India summons Lankan envoy, lodges ‘strong protest’ over firing on Indian fishermen
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) India on Tuesday summoned the Sri Lankan envoy in New Delhi to lodge a strong protest over an incident of firing by the Sri Lankan Navy during the apprehension of 13 Indian fishermen in the proximity of Delft Island, earlier in the day. Acting High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to […]
Search on for Hyderabad youth missing after fire on boats in Hussain Sagar lake
Hyderabad, Jan 27 (IANS) Search was on for a youth who went missing after Sunday night’s fire on two boats in Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad. Four persons sustained injuries when fireworks were set off from two boats in the lake as part of the ‘Bharat Mata Maha Harati’ programme at People’s Plaza on Necklace […]
Telangana BJP MP approaches HC to quash FIR for slapping a man
Hyderabad, Jan 27 (IANS) BJP MP Eatala Rajender on Monday approached the Telangana High Court to quash the First Information Report (FIR) registered against him for slapping a real estate broker. The Lok Sabha member from Malkajgiri filed a petition in the High Court, seeking orders to quash the FIR booked last week at Pocharam […]
Telangana: TGSRTC employees’ unions serve strike notice
Hyderabad, Jan 27 (IANS) The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) employees on Monday served strike notice on the management, demanding implementation of the assurances. Leaders of the RTC Joint Action Committee (JAC) comprising various employees’ unions presented a memorandum on 21 demands. They said if the demands were not met, they would go on […]
War of words between Telangana Congress, BJP leaders over Padma awards
Hyderabad, Jan 27 (IANS) A war of words has erupted between leaders of Congress and BJP in Telangana following the displeasure expressed by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy over the Centre denying Padma awards to prominent personalities recommended by the state government. After Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay on Monday said that […]
Kejriwal should quit over Ambedkar statue desecration in Punjab: BJP
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Accusing Arvind Kejriwal of being “anti-Dalit”, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Monday that the former Delhi Chief Minister should go to Punjab and bow down and apologise for the desecration of Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar Sthal and resign from his post of the legislator and AAP’s national […]
Delhi polls: Security plans, voter awareness, expenditure monitoring discussed at election meeting
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), R. Alice Vaz, held a high-level meeting on Monday to review the preparedness for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections, scheduled for February 5. The meeting’s objective was to ensure a smooth and orderly electoral process. The focus was on key aspects such as law and […]
‘Not just infrastructure project, but vision for sustainable future’: Meghalaya CM on Tura water supply scheme
Shillong, Jan 27 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Monday laid the foundation stone for the Greater Tura Urban Water Supply Scheme, saying it is not an infrastructure project but a vision for a sustainable future for the area. “Tura Urban Water Supply Scheme is not just an infrastructure project but a vision […]
Assam is positioning itself as global hub of Semiconductor: CM Sarma
Guwahati, Jan 27 (IANS) Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday asserted that Assam is poised to come up as a semiconductor hub and an electronic city will be established in Jagiroad in the Morigaon district. Taking to X, Sarma wrote, “Assam is positioning itself as a global hub of semiconductors and an electronic city […]
Overnight temperature drops to minus 44.4 degrees celsius in western Mongolia
Ulan Bator, Jan 27 (IANS) Temperatures plunged to minus 44.4 degrees celsius in Otgon soum, an administrative subdivision of Zavkhan province in western Mongolia, during the overnight hours from Saturday to Sunday, the country’s National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring said Monday. This is the coldest temperature recorded in Mongolia so far this winter, […]
