Chennai, July 11 (IANS) Actors Kamal Haasan, Chiranjeevi and producer Boney Kapoor joined scores of people cutting across regions and languages in paying tribute to one of India’s greatest singers S Janaki, who passed away in Mysuru on Saturday after suffering a cardiac arrest. She was 88.Telugu Megastar Chiranjeevi penned a glorious tribute to singer S Janaki. Taking to his X timeline, he wrote in Telugu, “The news of Janakamma garu’s passing has left me deeply shaken.”Stating that in his film …
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New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The nature of radicalisation in South India is undergoing a significant shift, with security agencies increasingly concerned about individuals and small groups propagating extremist ideologies without any formal links to terror organisations.This emerging pattern has left the security agencies worried, and individuals or smaller groups running radicalisation networks are hard to track.Recent investigations by various agencies and the raids that have taken place in the s…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Households in India’s South region showed the highest multi‑service digital financial services adoption at over 70 per cent, while stark regional differences in access, trust and usage metrics pointed to a need for products that match irregular incomes, a report said on Wednesday.The report from PwC India and Dvara Research Foundation found that combining digital channels with physical touchpoints — a “phygital” model — produces the strongest enrolment and su…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Terror groups operating in India have adopted a two-pronged strategy, using both radicalisation and financial incentives to recruit and lure young people into their networks.Officials say there is a clear regional divide in the way these groups operate. While Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) has largely focused on facilitating terror operations in northern India, the southern states have increasingly emerged as centres for radicalisation, where recruitment a…
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT) has been vigorously pursuing its activities, with the prime focus being on South India and its digital footprint increasing, even as Indian agencies are probing the encrypted messages shared between the cadres of this outfit.The Indian agencies that have been probing the financial trail have learned that funds are being pumped in large numbers from several nations abroad.An Intelligence Bureau official said that the revival of the HuT is extreme…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) There is a varied difference in the way terror operations are conducted in North and South India. In the North of India, the ISI makes an aggressive push to launch multiple attacks at important locations. However, in South India, the push is a soft one. The ISI has maintained this style, with the sole focus being on radicalisation and demographic changes. Two key states that the ISI has focused on are Tamil Nadu and Kerala in South India. The Intelligence agencies have o…
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 …
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…