The Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT), which has completed the tendering process, is all set to start the construction on building the Olympic Academy at Elandapatti on the outskirts of Tiruchi. The academy will come up on 47 acres of land, which has been handed over to SDAT. The project will be implemented […]
Bengaluru Police Commissioner B. Dayananda said that the gun licence granted to Kannada film actor Darshan Thoogudeepa has been suspended temporarily. The gun licensing authority headed by the city police commissioner had issued a notice to Darshan seeking an explanation, and the decision (to suspend the licence) was taken after he responded to the notice. […]
A suggestion to give Non-Resident Indians representation in Parliament was made on Tuesday (January 21, 2025) at the meeting of the parliamentary committee on External Affairs due to their growing numbers and unique issues concerning the diaspora interest. Sources said Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda cited examples of countries like Italy, which has reservation in […]
A 30-year-old woman was found stabbed to death inside her house in broad daylight in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala on Tuesday (January 21, 2025), the police said. The police rushed to the scene after receiving information and found Athira, 30, the wife of a priest working at a nearby temple, dead with a deep cut […]
Sukriti Veni Bandreddi, the 14-year-old lead actor of the Telugu film Gandhi Tatha Chettu, recalls her first day on set. “We were filming montage shots of my character, Gandhi, walking from home to school. I felt overwhelmed and struggled initially. I told myself to focus on just walking.” Sukriti was 12 at the time and […]
The Madras High Court on Tuesday (January 22, 2025) directed the Accountant General of Tamil Nadu (AGTN) to depute a team of 10 officers to conduct audits at all eight central prisons across the State with respect to the use of the Tamil Nadu Victim Compensation Fund. Justices S.M. Subramaniam and M. Jothiraman issued the […]
BJP MLA and former minister S. T. Somashekhar attended the unveiling of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in front of the Suvarna Soudha in Belagavi on January 21. He said he attended the event as it was a government programme and that he had been invited by the government of Karnataka. “I am an original […]
After being hospitalised for five days, actor Saif Ali Khan has been discharged from Lilavati Hospital on Tuesday (January 21, 2025) following the knife attack at his Bandra residence in Mumbai on January 16. On discharge, Mr. Khan was accompanied by his spouse and actor Kareena Kapoor and sister Soha Ali Khan. Mr. Khan looked […]
On the second day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Tuesday (January 21, 2025), Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu addressed a special session of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) on green industrialization. Highlighting his long-standing partnership with CII since 1995, he reflected on his journey of driving transformative change, citing […]
Kerala’s total revenue receipts fell by 6.21% in 2023-24 over the previous fiscal, largely on account of a sharp dip in grants-in-aid from the Centre, indicated a report of the Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlements) tabled in the State Legislative Assembly on Tuesday (January 21, 2025). At the same time, the State’s own tax and […]
