HYDERABAD: TRS Supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao took the oath in Telugu for the chief minister of Telangana. After KCR, Mahmood Ali took the oath in Urdu as deputy chief minister of Telangana. The ceremony has concluded with the national anthem.The governor ESL Narasimhan administered the oath to KCR and the ceremony began with the national anthem. Rao was unanimously elected leader of the TRS Legislature Party by the newly-elected MLAs Wednesday.Rao has been re-elected from Gajwel assembly constituency in Siddipet district by a margin of 58,290 votes. Under his leadership, the…
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Pneumonia: Prevention Is Better Than Cure
By: Dr. Samayug Bhowmik, Bureau Chief-ICN West Bengal KOLKATA: Winter has just set in.Now many of us are experiencing cough and cold with or without fever which is often ignored. Gradually when it progresses to develop more intense complication, the victim lands up in a doctor’s chamber. But owing to this delay, the disease affects the lungs and often manifests into Pneumonia. Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs that may cause severe illness in people of all ages. It is a life threatening condition and a leading cause for death worldwide.…
Read MoreExcellence With G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 12
By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: In part 11 of the series, we saw how to move from negatives to positives in each walk of life; and how a limiting belief can be flushed out of your thinking process by installing empowering positive belief in your thinking process. Today, we will see that how you can get rid of poor self-image by taking inspirations from some famous personalities for overcoming some limiting beliefs inculcated since childhood.) Get rid of poor self-image Getting rid of your poor self-image…
Read MoreMoney Series: Part 45
By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group Do you want to be successful only for yourself or to enjoy that success with your family? Have you secured the financial future of your family by your current income-level? I talked to you about so many successful people who, during the initial part of their lives, achieved remarkable success but could not protect their success and lost it in the later part of lives, and they were lost forever in the dense and dark forests of failure. This is the uncertainty of…
Read MoreMysore Palace-Part 4
By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group MYSORE: Gliding on the velvet floor and clicking pics of the arrays of pillars as I stepped ahead, I realised that I was just close to the exit gate. Not feeling like stepping out I gave another deeper glance at the colourful carvings on pillars as if trying to register its beauty in my eyes, I finally stepped out on the raw floor which reminded me that all the time I had been moving barefoot. I therefore headed for the shoe collection counters. “Wait…
Read MoreElection Results Live: Congress Set To Form Government In Rajasthan
JAIPUR: Congress president Rahul Gandhi will take the final call Wednesday on who will be the chief minister in Rajasthan after taking in account the opinion of the newly elected MLAs, a senior party leader said.Congress president Rahul Gandhi today thanked his party workers for their support after trends indicated massive gains for his party in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.Rajasthan is known to be a swing state with the people electing a new government in every election.Among the key candidates who are contesting the elections for the Congress are…
Read MoreElection Results Live: Congress Declares Victory In Madhya Pradesh, Says It Has Majority
BHOPAL: Even as results were being counted in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress declared they had won the state with a clear majority.The Congress is now expected to meet the Governor in the morning.The Congress’ top 3 in the state – Kamal Nath, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Digvijaya Singh – said they had written a letter to the Governor to invite them so that they can prove their majority.BJP leader and three-time Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan won the Budhni seat but a dozen ministers were trailing behind Congress candidates.PM Modi congratulated the Congress Tuesday on the…
Read MoreYour Child Shouldn’t Have To Say #MeToo
By: Juhi Chowdhary KOLKATA: In today’s world, we are living in a hell of our own making. With the #MeToo movement having spread like wildfire, imagine a world where children would voice their own #MeToo stories. My question is would we then have any childhood left in such children? According to World Health Organization, 150 million girls and 73 million boys under the age of 18 are subjected to some form of sexual violence, and in almost 50 % of the cases, the perpetrator is known to the child. Let us…
Read MoreExcellence With G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 11
By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: At the end of the last article of this series, I left you with an empowering incantation that “The Universal Father Almighty God, who has sent me on this Earth, is always with me.” I am sure that you would have experienced the perennial flow of the energy from the cosmos after repeating this empowering incantation. Today, we will see how a limiting belief can be flushed out of your thinking process by installing empowering positive belief in your thinking process.…
Read MoreMysore Palace: A Marvelous Architecture Of The Yore
By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group MYSORE: The Mysore Palace may be the only one in India where visitors are required to take off their shoes and walk in barefoot. Close to the main palace entry, there are shoe collection counters that charge a nominal fee of Rs 2 a pair. Close to the entry I could spot a very useful information for the visitors desirous to know details of the exhibits. It is about a free WiFi connection to download ‘ Pinakin ‘ app. The app is a step…
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