Amaravati, May 22 (IANS) Telugu Desam Party (TDP) National Working President, Nara Lokesh, on Friday asked the Congress party why it opposed the Constitution Amendment Bill, which would have ensured proportionate increase in parliamentary seats for all states. Lokesh took to ‘X’ to counter senior Congress leader and former Union Minister P. Chidambaram, who had found fault with the TDP leader’s comments on the issue and advised him to do the math again before speaking on delimitation.Last …
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New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The decision of the West Bengal government under Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari to launch a massive crackdown on illegal migrants and infiltrators, is being seen as a necessary and welcome move by India’s national security planners. Though the security agencies welcome the crackdown on illegal immigrants, they also warn of a push to other states in times to come.The BJP government in West Bengal announced a strict, ‘detect, detain and deport’ protocol. The DGP and…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Residents across Delhi-NCR are likely to endure scorching weather conditions over the next few days as temperatures continue to rise sharply across the region. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted severe heat and dry weather in the region till May 23, with daytime temperatures likely to climb between 42 and 45 degrees Celsius.The weather department has also issued a yellow alert for May 19 and 20, cautioning people about possible heatwave conditions an…
Bengaluru, May 16 (IANS) Kempegowda International Airport (BLR Airport) in Bengaluru has crossed the milestone of handling 400 million passengers since its opening, while recording strong growth in passenger traffic and cargo operations during the financial year 2025–26, according to Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), as stated by the Chief Ministers’ Office (CMO) on Saturday. The achievements and performance highlights were reviewed during the 134th Board Meeting of BIAL, chaired…
Bengaluru, May 15 (IANS) Considering the growing human-wildlife conflict in Karnataka’s Malnad region, which has become a major cause of concern due to frequent encounters with wild animals creating fear among the local population, authorities have now initiated action to relocate gaurs that pose an increasing threat, officials confirmed on Friday. The operation is considered the first of its kind in South India.The state government and the forest department have launched a first-of-its-kind o…
Chitradurga (Karnataka), May 9 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday hailed former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s five-decade political journey, describing him as a leader who carved his own path through struggle, ideology and commitment to public service.Addressing the ‘Abhimanotsava’ event organised in Chitradurga in central Karnataka to felicitate Yediyurappa for completing 50 years in public life, Home Minister Shah said the veteran BJP leader’s political career…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 5 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union Minister, V. Muraleedharan, on Tuesday described his victory from the Kazhakkoottam Assembly constituency as an endorsement of “pro-people policies” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after defeating the CPI(M) leader and Minister Kadakampally Surendran by a narrow margin of 428 votes.Speaking to IANS, Muraleedharan said that his win marked a significant shift in Kerala’s political landscape, where the BJP-led ND…
Mumbai, May 4 (IANS) Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Harshwardhan Sapkal said on Monday that in the Assembly elections held across five states, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) employed tactics of persuasion, inducement, coercion and division, but the people of South India have rejected the BJP’s toxic, divisive and nation-fragmenting ideology, as well as the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Reacting to the Assembly election results, Sapkal said that in West Bengal, t…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Islamic State, which has managed to capture a large audience in the country, especially in South India, has been urging its recruits online to set trains on fire. In addition to burning down trains filled with passengers, it has also been urging its supporters to carry out knife attacks on busy streets.An official said that this plan was in fact set in motion in 2023. In the March 2023 edition of the Islamic State’s magazine, Voice of Khorasan, an article appeare…
Hyderabad, April 19 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Labour & Employment, Shobha Karandlaje, on Sunday accused the Congress and the INDIA bloc of not only betraying the women of the country but also the entire South India.Addressing a press conference here, she said that April 17 will go down in the history of Indian women as a dark day.She claimed that the NDA government had introduced the Delimitation Bill — alongside the 33 per cent reservation B…