A file image of West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party president Samik Bhattacharya. | Photo Credit: ANI Extending an olive branch to the minorities of the State, West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party president Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday said that Muslims are the highest number of victims of political violence during the regime of the Trinamool Congress….
Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and others during the inauguration of the State government’s 1,000-day celebration and a programme to distribute title deeds to 1 lakh beneficiaries in Haveri on Saturday. | Photo Credit: PTI Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Saturday said that if the Union government accords requisite permissions for major irrigation projects of…
Nancy Guthrie had been missing less than three days when family members and reporters, and even an Amazon delivery worker, could be seen wandering onto her property, with drops of her blood still staining the front entryway. It’s been nearly two weeks since the 84-year-old mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie was abducted. With no…
Senior IAS officer Arvind Kumar. File | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G The Union government has reportedly granted sanction to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to prosecute senior IAS officer Arvind Kumar in connection with the Formula-E car race case, which involves alleged misappropriation of ₹54.88 crore public funds. However, the police officials are yet to officially…
MEXICO CITY — Members of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Cabinet woke up on Wednesday morning to news that U.S. aviation officials had shut down airspace over El Paso, the Texas city opposite the border metropolis of Ciudad Juárez. Coming just weeks after the closure of airspace over Venezuela cleared the way for the capture of Venezuelan President…
File photo of Chief Minister M.K.Stalin handing over keys for a beneficiary of Kalaignarin Kanavu Illam scheme. | Photo Credit: Bashkaran N The Tamil Nadu government has accorded administrative sanction for ₹3,500 crore for the construction of one lakh more houses under the Kalaignarin Kanavu Illam programme for 2025-26. While ₹1,000 crore would be from the Scheme…
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom told world leaders Friday that President Trump’s retreat from efforts to combat climate change would decimate the U.S. automobile industry and surrender the future economic viability to China and other nations embracing the transition to renewable energy. Newsom, appearing at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, urged diplomats, business leaders and policy…
VB G-RAM G scheme for rural employment has been allocated ₹8.3 crore under the Andhra Budget. The Jal Jeevan Mission for water security received ₹4,000 crore, and the Swachh Bharath Mission ₹1,037 crore. Dr. Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao Vaidya Seva Trust, an initiative for affordable healthcare, has been allocated ₹4,000 crore. The Pradhan Mantri Aayushman Bharat…
Authorities served a search warrant at a home in Tucson on Friday night in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, whom investigators say was kidnapped from her nearby home 13 days ago. A SWAT team converged on a house located about two miles from Guthrie’s Arizona residence and removed two people from inside, law…
Elephant movement in corridors is severely affected as they are degraded by quarrying and development. File. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT Wildlife experts expressed concerns over steep rise in human lives in human-elephant conflict in Odisha with the State losing 171 lives in 2024-25 – highest in the country. According to study conducted by Wildlife…