Tarlochan Singh Bedi, a veteran academician who translated Tirukkural into Punjabi, died at a private hospital in Ludhiana on Friday. He was 95. He is survived by his wife and two sons including Gagandeep Singh Bedi, Additional Chief Secretary (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj) in the Tamil Nadu government. Tarlochan Singh Bedi, who served as […]
The Madras High Court on Friday asked Tamil Nadu Home Secretary Dheeraj Kumar to ensure that police personnel register First Information Reports (FIRs) and complete investigation in criminal cases within a reasonable time and without prolonging matters for years together. Justice P. Velmurugan told Mr. Kumar, who was present in the court, that the intention […]
A total of 448 petitions were received from tribal people and the representatives of various Adivasi organisations at the Nagoba Darbar, the annual grievance redressal meeting, held as part of the ongoing Nagoba Jatara in Keslapur village of Adilabad district on Friday. Of these, as many as 337 petitions were related to the implementation of […]
The murder case of a two-year-old girl in Balaramapuram took an unexpected turn on Friday when the Thiruvananthapuram Rural police detained a self-styled astrologer in connection with the crime. The Balaramapuram police took the suspect, Pradeep Kumar, alias Shanghumughom Devi Dasan, into custody from his house in Karikkakom. While he is suspected to have had […]
The Shivamogga, Davangere, and Chitradurga District Cooperative Milk Producers Society Union (SHIMUL) has increased the milk procurement price by ₹2 per kg with effect from February 1. The revised price will be in effect up to March 31, 2025. The union took this decision in a meeting held on Friday, headed by the union chairman […]
Men can worship at Sree Gowreeswara Temple, Cherayi, wearing shirts starting February 4. The temple authorities have decided to drop the nearly century-old practice of making men shed their upper clothes to worship at the temple. Swami Sathchidananda of Sivagiri Madhom, who recently flagged the issue, will make a public pronouncement at a public meeting […]
An engineering student was killed in an accident on Anjanapura Main Road Thursday late night. The deceased has been identified as Rahul Gautam, 20, hailing from Kolar. He was pursuing BTech at Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering. According to Talaghattapura police, the victim along with his classmate Chirag were returning to their paying guest accommodation […]
The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) is moving ahead with plans to set up a battery energy storage system (BESS) at Mylatti, Kasaragod, with the increase in renewable energy generation signalling the need for storage capabilities. With the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) acting as a BESS implementation agency, the State power utility plans […]
The international conference on “advancing drug discovery and development through artificial intelligence” held at Chebrolu Hanumaiah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (CHIPS) in Guntur stressed proper utilisation of the advanced technology in research and development. During the concluding event of the two-day conference on Friday, K. Venkata Ramana, president of the AP State branch of the […]
The Mysuru District Cycling Association and the Department of Youth Empowerment are jointly organising a Chamundi Hill Challenge Cycling Competition at 6 a.m. on February 2. “The thrilling time trial competition will commence from the back route of Chamundi Hills (Uthanahalli Road) and conclude at Devikere. The high-intensity event will test the endurance and speed […]
