Delhi CM Atishi won during the 2020 Assembly poll as well as the 2025 poll. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Five women candidates — four from the BJP and one from AAP — emerged as winners in the election to the 70-member Delhi Assembly. In 2020, eight women were elected to the Assembly. The winners … Read more
BJP’s Kailash Gahlot, who was earlier with AAP, won the Bijwasan seat. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP Most leaders who switched sides in the run-up to the Delhi Assembly election managed to secure victory. Three-time Congress MLA Tarwinder Singh Marwah, who switched to the BJP in 2022, defeated former Deputy Chief Minister and senior … Read more
A 29-year-old man from Villupuram has been arrested for allegedly sending an obscene image to a 26-year-old woman from Choolaimedu. The woman reported the incident to the Choolaimedu police station after one Dinesh sent her an obscene photograph via Facebook Messenger on September 11, 2024. She also received multiple video calls from him. On her … Read more
The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) plans to conduct a mass anti-rabies vaccination (ARV) drive on Sunday for all stray dogs in Velachery after seven, including a seven-month-old baby and a nine-year-old boy, were bitten reportedly by a dog on Friday. An official in the Public Health Department said all the seven, including the children, were … Read more
The District Consumer Redressal Forum, North Chennai, has directed ICICI Bank to compensate a cyber fraud victim for ₹2 lakh for failing to freeze a fraudulent account and sanctioning an unauthorised loan. Complainant D. Madumitha of Ayanavaram alleged that on July 21, 2023, fraudsters posing as FedEx staff and Mumbai police threatened her with false … Read more
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami said the DMK’s victory in the byelection to the Erode (East) Assembly constituency was fake as no one participated in it. Even the votes of AIADMK functionaries were allegedly cast by the DMK cadre. The AIADMK will form a strong and grand alliance for the 2026 Assembly election, Mr. … Read more
A saree weaved with the picture of Thiruvalluvar along Thirukurals kept in display at the ‘Izhai- The Thread’,an exhibition organised by Co-optex in Chennai on Saturday. | Photo Credit: AKHILA EASWARAN At the ‘Izhai- the Thread’ one day exhibition by Co-Optex at Folly in Amethyst on Saturday, many visitors paused right at the entrance, eyes … Read more
After the death of an infant in the mother’s womb, the father staged a protest at the Greater Chennai Corporation’s Urban Community Health Centre in Kannagi Nagar. S. Augustin, 29, a Thoraipakkam resident, staged a protest at the UCHC along local residents on Saturday, urging the Tamil Nadu government to deploy at least two doctors … Read more
Hacking of whatsapp by cyber fraudsters who demand money from contacts after accessing them through phishing code was on the rise, police said. Recently, a Group-I officer woke up to a flurry of whatsapp calls in the morning hours from his friends and other contacts whether he required any money from them for any emergency … Read more
It is not about reformation or therapy but recognising that a prison is a smaller part of the society we live in, at least that is the philosophy behind ‘Siraigalil Kalai’. They believe in slipping in art, not just as a creative outlet for inmates but as a way to deconstruct the limitations for everyone … Read more
The first round of the National Deworming Campaign 2025 is being conducted in February. While the camp day would be held on February 10 and a special camp for covering left out children would be held on February 17. According to the Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine(DPH&PM), a total of 2.69 crore persons, … Read more
Watch | Who will be Delhi’s next Chief Minister? The 2025 Delhi Assembly elections have changed the face of Delhi’s political landscape. After 26 years, the BJP is back in power. But now, the big question—who will be Delhi’s next Chief Minister? With the BJP’s return with a thumping majority, all eyes are on the … Read more
The new DCC office near English Church in Kozhikode, which is set to be inaugurated in April. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary K.C. Venugopal, MP, will inaugurate the District Congress Committee’s new office, K. Karunakaran Memorial Building, in Kozhikode at 11 a.m. on April 5. DCC president K. … Read more
A demand has been made to reassign the printing of textbooks of undergraduate courses in the University of Calicut to its publication division. Abida Farooqui, Senate member, in a recent letter to the Vice-Chancellor, said that such a step would not only generate more revenue for the university but also make textbooks available for students … Read more
The Kozhikode city police have launched ‘Quest,’ a project to enhance smart administration and case investigation through advanced training modules, digital tools, and technologies. Trained officers from 21 police stations will steer its implementation and coordinate the local training programme for colleagues. The scheme aims to ensure the smart functioning of police stations by enhancing officers’ … Read more
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress MP, with a child during a meeting of UDF booth-level workers in Wayanad on February 8. | Photo Credit: special arrangement Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi has urged party workers to actively engage in addressing people’s issues in view of the upcoming elections to the local bodies and the State Assembly. She … Read more
NTR District Collector G. Lakshmisha has instructed the officials concerned to find out if there are any traces of metals such as cadmium, uranium in the air in A. Konduru mandal. At a coordination meeting at the Collectorate here on Saturday, Mr. Lakshmisha directed the pollution control officials to conduct tests within 20 days to … Read more
: A 55-year-old man was held at the old bus terminus in Vandavasi town in Tiruvannamalai on Saturday for collecting money from passengers, posing as a bus ticket examiner. The arrested person was identified as S. Elangovan, a native of Arani town. According to the police, Elangovan was working as a contract staff at a … Read more
Watch | Delhi Assembly election 2025: BJP gets decisive mandate, key AAP leaders defeated The Bharatiya Janata Party has pulled into the lead, effectively preventing the Aam Aadmi Party from forming the government in the National Capital Territory for a fourth time. Let’s dive into the key highlights and results of this high-stakes election. The … Read more
Minister for HR&CE P.K. Sekarbabu has asked executive officers to speed up the works being carried out at 114 temples in the city at a cost of ₹50 crores. The works are being taken up at temples where kumbabhishekam has not been conducted in the last 12 years. “Some of these temples have not had … Read more
BJP workers celebrate their party’s victory in the Delhi Assembly elections on February 8, 2025 | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena The Bharatiya Janata Party, with its win of 48 seats, returned to power in the national capital after a gap of over 26 years scuttling the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) bid for a fourth straight … Read more
West Bengal BJP President and Balurghat MP Sukanta Majumdar. File | Photo Credit: ANI Enthused with the party’s victory in the Delhi Assembly elections, the West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday said that victory will serve as a morale booster for the party in the State. Assembly elections in West Bengal … Read more
Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Ballimaran Imran Hussain. File Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar/The Hindu The Delhi Assembly election saw a division of Muslim votes but despite that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) managed to win six out of the seven seats which have a substantial population of the community. A total of four Muslim candidates … Read more
Public sector enterprises NMDC and SAIL, through their research and development facilities, have signed a MoU to leverage their collective expertise for the advancement of steel industry. The collaboration aims to drive innovation in mineral processing and coal utilisation, with a focus on developing advanced beneficiation techniques to upgrade low/lean-grade iron ore and enhance coal … Read more
The 108 ambulance network, on an average, handles 5,000 emergencies in a day, according to officials. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM After a pilot run, the 108 ambulance network has rolled out its application — ‘Avasaram 108 Tamilnadu’ — that will now enable persons seeking ambulances for medical emergencies to track the vehicles on … Read more
GEM Hospital has launched ‘GEM Oncoshield’, a month-long initiative in February to enhance access to expert cancer care for patients across the country. According to a press release, the initiative will extend support to patients diagnosed with cancer and their families by offering specialised services including free second opinions and advanced surgical treatments. It features … Read more
Ishan Ghosh from Kolkata performing in the final round of the national music competition held as part of two-day Yuva Mahotsav of Sangeet Bharati Foundation in Mangaluru on Saturday. | Photo Credit: H.S. Manjunath Vocalist Siddharth P. Vadhyan of Kasaragod performing in the final round of the national music competition held as part of two-day … Read more
A 19-year-old BSc student was suspected to have drowned when he tried to save his friend from drowning in the Panchamukhi in Bannerghatta on Saturday. While the Fire and Emergency Services personnel recovered the body of one student, identified as Deepak, they were yet to trace the body of Yogeshwaran, and the operation was called … Read more
The Basaveshwarnagar police have arrested the father of Rahul Tonse, a businessman allegedly involved in the infamous sandalwood drugs case, for allegedly cheating a city-based businessman of ₹25 crore offering investments in casinos. The accused, Ramakrishna Rao, has been named as the prime accused in the case. His son Rahul and other family members are … Read more
Rising cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Maharashtra prompt rapid response and increased surveillance activities in affected areas. File | Photo Credit: Prashant Nakwe The cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) are rising in Maharashtra day by day, three new suspected cases of GBS were reported on Saturday, with the toll reaching 183 and deaths at six. … Read more