Think before casting vote, KTR tells voters in MLC by-election
Hyderabad, 20th May 2024 :K.T. Rama Rao (KTR), a prominent leader from the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the son of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, has urged voters to think carefully before casting their votes in the upcoming MLC by-election for the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Graduates’ constituency. This election is scheduled for May 27, 2024. In […]
Kerala passes ordinance to increase 1,200 new wards
Thiruvananthapuram, May 20 (IANS) A special cabinet meeting here on Monday chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan passed an ordinance to add one new ward in all the local bodies in the state. The ordinance will now be sent to the Governor for his nod. As per this ordinance, the total number of wards will […]
Sex video scandal: CM Siddaramaiah denies political conspiracy in Prajwal Revanna case
Bengaluru, May 20 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Monday that there is no political ill-will or intention to target any political leader on the part of the Congress government in its handling of the alleged sex video scandal involving sitting JD-S MP Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda. […]
PM Modi increased farmer budget to Rs 1,25,000 crore: HM Amit Shah
Karnal, May 20 (IANS) Saying the Modi government has taken strategic steps to accelerate a transformation in the farming sector, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the farmer budget during the Congress government was Rs 22,000 crore but Prime Minister Narendra Modi increased it to Rs 1,25,000 crore in last 10 years. Addressing […]
Iran’s Khamenei approves Mohammad Mokhber as acting President, declares 5-day mourning
Tehran, May 20 (IANS/DPA) Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has named First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber as acting president in the wake of Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash. Khamenei also ordered five days of national mourning for Raisi, the hardliner who had held the presidency since 2021. Khamenei described Raisi as “tireless” […]
Sri Lankan President expresses shock over death of Iranian counterpart, FM
Colombo, May 20 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday said he was deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic death of his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other senior Irani officials in a helicopter crash. In an online statement, Wickremesinghe expressed his deepest sympathies and sincere condolences to the […]
Iran’s cabinet holds new emergency session
Tehran, May 20 (IANS/DPA) The Iranian cabinet has convened for a second emergency meeting in less than 24 hours following the confirmation of the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in a helicopter crash, Iranian media unanimously reported on Monday morning. Iranian Vice President Mohammad Mokhber had already chaired a meeting […]
Bengal CEO gets more complaints from ruling Trinamool than Oppn parties
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) The number of complaints received by the office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) from ruling Trinamool Congress in the first two hours of voting in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls was more than the plaints from Opposition parties. The picture is quite opposite to what it […]
Bihar: Voters throng booths in Madhubani, Sitamarhi and Hajipur LS constituencies
Patna, May 20 (IANS) The voters were seen in long queues at booths in Bihar’s Madhubani, Sitamarhi and Hajipur Lok Sabha constituencies in the fifth phase of polling on Monday. The civil and police administrations are on the toes in these three Lok Sabha constituencies to conduct peaceful polling. In Madhubani, a total of 26 […]
ICMR rejects BHU study on Covaxin, says findings misleading
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has rejected a recent study led by Banaras Hindu University (BHU), which claimed that Covaxin raised the rare risk of stroke, and Guillain-Barre syndrome, among others, and said that the findings are “misleading.” The ICMR has written to the Editor of the New […]
