Full of life: The National Art Gallery in the Government Museum Complex, which is built in the Indo-Saracenic architecture, is full of iconic artwork that is a feast for the eyes. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU On a rather humid Monday morning, you would expect the typical starting of the work-week blues on many faces, but not at … Read more
Children participating in the Chennai Cycle Thiruvizha 2025 held in Chetpet on Sunday. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU Cyclists call for the construction of dedicated cycling lanes and better road infrastructure to promote safety of riders in Chennai and demanded government initiatives to sensitise heavy vehicle drivers on road safety. Cyclists, who participated in the Chennai … Read more
Workers carrying out concrete curing on the Vengeri junction overpass along National Highway 66 in Kozhikode on February 2. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh The concretisation work on the Vengeri overpass across National Highway 66 is nearly complete, and the overpass is expected to be ready by the end of the month. The overpass is being … Read more
More than 500 artists across age groups will turn Senmozhi Poonga into a dazzling kaleidoscope of colours on February 2. The second edition of Chennaiyil Oar Oviya Sangamam, an art exhibition presented by Indian Art Factory, will see participants, some from other cities, take every inch of their stall under tree canopies and behind plants … Read more
A wanted criminal, who opened fire at a Head Constable before being overpowered on Saturday night, had sourced his country-made firearm from Bihar. Bathula Prabhakar, wanted in at least 80 cases in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh particularly pertaining to theft and burglaries, was taken into custody by Gachibowli police. Since 2013, he was arrested seven … Read more
A file image is used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu A second-year MBBS student from R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital has been found dead in her room at the Kamarhati ESI Hospital. The incident was reported on Friday (January 31, 2025) and the Barrackpore Police Commiserate has registered a case of unnatural death. … Read more
J. Radhakrishnan, Additional Chief Secretary, attending the marriage ceremony along with his family. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Meena, a young woman who lost her parents in the 2004 tsunami, was married at Sri Nellukadai Mariamman Temple in Nagapattinam, with J. Radhakrishnan, former Collector and current Additional Chief Secretary, Cooperation, Food, and Consumer Protection Department, … Read more
Work at 12 sub-registrar offices in Tiruchi was disrupted as employees boycotted work on Sunday, protesting against the forced operation on a holiday. The shutdown left several citizens, who arrived for land and marriage registrations, disappointed. The Tamil Nadu Registration Department Employees’ Federation had earlier decided to boycott work if February 2 was declared a … Read more
Tucked inside a narrow lane at Mangolai in Mylapore, Sree Karpagavalli Vidhyalaya Middle School would easily go unnoticed amidst a mushroom of institutions in the area. This year, a new school management is trying to make some noise for an institution that has imparted life skills to generations of students. This Tamil medium government-aided school … Read more
Twenty-two-year-old Anupama Ramachandran has a busy calendar this month. She is leaving for the World Women’s Snooker Ranking Tournament in Belgium that begins this week, followed by Asian Championship in Doha from February 17. The post graduate student of public policy at MOP Vaishnav College for Women is on a roll, winning medals in snooker … Read more
Classical dancers inviting Appajosyula Satyanarayana onto the stage for receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award during the valedictory event of NTR Kala Parishad’s annual cultural programme in Ongole on Sunday. | Photo Credit: KOMMURI SRINIVAS The fortnight celebrations of NTR Kala Parishad concluded in Ongole on Sunday (February 2). The annual cultural programme, which was held … Read more
Sewage stagnating on New Natham Road near Reserve line junction in Madurai on Sunday. | Photo Credit: ASHOK R Residents and commuters who use the stretch below the elevated corridor on New Natham Road near Reserve Line in Madurai have raised complaints over sewage spilling on the road making it difficult for them to use … Read more
The ground | Photo Credit: PRINCE FREDERICK As the shadows ballon out across the Gopalapuram playground on Conron Smith Road, the floodlights blink into wakefulness. With the sun leaving its post, these floodlights have to stand in for the orb. The cricket-playing groups however rush through their matches, fighting shy of placing their bets on … Read more
An M.Tech student, who allegedly went missing three days ago, was found dead in Sriramasagar Project (SRSP) canal in Metpally on Friday. The deceased, identified as P. Srikanth, 26, a native of Hyderabad, was a final year student at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) in Sangareddy. According to the police, Srikanth was doing a stipend-based … Read more
YSRCP leader and MLC Botcha Satyanarayana addressing a press conference in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. | Photo Credit: V. RAJU YSRCP MLC Botcha Satyanarayana alleged that the coalition government, led by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, has failed to secure significant allocations for Andhra Pradesh in the Union Budget which was announced on February 1. “Mr. … Read more
A view of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. | Photo Credit: File Photo A total of 1,600 employees (both executives and non-executives) of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP), are said to have applied for the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) offered by the management as per the Ministry … Read more
Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot receiving guard of honour by Indian Coast Guard personnel on board of ‘Varaha’ ship at MMPA during ‘A day at sea’ programme in Mangaluru on Sunday. | Photo Credit: H.S. MANJUNATH Karnataka unit of the Indian Coast Guard displayed its prowess before Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot during a ‘day at sea’ event organised by it in Mangaluru on Sunday, … Read more
The Jagruta Nagarikaru Karnataka Vedike on Sunday condemned and rejected the Draft Regulations (2025) proposed by the University Grants Commission (UGC). “Many states in the country unanimously rejected the NEP, as it was detrimental to the fundamental values of unity and democracy embedded in our constitution. Our state also rejected the NEP and formed a … Read more
The Panagal Park to Kodambakkam Power House Ramp stretch is a part of corridor 4, and the length of the tunnel is close to 2.1 km. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU A year after starting from T. Nagar, the tunnel boring machine (TBM) ‘Pelican’, which was engaged for Chennai Metro Rail’s Phase II Project, has … Read more
A 45-year-old man, who attempted to end his life by immolating self on the premises of the Kavundampalayam police station on Saturday morning, succumbed to burns at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) late on Saturday. The police said that Sekar alias Auto Sekar, a resident of Siva Nagar at Kavumdampalayam, died without responding to … Read more
Social Welfare Minister Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy, Prakasam District Collector A. Thameem Ansaria Ongole MLA Damacherla Janardhan and Santhanuthalapadu MLA B.N. Vijay Kumar paying floral tributes to the statue of Andhra Kesari Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu at the Ongole Collectorate on Sunday. On the 56th formation day of Prakasam district, Social Welfare Minister Dola Sree … Read more
The Sivaganga district police arrested six persons from Thoothukudi and seized weapons like ‘aruval’ from their vehicle on Sunday night. Based on their confessions, the police searched a house in Illayankudi and seized demonetised notes in the denomination of ₹2,000, which accounted to the tune of ₹35 lakh. The police said that when DSP Amaladvin … Read more
Alleging that Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) cadre had threatened her during the election campaign, independent candidate S. Vennila, along with May 17 Movement coordinator Thirumurugan Gandhi and a few other supporters, staged a sit-in protest on the Corporation Central Office premises on Sunday evening. She alleged that while campaigning on Sakthi Road in the Erode … Read more
A 44-year-old woman was killed after the two-wheeler she was riding was hit by a container lorry in Guduvanchery on Sunday. A senior police officer of Chengalpattu district said Sampath was riding a two-wheeler, with his wife Sasikala riding pillion, on Grand Southern Trunk (GST) Road. At the Guduvanchery signal, then container lorry hit a … Read more
The Kozhikode district committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] has condemned the denial of approval for an All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for Kerala in the Union Budget presented on Saturday (February 1). M. Mehboob, CPI(M) Kozhikode district secretary, said in a statement on Sunday (February 2) that the State government … Read more
Visually impaired and physically challenged persons will be among who will take part in the seventh edition of Manipal Marathon-2025 on February 9. Hosted by Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), the theme of the marathon is ‘Innovation in motion: Embracing technology for health and fitness.’ It highlights advancements in promoting wellness and physical fitness. … Read more
V. Narender Reddy, the Congress nominee for the forthcoming biennial election to the Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar Graduates’ Constituency of the Telangana Legislative Council (TGLC), has said he will contribute his mite to support the Congress government in the State in its endeavour to strengthen the libraries and implement the job calendar for the benefit of unemployed youth. … Read more
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), will be launching two new products — Hilsa Fishery Advisory (HiFA) services and INCOIS Global Ocean Reanalysis (IGORA) Version 1 — to commemorate its 26th Foundation Day on Monday. CSIR Director General N. Kalaiselvi will inaugurate the … Read more
A 3km trek into the forest, rangoli competition, flash mob, fashion show and cultural programmes marked the third and final day of Araku Utsav, a tourism festival titled ‘Chali’, at Araku valley in Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) district on Sunday. The number of visitors to the event saw a rise on Sunday, compared to the … Read more
An artist’s impression of the proposed skydeck in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: File Photo Given that the proposed 250-metre high skydeck and the second airport for Bengaluru cannot be in close proximity of each other, the city’s civic body has now put the skydeck project on the backburner till the location of the proposed second … Read more