The problem of officials demanding bribe at the direct purchase centres (DPC) continues to haunt farmers despite the steep increase in handling and loading charges and revision of salary for Record Clerks and Watchmen, three years ago. As soon as the present government assumed office, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin during his visit to Thanjavur in […]
Two crucial stations on Poonamallee-Porur metro stretch face delays Source
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen described former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a “good political leader” and a “splendid economist” who understood the need for a world that is tolerant and united. The eminent intellectual, who had been a close friend of Singh for around seven decades since his days in Cambridge, also lauded Singh for […]
India has slashed tariffs on bourbon whisky to 100% from 150%, a move that will benefit imports of brands like Suntory’s Jim Beam, after U.S. President Donald Trump’s criticised “unfair” levies in the South Asian market. Mr. Trump, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House this week, has railed against the climate […]
Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha has asked the officers of the Prosecutions and Police Departments to update their knowledge on the modus operandi of cyber crimes and in detecting them. “Though there was a decline in crime rate in the State, cyber crimes are on the rise. The assistant public prosecutors (APPs), public prosecutors […]
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday (February 15, 2025) said he considered the views of the DMK’s alliance partners as advice and not as confrontation. “Differences of opinion will be there in a family, workplace, and all other places. Expressing views is part of democracy,” he said in his message through the ‘Ungalil […]
Less than 10°c was recorded in Telangana after a few days of rise in the temperatures. While 9.2°c was recorded in Sirpur of Kumuram Bheem Asifabad and 9.6°c was recorded in Bheempur of Adilabad district, according to Telangana Development Planning Society data which recorded temperatures from Friday (February 14, 2025) to Saturday morning (February 15, […]
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday (February 15, 2025) attended the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) convocation here, emphasising that national interest is bigger than any political or individual interest. Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Educational minister Sakeena Firdous also attended the 10th convocation at Matrika Auditorium of the SMVDU campus. […]
The District Crime Branch has submitted a chargesheet in the Vadakara hit -and- run case of February 2024 that claimed the life of an elderly woman and left her nine-year granddaughter in a state of coma. The accused, Shajeel, who was repatriated from Dubai, was charged with Sections 279 (rash driving), 304 A (causing death […]
R. Manicka Vasagam, veteran space scientist and former Vice Chancellor (V-C) of Anna University, Tamil Nadu, passed away on Friday (February 14, 2025). He was 91 and is survived by his wife and two daughters. According to family sources, Prof. Vasagam had been ailing for some time and died at his residence in Bengaluru in […]
