Tripura minister says trade with Bangladesh normal

The fall of the Sheikh Hasina government and subsequent unrest in Bangladesh did not have repercussions on the export and import trade with Bangladesh through check posts in northeast India. Fish is one major item that is imported to Tripura and neighbouring states. Tripura’s fisheries minister, Sudhanshu Das, informed that fish consignments are regularly coming…

A.P. CM assures support to a widow in Nellorepalem

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu along with Endowments Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy with the family of  Ch. Susmita, a tribal woman, at Nellorepalem village in Atmakur mandal of SPSR Nellore district on Thursday. Ahead of meeting at Narampet, Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu visited Nellorepalem village in Atmakur mandal in SPSR Nellore district to distribute…

Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan moots ‘war room’ for monitoring drinking water supply

Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan during a meeting organised with the MGNREGS workers, near Mangalagiri on Thursday. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Panchayat Raj & Rural Development (PR&RD) K. Pawan Kalyan has instructed officials to set up ‘drinking water war rooms’ in the Rural…

Minister inaugurates government exhibition in Coimbatore

Minister for Information and Publicity M.P. Saminathan visiting a stall after inaugurating the government exhibition on VOC Park grounds in Coimbatore city on Thursday. | Photo Credit: M. PERIASAMY The annual government exhibition at VOC Grounds featuring stalls put up by government departments and undertakings was inaugurated on Thursday by Minister for Tamil Development, and…

DKS warns BJP against disrupting rallies

D.K. Shivakumar, Deputy Chief Minister and KPCC president, warned the BJP against disruption of its rallies and events. “In a democracy, everyone has a right to protest. But the BJP is resorting to cheap tactics like infiltrating our party rallies and raising insulting slogans. If the BJP does not mend its ways, we will give…

Indians and Pakistanis at Attari border: The people who bear the weight of a divided history

Ripples of rising hostility between India and Pakistan after the recent terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam are strikingly noticeable at Attari-Wagah, the international border between the two countries. Anguish, dismay, uncertainty, and resilience are all palpable in Punjab’s Amritsar and its border villages, even as tensions between the nuclear-armed nations and temperatures of…

Syrian Druze leader condemns government over sectarian violence | News

Syrian Druze leader condemns ‘genocidal campaign’ after dozens killed in clashes south of Damascus. A leader of Syria’s Druze minority has condemned attacks against his community after dozens of people were killed in two days of sectarian clashes south of Damascus. Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri on Thursday denounced the violence in Jaramana and Sahnaya near Damascus…