South India
KOCHI: Senior Congress leader and MP, K V Thomas has put his party in an embarrassing position by lavishing praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The praise that came at a time when his reinvigorated party president Rahul Gandhi is taking on the saffron party leader has raised eye brows in the Congress circles.
BANGALORE: At a time when the political temperature in Karnataka is soaring and the Lingayat issue is adding on to the heat, Siddalinga Swami, the junior pontiff of the influential Lingayat - Siddaganga mutt, clarified that "the mutt only blesses politicians for their future endeavours and does not make any attempt to influence the voters."
BANGALORE: The mercury continues to rise in Karnataka, literally and figuratively, as the date of assembly election is just 3 weeks away, and today is the last day for filing nomination papers for the 224 seat assembly. The last date for withdrawal of nomination is 27th April and the voting will be conducted on May 12.
BANGALORE: The number of candidates with criminal cases entering the poll fray in the State is witnessing a steady increase over the years. According to an analysis of 498 candidates fielded by the three major political parties in the state by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), 95 candidates with criminal cases pending against them have been re-nominated to contest the Assembly election on May 12.
BANGALORE: Luring the electorate with promises and trying to swing the mood of the public with high pitched religious and caste based volatile speeches is nothing new in Indian politics, and the same may be said about trading cash for votes, an unscrupulous but rampant practice which the Election Commission has a hard time keeping a check on.
THOOTUKUDI: A happy faces and a secure time to small tea vendors and passengers who are at night time in the premises. A great relief of hoteliers and customers, the Madurai bench of the Madras high court has allowed hoteliers to keep restaurants open between 11pm and 4am going against the law and order problems that the district police had objected to.
CHENNAI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Thursday amid growing political turmoil over the Cauvery water issue and black flag protests by Opposition parties.
Modi, who arrived by a special aircraft from New Delhi, was received at the airport by Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Pon Radhakrishnan, Governor Banwarilal Purohit, Chief Minister E. Palaniswami,
CHENNAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was greeted with black flags and black balloons upon his arrival in Chennai on Thursday. The protestors, who have been expressing their rage against the Centre for not constituting the Cauvery Management Board (CMB), reached the airport in Alandur area to protest against the Prime Minister's arrival to the city.
VIJAYAWADA : In a shocking incident, a physically challenged Dalit woman was gang raped in Vijayanagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, police said on Monday. An auto-rickshaw driver and his two accomplices allegedly raped the 21-year-old, in Phool Bagh area of Vijayanagaram town late on Sunday night.
AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday will launch a Hero Motors plant project in Chittoor district, giving a major boost to employment in AP. According to District Collector P.S. Pradyumna, the chief minister after participating in the ground breaking ceremony at Madannapalem village where the project will be coming up, will also address a meeting at the village.
HYDERABAD : Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday condemned attacks on Dalits during nationwide protests the previous day. He said the entire country should stand by the Dalits, who have been economically, socially and politically suppressed for generations.
HYDERABAD : The CBI on Tuesday said it has registered a case against a private company and eight others including directors and unknown public servants for cheating the State Bank of India (SBI) to the tune of Rs 65 crore, given out as loans which have since turned bad.