Bengaluru: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Karnataka has outlined a plan to reach out to over 29,000 villages in Karnataka ahead of the inauguration of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya on January 22, 2024. Tippeswamy, RSS Kshetra Karyanirvahak, on Thursday said that the organisation has planned to carry out a Sampark Abhiyaan between January 1 and […]
Month: December 2023
Petrol, diesel prices may soon drop – Know rates in Hyderabad, other cities
Hyderabad: Ahead of the general elections scheduled for 2024, the union government is exploring the option of reducing petrol and diesel prices in all Indian districts and cities, including Hyderabad. Quoting government sources, Business Today TV reported that the government may cut petrol and diesel prices by Rs 4-6 per liter. However, a higher reduction of […]
Blast near Israel embassy: Police record statements of ‘witnesses’
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Thursday recorded the statements of some people who claimed to have heard the explosion near the Israeli embassy, an official said. Police have also prepared a list of people who were seen near the spot just before the low-intensity blast occurred on Tuesday with the help of footage taken from CCTV […]
BengaluruArchibishop asks PM Modi to address hate speeches, attacks on churches
Bengaluru: Appreciating Prime Minister Narendra Modi for interacting with members of the Christian community at his residence on Christmas, Archbishop of Bengaluru Peter Machado on Thursday sought his intervention to address concerns such as hate speeches, attacks on Churches, and the promulgation of anti-conversion law, among others. “The Christian Community, while thanking the Prime Minister who […]
Delhi Minister Orders Genome Sequencing For All Covid Cases To Detect JN.1 Variant
New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj today said he has reiterated directions for carrying out genome sequencing of positive cases so that cases of JN.1 variant can be confirmed. Talking to Press Trust of India, he said the government has ramped up Covid testing, with 636 tests conducted on Wednesday. Mr Bharadwaj had on Wednesday […]
Reliance Jio’s “BharatGPT” To Rival ChatGPT
The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Reliance Jio are working to develop an Artificial Intelligence platform “Bharat GPT”, announced Akash Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Jio Infocomm. At IIT-B’s Techfest on Wednesday, Mr Ambani said: “We have been working on a project with IIT Bombay to launch the Bharat GPT programme. We are working […]
7 airports including Delhi and Jaipur receive bomb threat
Jaipur: Over half-a-dozen airport directors, including those in Delhi and Jaipur, have received emails threatening to bomb the airport and planes. Sources said that an email came at around 10:23 pm on Wednesday night in which it was claimed that Delhi, Jaipur, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Chennai and Ahmedabad airports would be bombed. There was a stir […]
Hyderabad ranks second in India’s expensive housing markets, Knight Frank report reveals
Hyderabad: Hyderabad has secured the spot as the second most expensive residential market in the country, according to Knight Frank India’s proprietary Affordability Index. The city maintained an unchanged affordability index of 30 per cent for both 2022 and 2023, despite a significant surge of 11 per cent in home prices during the last year. The Affordability […]
Praja Palana program begins in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Around 600 counters began accepting applications for various government schemes on Thursday morning as a part of the Praja Palana initiative. Transport minister Ponnam Prabhakar, Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi, and MLA Danam Nagender kicked off the program in Hyderabad district at the Banjara Hills Ward Office. A single application form catering to five different welfare schemes […]
Hindu & Hindutva are different: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister on Thursday said that Hindu and Hindutva were different. Addressing the 139th Congress Foundation Day at Bharat Jodo auditorium in Bengaluru, the CM said, “Don’t we worship Ram? Haven’t we built Ram Mandirs in our villages? Don’t we carry out Ram Bhajans? “The Hindutva propagated by the BJP is fake. “Not a […]