Home Minister V. Anitha meeting a hospitalised gas leak victim, in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. Home Minister V. Anitha on Wednesday visited Care Hospital to check on the condition of workers injured in a gas leak that occurred at a pharmaceutical plant owned by Hetero Pharma at Nakkapalli in Anakapalli district on February 4. Twelve workers … Read more
Anakapalli police recovered as many as 503 stolen mobile phones worth ₹1 crore, in the ninth phase of mobile recovery mela. Among the list of victims, some were found to be from Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Chattisgarh, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh, apart from Andhra Pradesh. With this recovery, the district police recovered around 2,711 mobile … Read more
Eastern Naval Command (ENC) congratulated Shabnam Mohammed Shakil and Team India for clinching the ICC Women’s U19 T20 Cricket World Cup 2025. Shabnam, a member of the national squad that won the World Cup, is the daughter of Eswaramma Karanam and MD Shakil, who are Defence Civilian employees of the ENC. Her dedication and hard … Read more
Forest officials and SVU staff take up perambulation across the campus in Tirupati on Wednesday to find the likely presence of leopard cubs. | Photo Credit: K.V. Poornachandra Kumar With the suspicion over the presence of leopard cubs on the Sri Venkateswara University (SVU) campus, the Forest Department got down to conduct a ‘perambulation’ across … Read more
People belonging to Hindu and Muslim communities in Tirupparankundram have been living harmoniously upholding secular fabric, but outsiders belonging to both the communities were trying to disrupt public peace, said Madurai Collector, M.S. Sangeetha. In her report about the communal tension over Tirupparankundram hillock, the Collector said all measures were being taken to prevent any … Read more
Nine persons who had food at an eatery in Sholavandan on Tuesday night suffered diarrhoea and seven among them were admitted to the Government Hospital there. They had consumed grilled chicken along with other dishes at the hotel. After they suffered diarrhoea, seven of them were admitted to Sholavandan GH. After treatment, five among them … Read more
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras’ Centre for Outreach and Digital Education has partnered with the CII Institute of Logistics to offer joint certification programme in supply chain management (SCM). It will offer advanced skills and global insights, featuring informative video lectures from the institute’s faculty, preparing participants to excel in a competitive industry. The … Read more
On Wednesday, a group of 150-odd voters travelled 40 km to their polling booth in central Delhi. They claimed to have even received voter slips outside the booth, only to be told by an officer inside that their names had been deleted from the electoral roll. These voters had been relocated from the city’s Kali … Read more
Voters showing their ink-marked finger after casting their vote at Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Kalkaji on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Rising prices, unemployment, air pollution, and better infrastructure were on top of Delhi voters’ minds when they stepped out to vote on Wednesday. However, the issues varied across regions and social structures. … Read more
Candidates of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) levelled allegations of electoral malpractices against each other during polling on Wednesday, even as the police reported no breach of law and order. While senior AAP leaders and Assembly poll candidates Manish Sisodia (Jangpura) and Saurabh Bharadwaj (Greater Kailash) accused the BJP … Read more
Among those who stepped out to exercise their franchise on Wednesday were the city’s homeless citizens. Several such voters told The Hindu that they had cast their ballot in the hope of seeing their children in schools and being able to afford two square meals a day. Kheru Nisha, who stays in a night shelter in Lodhi … Read more
Mustafabad Assembly in north-east Delhi on Wednesday recorded the highest voter turnout at 69%, according to Election Commission data. It was followed by Seelampur — 68.70% — located in the same region. In Mustafabad, several polling stations saw queues of voters throughout the day as they came out in large numbers to exercise their franchise. “For … Read more
File picture of Indian Army officials performing at the war memorial at Fort William in Kolkata | Photo Credit: PTI In the latest step toward eliminating colonial practices and mindsets within the armed forces, Fort William in Kolkata, the headquarters of the Eastern Army Command, has been renamed Vijay Durg. Additionally, Kitchener House inside Fort … Read more
Karimnagar District Bar Association general secretary Bethi Mahender Reddy has called upon candidates in the fray for the Legislative Council elections from the Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar Graduates’ Constituency to strive to get the long-pending demands of advocates resolved. Those who write a bond paper that they would strive to ensure enactment of the Advocates Protection Act would get … Read more
Rescued bonded labourers sharing their woes during an interaction arranged by Jeevan Jwala, an assocation of freed bonded labourers, in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: V. RAJU Five decades after bonded labour was abolished in India, the evil continues to thrive in some districts of Andhra Pradesh as well as in some other States … Read more
On Wednesday, a group of 150-odd voters travelled 40 km to their polling booth in central Delhi. They claimed to have even received voter slips outside the booth, only to be told by an officer inside that their names had been deleted from the electoral roll. These voters had been relocated from the city’s Kali … Read more
Work to widen the East Coast Road (ECR) running from Villupuram to Nagapattinam is expected to be completed by October 2025. The four-lane-wide road — NH 32 (NH – 45A) — with a median and service lanes, and taken up as part of the Bharatmala Pariyojana Scheme, is mostly complete up to Sattanathapuram with both … Read more
Voters showing their ink-marked finger after casting their vote at Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Kalkaji on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Rising prices, unemployment, air pollution, and better infrastructure were on top of Delhi voters’ minds when they stepped out to vote on Wednesday. However, the issues varied across regions and social structures. … Read more
Candidates of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) levelled allegations of electoral malpractices against each other during polling on Wednesday, even as the police reported no breach of law and order. While senior AAP leaders and Assembly poll candidates Manish Sisodia (Jangpura) and Saurabh Bharadwaj (Greater Kailash) accused the BJP … Read more
Among those who stepped out to exercise their franchise on Wednesday were the city’s homeless citizens. Several such voters told The Hindu that they had cast their ballot in the hope of seeing their children in schools and being able to afford two square meals a day. Kheru Nisha, who stays in a night shelter in Lodhi … Read more
Mustafabad Assembly in north-east Delhi on Wednesday recorded the highest voter turnout at 69%, according to Election Commission data. It was followed by Seelampur — 68.70% — located in the same region. In Mustafabad, several polling stations saw queues of voters throughout the day as they came out in large numbers to exercise their franchise. “For … Read more
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is set to serve show-cause notices to the owners and developer of the under-construction structure at L.B. Nagar after three labourers were killed in the cellar collapse on Wednesday. The notice is being issued as a preliminary step towards cancellation of the building permission and licence of the builder, … Read more
Rail Nilayam, headquarters of the South Central Railway in Secunderabad. | Photo Credit: File Photo The Ministry of Railways has announced the revision of the divisional jurisdiction under the proposed South Coast Railway (SCoR) retaining the Waltair division in a truncated form and renaming it as Visakhapatnam division. One part of the Waltair division comprising … Read more
MRPS founder Manda Krishna Madiga arriving at Press Club, Somajiguda in Hyderabad on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SIDDHANT THAKUR Madiga Reservation Porata Samiti (MRPS) founder Manda Krishna has accused the Congress government in Telangana of manipulating the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes (SCs) to favour the Mala community at the expense of Madigas. He demanded that … Read more
A Fastag-based collection of fee for parking has been proposed. Parking spaces at the city’s beaches, especially the Marina, have been struggling to accommodate vehicles during the weekends. According to a study by Greater Chennai Corporation on parking along the Marina Beach, the number of car parking slots in demand is estimated at 3,500 on … Read more
The project to renovate Valluvar Kottam, one of the city’s popular monuments dedicated to Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar, is nearing completion. It will be opened to public by early March. The Public Works Department (PWD) is giving the finishing touches to the edifice, spread over five acres in the heart of the city. PWD officials said … Read more
Union Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and Mizoram Minister Lalnghinglova Hmar at the Northeast Trade and Investment Roadshow in Hotel Hilton on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Ravindran_R Union Minister for Communications and Development of Northeastern Region, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia on Wednesday called out to the community of entrepreneurs from Chennai to reignite the trade between the … Read more
Manali zone will not get piped water supply for 12 hours from 6 p.m. on Saturday owing to work to interconnect pipelines on Kamarajar Salai. A press release from Chennai Metrowater said areas such as Manali, Sadayankuppam, Idayanchavadi and Kadapakkam would not receive piped water supply. The water agency will carry out works to connect … Read more
Director-General of Police Shankar Jiwal on Wednesday handed over prizes to winners of the T.N. Police Hackathon 2025 held at the DGP’s Office. Mr. Jiwal said the hackathon, which was organised by Cyber Crime Wing Headquarters, brought together tech enthusiasts, students from various colleges and participants from firms. A total of 54 teams competed for … Read more
Regine Andersen, Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI), Norway on Wednesday called for striking a balance between farmer-managed seed systems (FMSS) and the formal seed system, so that full potential could be achieved to ensure food security. Speaking at the MSSRF Millennial Lecture on FMSS and farmers’ rights Promoting seed and food security among smallholder farmers at … Read more