Bengaluru: The road to muzrai temples in Karnataka runs through Shakti scheme, one of the flagship guarantee schemes of Congress govt that allows women to travel on no-frills KSRTC buses free.What was initially launched as free bus travel has slowly taken shades of temple tourism, with women passengers particularly visiting temples of goddesses in large…
Hyderabad: Telangana will become the first state to provide both breakfast and mid-day meals to Intermediate (govt and aided junior college) students in the country when chief minister A Revanth Reddy launches the scheme on June 12.Several states are implementing either breakfast or mid-day meals for school students, and Andhra Pradesh has extended the mid-day…
Dwaipayan GhoshKolkata: Inspector Gautam Das, who was removed from the post of Kalighat OC on May 2 and suspended for posting a now-deleted photograph of himself in uniform on social media aiming an INSAS assault rifle, will now be posted in the chief minister’s Office at Nabanna. Lalbazar revoked his suspension on May 11 and…
Jaipur: With Rajasthan in the grip of a severe heatwave during the ongoing Nautapa period, Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma Wednesday urged residents to put health and safety first and follow official advisories.He also asked people to cooperate with census workers visiting homes across the state and “receive them respectfully” as they continue their duties…
Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi NEW DELHI: Congress on Wednesday slammed the Supreme Court judgment on SIR for not mentioning a clutch of “major flaws and contradictions” in EC’s process that, it said, has “deprived crores of citizens” of voting rights. It said the judicial challenge by political parties and civil society pertained to flaws on…
Two months into office, Nepal’s Gen Z icon and Prime Minister Balendra Shah, popularly known as Balen, is already facing questions over whether his ambitious reform agenda is slipping behind schedule, with a government tracker showing multiple key promises marked “overdue” and early signs of political and administrative strain emerging inside his administration.The pressure has…
Akshay Kumar’s horror comedy ‘Bhooth Bangla’, which reunited him with director Priyadarshan, has been a solid box office hit, collecting Rs 175 crores nett in India and Rs 240 crores globally. The film is now likely heading to Netflix on June 12, though an official confirmation is still awaited. Akshay Kumar has been enjoying a…
India’s intelligence system is often imagined through Bollywood-style spy thrillers, covert operations and high-risk missions. But the real process of entering agencies such as the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) or Intelligence Bureau (IB) is far less dramatic. Unlike regular government jobs, intelligence agencies rarely advertise operational positions openly. Recruitment mostly happens through deputation from…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Screengrab) Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi produced one of the most breathtaking innings ever seen in an IPL knockout match, but the teenager’s emotional reaction after falling three runs short of a historic century showed just how much the moment meant to him. Representing Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2026 Eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad in…
Chaitanya.MarpakwarMumbai: While Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday claimed that the BMC improvements committee referred back proposals on the SevenHills Hospitals, blood banks and land use plans after he made allegations, his party’s MLC Milind Narvekar thanked CM Devendra Fadnavis for getting the proposals deferred. Narvekar said he had called CM Devendra Fadnavis…
