prize for Rohan Bopanna

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday congratulated ace tennis player Rohan Bopanna for winning the men’s doubles Australian Open title and announced a prize of Rs 50 lakh. He felicitated Bopanna…
Ration scam: ED conducts fresh raids at multiple locations in Kolkata

Kolkata: Teams of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) began raids at multiple locations in the metropolis on Tuesday morning in connection with its ongoing probe into the multi-crore ration scam in West Bengal, a…