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Rajya Sabha MP Vemireddy resigns from YSRCP over 'personal reasons'

India, Feb. 22 -- Senior YSR Congress Party leader and Rajya Sabha member from Andhra Pradesh, Prabhakar Reddy Vemireddy, on Wednesday resigned from the primary membership of the party and as Nellore ... Read More


Electricity tariff Increased last October to be Removed

Sri Lanka, Feb. 22 -- Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said in Parliament yesterday that the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has agreed to reduce the increased electricity tariff imposed l... Read More


Cotton candy: Pink sugary sweet sets off alarm bells in India

Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- Can cotton candy give you cancer? Some Indian states think so and have banned the sale of the pink, wispy, sugary-sweet treat, the BBC reports. Last week, the southern state of Tam... Read More


Cabinet nod to be sought to suspend parate law

Sri Lanka, Feb. 22 -- State Minister of Finance Dr. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said in Parliament yesterday (21) that measures will be taken to suspend parate execution rights for a specific period with ... Read More


Standard Bank organises virtual training on 'Sustainable Finance'

Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- Standard Bank Learning Center organised a virtual training on 'Sustainable Finance' on Thursday. Md Habibur Rahman, Managing Director and CEO of the bank, inaugurated the training a... Read More


J&K lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha inaugurates Khelo India Winter Games

Srinagar, Feb. 22 -- J&K lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday inaugurated the snow sports event of 4th Khelo India Winter Games at the world-famous ski resort, Gulmarg. Union minister of state... Read More


Huge crowd throngs Telangana's Medaram for India's biggest tribal festival

Hyderabad, Feb. 22 -- Hundreds of thousands of Adivasis from across the country began thronging Medaram - a tiny hamlet in Tadwai forests of Telangana's Mulugu district - for the three-day biennial tr... Read More


MPs can declare assets online under Anti-Corruption Act

Sri Lanka, Feb. 22 -- Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said in Parliament yesterday that MPs and others will be able to declare their assets and liabilities through online methods in the fut... Read More


"New low in appeasement politics": Union Minister shreds Congress over Karnataka temple tax

New Delhi, Feb. 22 -- Coming down heavily on Rahul Gandhi after the Congress-ruled Karnataka on Thursday passed the contentious Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Bill 20... Read More


Cabinet hikes sugarcane prices for 2024-25 by 8%

India, Feb. 22 -- The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved a hike in prices for sugarcane, known as fair and remunerative price (FRP), payable by millers to ca... Read More