Villagers of Vembur waiting at the Thoothukudi Collectorate on Monday to submit petition. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Over 200 residents from Vembur in Ettayapuram taluk submitted a petition at the weekly grievance redress meeting at the Collectorate here on Monday, opposing acquisition of agricultural lands in their village for SIPCOT project. The villagers submitted … Read more
Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly, U.T. Khader speaking in a press conference at Circuit House, in Mangaluru on February 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Defending the recent order of the government to appoint MBBS doctors for the Rashtriya Bala Swastya Karyakram (RBSK) by replacing AYUSH doctors, Legislative Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader said on … Read more
Farmers staging a protest against the crop raids and human casualties caused by elephant encounters in Denkanikottai on Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Farmers and residents of Denkanikottai staged a protest demonstration outside the taluk office in protest against the crop raids and human casualties caused by elephant encounters here on Monday. V.K. Ganesan … Read more
ISRO chairman V. Narayanan addressing the commendation ceremony in Nagercoil. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Kanniyakumari Collector R. Alagumeena has announced that a video on the journey and achievements of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman V. Narayanan will be played across schools and colleges in the district to create motivation and inspiration among the … Read more
Applications are invited from eligible persons to fill up members to the Permanent Lok Adalat functioning out of the integrated court complex here. According to the court release, members are sought to be filled up to the Permanent Lok Adalat here. Retired teachers, retired staff of public health organisations, agencies, retired staff of life insurance … Read more
SEIL Energy CEO Raghav Trivedi and his team receiving the BBS Platinum Benchmarking Award at IIM Mumbai. SEIL Energy India Limited (SEIL) announced that it received four BBS (behaviour-based safety) awards from BESAFE (Forum of Behavioural Safety). The awards were presented in Mumbai at the 9th Annual National BBS Conference jointly organised with IIM Mumbai … Read more
Mushroom agripreneurship is attracting not just farmers but a cross-section of individuals in the western region, given the promise of high returns and a wide demand-supply gap, according to faculty at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU). The TNAU, which conducts training programmes in mushroom cultivation on the fifth of every month, has witnessed increasing … Read more
Naam Tamilar Katchi chief coordinator Seeman campaigning for party candidate M.K. Seethalakshmi in Erode on Monday. | Photo Credit: GOVARTHAN M Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) chief coordinator Seeman on Monday claimed that former Chief Minister C.N. Annadurai was the first person to politically oppose Dravidar Kazhagam founder ‘Periyar’ E.V. Ramasamy. Speaking at a public meeting … Read more
R. Sadheesh took charge as District Collector of Dharmapuri on Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT R.Sadheesh took charge as the new Collector of Dharmapuri here on Monday. He succeeded the outgoing Collector, K. Shanthi, who has been transferred as the Director of Sericulture, Salem. Mr.Sadheesh was the Additional Collector (Development), Salem, before being promoted … Read more
Water level in Papanasam dam on Monday stood at 109.20 feet (maximum permissible level 143 feet). The dam had an inflow of 225.40 cusecs and 800 cusecs of water was discharged. The level in Manimuthar dam stood at 98.35 feet (118 feet). The dam had an inflow of 125.66 cusecs and 435 cusecs of water … Read more
The Kerala High Court on Monday adjourned to February 6 for further arguments a writ petition filed by the Kerala Waqf Land Samrakshana Vedi challenging a government order appointing the Ramachandran Nair commission to go into the Munambam land issue. When the petition came up for hearing, Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas asked whether the government could … Read more
The ‘Corporation Health and Environment Enforcement Team in Action’ (Cheeta), a project of the Kozhikode Corporation that aims to convert Kozhikode into a total waste-free city by March 31, is making progress with the squad taking action against 453 establishments for unscientific waste disposal. The project, which was launched on New Year Day, is part of … Read more
The Kerala High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to TV journalists Arun Kumar K. and Shabas Ahmed in a POCSO case registered on charges of making sexist remarks about a girl who had taken part in the recently concluded State School Arts Festival. Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan, while granting them anticipatory bail, observed that he was of the prima facie … Read more
A view of Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, has denied allegations of caste profiling of students during campus placements saying that the information on the socio-economic category and JEE-Advanced rank appeared only on the students’ interface of the recruitment portal, and … Read more
Thaazhaiyooththu police have arrested a person from Thoothukudi district when he tried to break an automated teller machine (ATM) and take the money in the early hours of Monday. The police said that passers-by noticed him breaking the ATM and alerted the police, who rushed to the spot and nabbed him. He was identified as … Read more
The VSP employees have not been receiving full salary for many months, says Visakha Ukku Parirakshana Porata Committee Despite the financial crisis and the inability to pay full salaries to employees from the past few months of this financial year 2024-25, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (RINL-VSP) has created a record by producing 31 … Read more
A discussion on Union Budget 2025-26 jointly hosted by the Malabar Chamber of Commerce (MCC) and the Southern India Regional Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in Kozhikode on Monday (February 3) hailed the Union government for considering a fair budgetary allocation for the steady growth of Micro Small and Medium … Read more
Ajith Abraham has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of Sai University, according to a press release. Earlier, he was the V-C of Bennett University in Greater Noida, dean of the faculty of computing and mathematical sciences at FLAME University in Pune, and the founding director of the Machine Intelligence Research Labs, a non-profit scientific … Read more
The water tank at Vengaivayal in Pudukkottai district where human faeces were dumped in December 2022. | Photo Credit: M. MOORTHY The case relating to the dumping of human faeces in the overhead drinking water tank at Vengaivayal, a Dalit village, in Pudukottai district in 2022 was on Monday transferred to a judicial magistrate court … Read more
In a bid to raise awareness about cancer and promote community solidarity, Ramaiah Memorial Hospital (RMH) hosted a walkathon titled ‘Ramaiah Hope-A-Thon: Let’s Walk United to Win Against Cancer’ on Sunday. The event was part of RMH’s campaign for World Cancer Day. The 5-km walkathon, flagged off at the hospital premises at 6 a.m., saw more … Read more
The students of Sardar Raja arts and Science College Vadakkenkulam, Tirunelveli, who received placement orders at a recruitment drive. | Photo Credit: HANDOUT 63 students get placements The placement cell of Sardar Raja Arts and Science College Vadakkenkulam, Tirunelveli, conducted on campus interview in association with Vertical Solutions and Unitech Plastic Limited, Chennai. Out of … Read more
Soumya Mishra, Director-General of Prisons and Correctional Services of Telangana, visited the Central Prison in Nizamabad on Monday (February 3) to announce the opening of a new weaving unit. The unit was established by transferring weaving machines from the Central Prison in Cherlapalli, following the closure of a weaving unit in Warangal. Since its upgrade … Read more
Director General of Police Jitender | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Police operations must be regularly reviewed and improved to enhance its effectiveness, said Telangana Director General of Police (DGP) Jitender during a meeting organised by the Indian Police Foundation on Monday (February 3). The DGP stated that regular inspections of police stations and offices by … Read more
: Villagers from Koothur, including members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), staged a protest against the proposed merger of the village panchayats with the Tiruchi Corporation here on Monday. The villagers assembled in front of the District Collectorate. They contended that if the villages were merged with the Corporation, they would stand to … Read more
The Dugong, which got accidentally entangled in the fishing net, was released into the sea in Thanjavur district on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A nearly seven-foot-long Dugong, a marine mammal commonly known as “sea cow”, which got entangled in the fishing net, was rescued and safely released into the sea by a group … Read more
Inter-collegiate management meet at Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai. | Photo Credit: HANDOUT VELVOM’25 held The Department of Management Studies of Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai, hosted VELVOM’25, an inter-collegiate management meet, on January 31. Over 400 students from 30 colleges across Tamil Nadu took part in the meet. The chief … Read more
Water level in Mullaperiyar dam on Monday stood at 120.25 feet (maximum permissible level is 142 ft.) with an inflow of 220 cusecs and a discharge of 556 cusecs. The level in Vaigai dam was 65.32 ft. (maximum level is 71 ft.) with an inflow of 439 cusecs and a discharge of 519 cusecs. Combined … Read more
A high-level meeting will be called shortly by Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh to resolve the problem caused by street dogs on the Vidhana Soudha premises, said Speaker U.T. Khader in Mangaluru on Monday. Talking to reporters, Mr. Khader said there are a good number of dogs on the Vidhana Soudha premises. There were complaints by … Read more
Bullock cart owners, led by CITU members, staging a protest demanding permission to quarry sand from the Kollidam, in Tiruchi on Monday. | Photo Credit: M. MOORTHY A group of bullock cart operators from Tiruchi, owing allegiance to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), staged a protest in front of the District Collectorate urging … Read more
