The Butchayyapeta police on Thursday (February 6) arrested a private school teacher for allegedly behaving inappropriately with a girl pursuing Class IX, on February 5, in Anakapalli district. As per the police, the 14-year-old girl had come to attend a private class in her school on February 5 evening, where her teacher allegedly took her … Read more
The Presidency Foundation is organising a job fair on February 15, to help the youth of Karnataka, especially the ones who belong to the economically weaker sections of the society. The job fair is being organised in association with National Skill Development Corporation, Karnataka Skill Development Corporation, Karnataka State Minorities Commission and the Department of Employment … Read more
A 54-year-old man, identified as Velmani of Appipatti East Street, was allegedly murdered by a 29-year-old man identified as Sivachandran here on Friday. The police said that Velmani was running a roadside eatery near Chinnamanur. He had a fight with Rani, who also owned an eatery. Recently, a wordy altercation broke out between Velmani and … Read more
Labour Welfare and Skill Development Minister C.V. Ganesan handing over welfare aid to a beneficiary at Thalaivasal panchayat union in Salem district on Friday. | Photo Credit: DIPR Labour Welfare and Skill Development Minister C.V. Ganesan on Friday said that in the past four days, a total of 1,718 people received welfare assistance under the … Read more
The Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad on Friday (February 7) continued extensive flash inspections in various parts of Chekkiad, a village under the jurisdiction of Valayam police station in Kozhikode district, following the alleged recovery of 14 steel bombs containing highly explosive fillers from an abandoned plot on Thursday (February 6). District Police Chief (Kozhikode … Read more
A 15-year-old class X student was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on Friday. A 14-year-old residing in Tholasampatti police station limits fell sick and was taken to the hospital by her mother. The doctors found that she was two months pregnant. The girl told the mother that a class … Read more
Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Mumbai reported its first case of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) on Friday (February 7, 2025) after Pune, as a 64-year-old woman was diagnosed with the rare nerve disorder, civic officials said. GBS is a rare condition in which a person’s immune system attacks the peripheral … Read more
The Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR), Kozhikode, will host an ‘ideathon’ with the support of the Kerala State Start-up Mission for promoting innovative ideas and enterprises related to spices as part of its three-day ‘Rise up’ entrepreneurship fair scheduled to commence on February 19. George Ninan, director, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi, will … Read more
The Halasur Gate Police have arrested a 40-year-old man, for allegedly cheating his employer of gold and was absconding. The accused, Naresh Sharma, hailing from Tamil Nadu, worked as a salesman at a jewellery store in Nagarthpet. Naresh was arrested from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, and recovered 500 grams of gold ornaments and bars worth ₹50 … Read more
A special court here sentenced a 30-year-old man to five years of rigorous imprisonment for causing the death of a 51-year-old man by ramming a minivan while driving drunk on Rajiv Gandhi Salai. The police said that on December 31, 2018, V. Irudayanathan, 48, of Pallavaram was travelling in his minivan with V. Baskar, 51, … Read more
Two persons were killed in an accident on Friday. A milk truck that was headed to Kerala from Karnataka with 28,000 litres of milk in the early hours of Friday went out of the driver’s control and overturned on the roadside when it reached Karadikuttai, near Rayakottai, in Krishnagiri district. In the accident, truck driver … Read more
The Valliyoor All Women Police have arrested a man for allegedly sexually assaulting his daughter. The police said a 13-year-old girl from a village near Valliyoor was recently admitted to the Tirunelveli Government Medical College Hospital after she complained of stomach pain. When the doctors examined her, they found that the teen was pregnant. After … Read more
In a first at a government hospital outside Chennai, the doctors at Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) in Madurai performed an in-house cadaver liver transplant on Thursday. A 31-year-old Armed Reserve police personnel who was admitted with a head injury sustained during an accidental fall was on Wednesday declared brain dead and a potential organ donor. … Read more
The 23rd edition of the multi-city event, The Hindu Young World Quiz for students from Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts, will be held at the Bejai Church Hall, Lourdes Central School Campus, Bejai in Mangaluru on Thursday, February 12. | Photo Credit: THE HINDU The 23rd edition of the multi-city event, The Hindu Young World … Read more
The Chokkampatti police have arrested a migrant worker from Delhi for allegedly murdering his friend, also from the national capital. The police said S. Anigat, 25, of Delhi and his friend Upendra, 24, also from Delhi, were working in a rice mill at Mundhal near Punnaiahpuram under Chokkampatti police station limits. When an altercation broke … Read more
Three peacocks and four peahens were found dead at Melathur village falling under the limits of the Pudukottai forest range on Thursday night after consuming rice mixed with pesticide sprayed on a farmland. Acting on information, a Forest department team, led by Forest Range Officer, Pudukottai, M. Sadhasivam, went to Melathur and conducted a probe … Read more
Royapettah Police has arrested a 41-year-old man from Kannur, Kerala, for allegedly possessing fake currencies amounting to ₹9.48 crore. The Police said the Income Tax Department(IT) officers conducted a search at a house on Pooram Prakasam Rao road, Royapettah on Tuesday. During the search, the police seized fake currencies in ₹2000 denomination from the man … Read more
Unidentified miscreants robbed a student from Sudan in the wee hours of Friday in Govindapura. The victim Osama, from Sudan, was studying Bachelor in Computer Applications (BCA) at a city college and staying at Hennur. According to the police, The victim was threatened by two unidentified men on a bike and robbed of his mobile … Read more
Illegal dumping of construction waste in public spaces carries a fine of ₹5,000 and involves police action. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ A total of 24,963 tonnes of construction waste were removed between January 7 and February 6 in areas under the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), a press release said. This included 13,142 tonnes … Read more
The new skating rink at the mini-indoor stadium in Theni has been opened to players for training. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A state-of-the-art mini-indoor stadium built at a cost of ₹5.68 crore is ready for inauguration in Theni by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin soon, District Collector R.V. Shajeevana said here on Friday. The district, … Read more
Villagers on Friday staged a road roko demanding a service road for their locality. More than 200 residents of Manivulundhan, Sarvai, Sarvai Pudur, Vadakumarai, and Punalvasal Sathapadi gathered at Manivilundhan and staged a roadblock on Salem-Chennai national highway, demanding a service road at the Manivulundhan bus stop as buses do not pick up passengers due … Read more
SASTRA, a Deemed to be a University, has offered scholarships to 85 students, affected by the July 2024 landslide at Wayanad in Kerala, to continue their higher education without any break. The scholarship totalling ₹44 lakh (full tuition fee support) was being extended to 85 students and this financial support would be extended to them … Read more
The District Government Wenlock Hospital | Photo Credit: ANIL KUMAR SASTRY Dakshina Kannada MP Capt. Brijesh Chowta on Friday, February 7, urged the government to introduce a mandatory internship program for nursing students on the lines of internship for MBBS graduates. Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha under Rule 377, he urged the Ministry … Read more
Librarians, educators, researchers, and policymakers from India and abroad participated in a conference in Tiruchi to explore innovative strategies for creating sustainable libraries on Friday. Organised by the Department of Library and Information Science of Bharathidasan University, the conference on the theme ‘Building Sustainable Libraries for Connecting Communities: Librarianship, Technology and Collaboration’, was funded by … Read more
Water level at the Mettur dam stood at 110.38 feet on Friday against its full level of 120 feet. The inflow was 326 cusecs and the discharge 500 cusecs. Published – February 07, 2025 07:13 pm IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit
The Nilgiris District Collector, Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneeru, inspected the micro-fertilizer centre, resource recovery centre in Khandal and the landfill in Theetukkal in Udhagamandalam on Thursday. During the inspection, the Collector studied the waste collection procedure followed across 36 wards in Udhagamandalam Municipality, and how the collected waste was being processed and recycled. The Collector then … Read more
Important tax provisions and the Budget 2025-26 proposals related to the salaried employees were explained at an outreach programme organised by the Income Tax Department at the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) complex on Thursday. About 1,000 employees and drawing and disbursing officers of BHEL, Ordnance Factory, Tiruchi, High Energy Projectile Factory, Tangedco, Railways and … Read more
A total of 1,164 paddy harvesting machines were available in Tiruvarur district for the farmers to take them on rent to complete the harvesting of the standing paddy crop. Disclosing this in a press release, Collector V.Mohanachandran said that while 13 (10 belt-type and 3 tyre-type) harvesting machines were available with Agriculture Engineering Department, 1,151 … Read more
A rally was organised by the Labour Department as part of the Bonded Labour System Abolition Week to create awareness among the general public on the evil of bonded labour, here on Friday. The week is being observed on the directives of the State government, Schoolchildren participated in the rally, organised from the Office of … Read more
The milk-laden lorry that fell on its side on Dhimbam ghat road in Erode on Friday. | Photo Credit: HANDOUT_E_MAIL Vehicle movement on the Dhimbam ghat road was disrupted for a few hours on Friday after a milk-laden lorry fell on its side at the first hairpin bend. The accident led to hundreds of litres … Read more