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…

Four VSP workers hospitalised following gas leak

Four employees of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP), fell consciousness at their workplace (Blast Furnace-1) late on Wednesday night following a gas leak. They were immediately admitted to various hospitals, where their condition was said to be stable as on Thursday. The four employees were identified…