Hyderabad: In a landmark announcement, Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy declared that the annual spiritual event Koti Deepotsavam will be officially recognised as a State festival starting next year. The festival, which draws thousands of devotees every year during Kartika Masam, is held at Hyderabad’s NTR Stadium and involves the lighting of thousands of lamps as…
Chandigarh, Nov 8: The political temperature in Punjab has risen sharply ahead of the Tarn Taran Assembly bypoll, scheduled for November 11, as the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) traded accusations over alleged misuse of power and police intimidation. The SAD, led by Sukhbir Singh Badal, accused the ruling AAP…
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 8: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has strongly criticized the inclusion of a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-linked song during the launch of the Ernakulam–Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express, calling it a “dangerous move” and an attempt to infuse ideological propaganda into a government function. The controversy erupted when, during the inaugural ceremony of the…
