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Despite the open posturing of Palaniswami that no politics, meaning alliance issues, were discussed, BJP sources in the State said that they were happy with the outcome of the talks the Chief Minister had with their national leaders in Delhi. (Photo:PTI)

Tamil Nadu govt enhances retirement age of its employees to 60 years

The gesture came into immediate effect and the government came out with an order (GO) to give effect to the chief...

25 Feb 2021 2:40 PM IST

West Bengal state Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, pillion rides on an electric two wheeler driven by Mayor of Kolkata Firhad Hakim symbolizing a protest against repeated fuel and cooking gas price hike in Kolkata, India, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (AP)

Mamata rides pillion on electric scooter to protest fuel price hike

Banerjee was seen sitting behind state minister Firhad Hakim, who rode the battery-powered electric scooter

25 Feb 2021 2:22 PM IST

A health worker collects a swab sample from a man to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a primary health centre in Hyderabad on February 22, 2021, as Indias coronavirus cases passed 11 million. (AFP)

Resume daily Covid bulletin from tomorrow: HC chides TS govt

The Bench expressed concern over the huge public gatherings and congregations, which have been witnessed in the state

25 Feb 2021 4:47 AM IST

As the Union ministry of health and family welfare issued fresh SOPs recently, the state health authorities communicated that the same be strictly followed at all workplaces. (Representational Photo: PTI)

Amid fear of rise in Covid cases, AP issues fresh SOP

The SOPs specify about maintenance of a 6 feet distance in public places, use of face masks, practice frequent...

25 Feb 2021 4:16 AM IST

Telangana High Court dismissed the pleas of Karvy Stock Broking Ltd. (PTI Photo)

Telangana HC restrains public at large to access University of...

While hearing the appeal of University, the Division Bench pulled up the GHMC on how it could it lay a coal tar road in...

25 Feb 2021 1:00 AM IST

Soon after President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the worlds largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad, which will now be known as Narendra Modi stadium, social media was flooded with remarks, including by some leaders of the Congress and other opposition parties who alleged that the renaming exercise amounted to an insult to Sardar Patel. (AFP)

Narendra Modi stadium in Gujarat faces Opposition ire

J P Nadda said that naming the world's largest stadium after Prime Minister Modi is a 'humble attempt to honour his...

25 Feb 2021 12:16 AM IST

Paramedical staff screen Indians after they arrive at New Delhi airport from Chinas coronavirus-hit city of Wuhan on Sunday. India airlifted the second batch of 323 Indians on Sunday from Wuhan. PTI

'Delhi to ask for COVID-19 negative report from travellers from 5...

People travelling in flights, trains and buses from these states will have to produce negative test report before...

24 Feb 2021 12:02 PM IST

Chief minister Y. S Jagan Mohan Reddy is being felicitated by his ministerial colleagues before the cabinet meeting at State Secretariat (DC)

AP cabinet approves welfare scheme for EBC women

The state cabinet has also decided to allocate five per cent of land in private layouts for the poor

24 Feb 2021 8:41 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, center, stands with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, right, after his arrival in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, February 23, 2021. Khan arrived in Sri Lanka for a two day official visit. (AP/Eranga Jayawardena)

India allows Pak Prime Minister overflight plan

The external affairs ministry in New Delhi did not issue any comment on the permission that was reportedly granted

24 Feb 2021 4:15 AM IST

The nearly one-and-a-half decades struggle of farmers under Kakinada Special Economic Zone (KSEZ) fructified with the state cabinet on Tuesday deciding to return around 2,180 acres of land in the zone to farmers who have refused to take any compensation. (Representational Image/DC)

AP returns 2,180 acres SEZ land to farmers

During his padayatra when he was the opposition leader, Jagan had visited the KSEZ area and promised to sort out the...

24 Feb 2021 12:07 AM IST

Leaders from various political parties take part in Paadayatra during a protest against the central governments move to privatize the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant near Asilmetta junction in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. (DC Image/P Narasimha Murthy)

AP Cabinet to pass resolution in assembly against RINL privatization

An MPs' team was also sent to New Delhi to meet Central leaders and apprise them of the situation

24 Feb 2021 12:00 AM IST

Disha Ravi, climate activist (Twitter@Tejinder42)

Toolkit case: Delhi court grants bail to Disha Ravi, terms evidence as...

'Freedom of speech and expression includes right to seek a global audience with no geographical barriers on...

23 Feb 2021 10:49 PM IST