The Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday (February 24, 2025) said India had achieved 88% self-sufficiency in ammunition production, and defence exports had reached about ₹23,000 crore in 2023-24. He was speaking at the 16th Foundation Day of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. Also read | U.S., France, Armenia […]
The hartal called by the United Democratic Front and Bharatiya Janata Party in Aralam panchayat on Monday, following the death of an elderly couple in a wild elephant attack at Aralam farm on Sunday, saw the complete shutdown of shops and offices. However, vehicular movement remained unaffected. The victims, Velli and Leela, from block 13 […]
A large number of devotees offered flowers to the deity at the famous Arulmigu Muthumariamman temple at Tiruvappur in Pudukottai on the occasion of the Poochorithal festival on Sunday. Many carried milk pots to the temple as part of the festival. Temple authorities said devotees from various places carried flowers from Sunday morning onwards and […]
Three women were killed in an explosion at a fireworks manufacturing unit at Vedarampatty near Kambainallur on Monday (February 24, 2025). The victims V. Thirumala, 36, T. Thirumanju, 35, and M. Sengbagam, 35, all residents of Kambainallur, were working inside the unit at the time of the mishap. The fireworks unit, run by a person […]
Thirty-eight Mudhalvar Marundhagams (Chief Minister’s Pharmacies) became functional in Tiruchi district with Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurating the project in Chennai on Monday. Medicines, including generic medicines, would be available at discounted prices at the pharmacies. Among the 1,000 pharmacies launched across the State, 50% are to be run by the Department of Cooperation and […]
The Madras High Court on Monday (February 24, 2025) directed the State government to constitute the Tamil Nadu Commission for Protection of Child Rights (TNCPCR), which has remained dormant for the last three years due to pending court cases, before June 20, 2025, and report compliance. Justices S.M. Subramaniam and K. Rajasekar issued the direction […]
The all-woman Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted by the Madras High Court, has filed a charge sheet against Gnanasekaran, the sole accused in the Anna University sexual assault case. Sources in the Police department said the charge sheet was filed before a Metropolitan Magistrate Court in the city. On December 23, 2024, an engineering student […]
The State Highways department has completed renewing the Navalpattu IT Park-Gundur Road in the city. The road, branching off from the Tiruchi-Pudukkottai National Highway, runs for 4.7 km leading to the ELCOT’s IT Park at Navalpattu. The four-lane road, which was laid in 2016, has been renewed at an estimate of ₹5.47 crore under the […]
The Supreme Court on Monday (February 24, 2025) said segregation of waste at source was of “vital importance” for the environment and asked the NCR states for the compliances made in adherence to the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said the non-compliance in adhering to […]
The Faculty of Architecture and Planning excelled in the national-level competition — Bhartiya Paramparik Awas Uthan Puraskar 2024 — by securing third position in the Institute category. The competition, being organised by the Central Building Research Institute of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), was held with a primary objective to encourage architecture […]
