New Delhi: In a dramatic turn of events early this morning, the Andhra Pradesh State CID Police arrested Telugu Desam Party National President and former Andhra Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in Nandyal in connection with an alleged Rs. 550 crore Skill Development scam. Naidu has been named as the accused number 1 in the…
G20 Summit: World leaders land in Delhi
September 8, 2023New Delhi: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and US President Joe Biden will be among the first world leaders to land in New Delhi today to attend the two-day mega Group of 20 or G20 Summit 2023 beginning on Sept. 9. Flights carrying VVIPs have started landing in Delhi from 7 pm yesterday. Officials aware…
CM calls on Union Transport Minister
August 4, 2023Gadkari assures Siddu to send team to address Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway problems Bengaluru: With frequent accidents taking its toll on the newly-built Access-controlled Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has assured Karnataka Chief Minister Siddharamaiah of sending a team to rectify the flaws and address other issues concerning the Expressway. Gadkari…
CM meets PM
August 3, 2023Siddharamaiah in Delhi, urges Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to facilitate IAF Air Show during Dasara-2023 New Delhi: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Parliament Complex here this morning. This is Siddharamaiah’s first meeting with the PM since becoming the Chief Minister of Karnataka in May. The CM felicitated the PM with…
Congress plans to take MLAs to TN
May 13, 2023New Delhi: The Congress, within touching distance of victory in Karnataka, started ring-fencing its MLAs as it crossed the halfway mark in leads early today. The Congress triggered the race to power and party sources said the top leaders have planned to take its MLAs to Tamil Nadu (TN) and is in touch with the…
EPFO marginally raises PF interest rate to 8.15 percent
March 29, 2023New Delhi: The Central Board of Trustees of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Tuesday recommended 8.15 percent interest for this financial year, compared to 8.1 percent paid to its six crore active subscribers last year. The rate proposed by the Board, headed by Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav, will leave a surplus of Rs….
PM Modi to release Tiger Census statistics in Mysuru on Apr. 9
March 25, 2023Three-day mega event to showcase Centre’s big cat conservation efforts New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a three-day mega event on Apr. 9 in Mysuru to mark the completion of 50 years of Project Tiger and showcase India’s tiger conservation success globally. According to reports from New Delhi, the PM will also release…
A day after conviction: Rahul Gandhi as MP disqualified
March 24, 2023New Delhi: The Parliament this noon disqualified Opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi as an MP a day after a Surat Court found him guilty of defamation and sentenced him to two years in prison, according to a Parliament notice. Rahul Gandhi, 52, was convicted yesterday for a 2019 speech in Kolar, Karnataka, where he…
Union Territory, autonomous status for Kodagu: CNC to hold protest in New Delhi on Nov. 1
October 30, 2022Madikeri: Seeking fulfilment of its demands which chiefly included declaration of Kodagu as a Union Territory or formation of the Second States Reorganisation Commission for restoring Coorg State as a Part-C State of India, which existed from 1950 to 1956, the Codava National Council (CNC) will stage a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi…
Mallikarjun Kharge elected as new Congress Chief
October 20, 2022To assume office on Oct.2 New Delhi: Amid the daunting task of reversing its electoral slide which began with the defeat in the 2014 LS polls, the Congress on Wednesday elected veteran Party leader from Karnataka Mallikarjun Kharge, a first from non-Gandhi family, to head the 137-year-old party in 22 years. Kharge succeeds long-time Party…
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