India has secured the release of a national who was kidnapped in Libya, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj announced on Tuesday evening. Ramamurthy Kosanam, hailing from Andhra Pradesh, is currently with the Indian diplomatic officials in Libya and is likely to return home soon. “We have rescued Dr. Ramamurthy Kosanam in Libya. Dr. Kosanam has suffered a bullet injury. We […]
» Read moreThe AP government is rolling out a red carpet for Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao who is coming down to Tirumala on Tuesday on a thanksgiving visit to the temple town. KCR would offer Rs 5 crore worth gold jewellery to Lord Venkateswara on Wednesday morning as part of a vow he made before separate Telangana was carved out. […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged the United States to develop a “reflective, balanced and farsighted perspective on movement of skilled professionals.” Mr. Modi’s comments come in the backdrop of proposals in the US for restrictions on short-term work visas for foreign skilled professionals. The Prime Minister’s Office in a statement said a bi-partisan delegation of 26 members of […]
» Read moreThe DMK has decided to move a no-confidence motion against Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P. Dhanapal for his ”faulty conduct of the House proceedings” on Saturday when Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami sought the confidence of the House. DMK working president and Leader of the Opposition in the legislature M.K. Stalin told journalists at the Secretariat on Tuesday that a […]
» Read moreA 52-year-old woman died and nine persons, including two children, were injured after a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus caught fire in Nelamangala during the early hours of Tuesday. According to KSRTC sources, the bus plying between Sringeri and Bengaluru caught fire when it reached Nelamangala around 12.30 a.m. on Tuesday. “The bus was heading towards Bengaluru,” said […]
» Read moreThe Madras High Court has agreed to hear on Tuesday a petition challenging the trust vote won by the Edappadi K. Palaniswami government of Tamil Nadu. On Saturday, Speaker Dhanapal declared that the AIADMK government had won the Motion of Confidence with 122 votes polled in favour, after the DMK members were evicted and the Congress and IUML MLAs walked […]
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