NEW DELHI : India is set to embark on an ambitious journey to rival the road infrastructure of the US within the next five years, according to Shri Nitin Gadkari, the Minister of Road Transport and Highways. The minister, determined to enhance road safety and efficiency, outlined the nation’s goals in a recent interview published […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala’s capital city turned into a political war zone as Youth Congress leaders entered a major confrontation with the police amid allegations of the latter targetting them, on Wednesday. The youth body of the Congress had embarked on a march to the Kerala Secretariat which eventually led to several police personnel and party workers […]
NEW DELHI: In a major relief to the Kerala government which is reeling under enormous financial stress, the Union Finance Ministry decided to allocate Rs 3,140 crore to the state, on Friday. The allocation, through open market borrowing, is being done amid constant confrontations between the central government and the state government for the state of […]
SRIKAKULAM: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy inaugurated the Dr YSR Kidney Research and Super Speciality Hospital at Palasa in Srikalakulam district, on Thurday. The hospital was constructed at a cost of Rs 85 crore. This development is slated to offer a permanent solution to the kidney issues which have affected residents of […]
TADEPALLI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy announced that beneficiaries of the YSR Aarogyasri scheme would be eligible for free medical treatment to Rs 25 lakhs. The decision to implement the scheme was taken at a review meeting held at the Camp Office in Tadepalli on Wednesday. scheme is slated to be implemented from […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Police registered a case against seven Students’ Federation of India (SFI) activists for obstructing and attacking Governor Arif Mohammed Khan’s convoy. The accused activists have been identified as Yedhu Krishnan, Aashique Pradeep, Aashish, Dileep, Aman Ghafoor and Rino Stephen. Dramatic and chaotic scenes unfolded when a group of SFI members attacked the […]
SABARIMALA: The hill shrine of Sabarimala witnessed scenes of chaos and discontent as devotees faced difficulties during their pilgrimage. Poor crowd management and a lack of coordination between various departments, including the police and the Devaswom board responsible for temple management, led to a backlash from devotees. Thousands of worshippers encountered a nightmare as children and […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A state-of-the-art bio-safety level-3 (BSL-3) laboratory under the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) has begun functioning, bringing in a new-age facility for research on viruses with high potential for life-threatening diseases. This is a dedicated modular-type BSL-3 laboratory which was commissioned, after National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (Hyderabad), the Indian Institute of Science […]
HYDERABAD: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy directed government officials to initiate the process of depositing Rythu Bandhu benefits into the accounts of all farmers in the state, prior to which he held a review of the Agriculture department at the state secretariat. The benefits had started being doled out on Monday. Among the reviewers, […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After the stellar success of its history-making Chandrayan-3 lunar mission, ISRO is going full throttle with its plans to send Indian astronauts for the first time on the moon by 2040, according to its chairman S. Somanath. “Looking ahead, ISRO aims to take the next step in space exploration with the Gaganyaan programme, planning […]