Law Minister S. Regupathy handed over a cheque for ₹3 lakh, given under the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund, to the legal heir of K. Jayalalitha, 40, who died of head injury which she sustained after her sari got entangled in a machine while working at the State Seed Farm at Vellalaviduthi in Gandarvakottai taluk in […]
The Kerala High Court has ordered that no new permanent or temporary flagpoles or masts be allowed to be installed by anyone in public spaces of the State without the requisite permissions under the law from the competent authorities. Justice Devan Ramachandran while issuing the directive recently observed that it was obvious that the government […]
Kerala State Information Commissioner K.M. Dilip has said that stern action will be taken against government officials who consistently violate the commission’s orders and directives. Speaking after a sitting in Kottayam on Thursday, the Commissioner said that disciplinary action would be recommended against officials who failed to provide information timely under the Right to Information […]
After arresting him at this residence in Hyderabad on Wednesday night, the Annamayya district police brought noted Telugu actor and former chairman of the A.P. State Film, Television and Theatre Development Corporation Posani Krishna Murali to the police station at Obulavaripalle at around noon on Thursday. Mr. Krishna Murali was booked under BNS Sections 196, […]
Merchants at the Coonoor Municipal Market have voiced their opposition to the Coonoor Municipality’s plan to raze the more than 150-year-old market. The merchants, who claim they are still reeling from the losses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the steep increase in rent initiated by the municipality around a decade ago, stated […]
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted searches on the premises linked to WTC Builder, Bhutani Group, and others in a “real estate projects” case involving over ₹1,000 crore. Also Read | ED launches searches on promoters of real estate firm in TN The agency has searched 12 locations in Delhi, Noida, Faridabad, and Gurugram. “The […]
The daughter of a woman employee of a private college in Thanjavur received the sanction orders of monthly assistance under the social security scheme of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation. The sanction order was handed over to the beneficiary during the Special Service Fortnight, being observed at all the ESIC offices along with the Employees’ […]
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Alapati Rajendra Prasad, a key contestant in the elections to Krishna-Guntur graduates constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council, sounded confident about his victory, adding that it would be a vote for development and good governance. Addressing the media at the TDP central office near Mangalagiri in Guntur district on […]
The Federation of Student Organisations-Tamil Nadu (FSO-TN) has announced it would stage a ‘black flag’ protest against Union Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar’s visit to Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) on Friday (February 28, 2025). The group, in a statement, said the protest was to condemn the Union government for refusing to release funds for […]
Service learning, a teaching method that combines classroom lessons with community service, has a high impact on education, as it is mutually beneficial to both students and society at large, R. Selvarajan, director, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National Research Centre for Banana (ICAR-NRCB), said on Thursday. Mr. Selvarajan, addressing the inaugural session of the […]
