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The Coimbatore Corporation hosted a workshop on the Drink from Tap (DFT) initiative under the AMRUT 2.0 scheme on January 31, 2025 (Friday), bringing together officials from various States to discuss the implementation of 24×7 potable water supply in urban areas. Presiding over the event, Corporation Commissioner M. Sivaguru Prabakaran outlined the project’s implementation and … Read more

The Lokayukta police raided the premises linked to seven government officers across the State in five districts — Bengaluru, Belagavi, Bagalkot, Chitradurga, and Raichur — on Friday and registered disproportionate assets (DA) cases against them. Raids were conducted on 27 premises linked to the officers. The officers raided were Madhav Rao, assistant executive engineer, Bruhat … Read more

A 25-year-old from Rajasthan was arrested by the Cyber Crimes unit of the Telangana CID for cheating people in the name of escort services. He was running the scam on a dating platform and assured the victims to provide escorts, including minors, said the police. The Cyber Crimes unit arrested Naresh Patidar from Dungarpur, Rajasthan, … Read more

Low-cost carrier Scoot will offer connectivity to Vienna in Austria and Iloilo City in the Philippines soon. Passengers from Chennai will be flown to the Singapore airport, from where they will take transit flights to Vienna and Iloilo City. While Scoot will begin operation of the Iloilo City service from April 14, the service to … Read more

The tusk, weighing about 600 grams, that was seized by a team of forest department officials at Nochi Odaipatti in Dindigul district on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement An attempt to sell a tusk of an elephant by a gang was successfully foiled by a team of officials from the Department of Forests here … Read more

Renovation under way at Gandhi Memorial Museum in Madurai. | Photo Credit: R. ASHOK  Complexities in renovating the heritage buildings of Gandhi Memorial Museum in Madurai have delayed the progress of the work which was to be completed by 2023 or beginning of 2024.  The renovation works commenced in October 2022, following Chief Minister M.K. … Read more

The TNSTC bus which plunged into a coconut groove at Tiruvedagam near Sholavandan in Madurai district on Friday. Three passengers suffered simple injuries when a speeding TNSTC bus jumped into a road-side coconut grove at Tiruvedagam near Sholavandan in the district on Friday. The police said that the bus driver, proceeding to Madurai from Sholavandan, … Read more

Jackfruit flour is said to have a low low glycaemic index, say entrepreneurs. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO As more people discover its nutritional qualities, jackfruit flour, made by processing the dried bulbs of the raw fruit, is becoming popular as an alternative diet food. “We have been selling jackfruit flour for the past three … Read more

An artist performs a stunt in the Jamuna Circus show at Morais City in Tiruchi. | Photo Credit: M. Moorthy “There is risk in everything,” says Pratima, as she parts her gleaming tresses to reveal a spot on her scalp where a trained lion once accidentally scratched her. “The animals are gone, but the show … Read more

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy along with Health Minister C. Damodar Raja Narasimha greeting people during the foundation stone laying ceremony for the new building of Osmania General Hospital in Goshamahal, Hyderabad on Friday. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL The foundation stone laying ceremony of new Osmania General Hospital by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy … Read more

The Mahila Court in Coimbatore on Thursday sentenced a man to undergo five years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for abetting the suicide of his wife in 2016. Judge R. Nandhini Devi awarded the punishment to Anandakumar, 44, a resident of Ganapathipudur in Coimbatore. As per the prosecution case, Anandakumar, a welder, was addicted to alcohol … Read more

BJP Karimnagar MP and Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar has accused the Congress government of conspiring to halt the Rythu Bharosa scheme under the guise of the election code. He demanded an immediate all-party meeting to ensure that Rythu Bharosa, Indiramma Aatmeeya Bharosa, ration cards and housing allocations, continue without … Read more

Two persons from Coimbatore were cheated of a total of ₹71,29,000 after they fell into the traps of cyber fraudsters. In the first incident, a 76-year-old man from Ramanathapuram in the city, who is a retired engineer of the BSNL, lost ₹59.4 lakhs. The septuagenarian received a call from an unknown person, who impersonated a … Read more

Madan Lal, the outgoing MLA from Kasturba Nagar claimed that he and six other party legislators had resigned from AAP’s primary membership. FIle | Photo Credit: The Hindu With less than a week before the Assembly polls in Delhi, at least seven outgoing AAP MLAs have resigned from the party. Sources said these MLAs were … Read more

The Nilgiris District Collector, Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneeru, on Friday flagged off an awareness campaign at the Udhagamandalam Railway Station, to mark National Road Safety Month in the district. The Nilgiris district administration said in a press release that the National Road Safety Month was celebrated every year from January 1 to 31. Organised by the … Read more

The Karamadai police in Coimbatore district on Thursday received a complaint from a woman, accusing a man of having subjected a street dog to bestiality. The police said that a resident of Mangalakaraipudur, near Karamadai, lodged a complaint against a man in his 50s, who was doing construction works, alleging cruelty to the animal. As … Read more

The State Highways Department has taken up widening of 254.32 km of roads into four-lane ones in 2024-2025 under the Chief Minister Road Development Programme (CMRDP), Minister for Public Works, Highways, and Minor Ports E.V. Velu said on Friday. The minister was speaking at a function held at Karattupalayam in Tiruchengode municipality, where he launched … Read more

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao. File | Photo Credit: ATUL YADAV Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao cited the Economic Survey 2024-25 references to development projects and performance parameters of Telangana during the party’s regime to counter the Congress. Accusing the ruling [Congress] party in Telangana of making … Read more

An anti-smog gun sprinkles water in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Focusing on climate adaptation as a key goal, the government in the 2024-25 Economic Survey, tabled in Parliament on Friday (January 31, 2025) said that India will need to continue “efforts to maximise the efficiency of its existing fossil fuel resources … Read more

Symbol Loading Units (SLUs) were kept in the strong room at the Collectorate and sealed in the presence of the District Election Officer and Collector Raja Gopal Sunkara in Erode Tamil Nadu on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The process of fixing ballot sheets—containing the names, photos, and symbols of candidates—onto the ballot units … Read more

Silence Please exhibition at India Habitat Centre, Delhi | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Annual visits to his nanihaal (maternal home) in Allahabad (now Prayagraj) during his childhood gave Viveek Sharma an early peek into the lives of ascetics and helped him to fathom the quintessential spiritual lives. “I would accompany my grandfather to the congregation … Read more

Election officials have so far seized ₹52.78 lakh in unaccounted cash and materials, of which ₹26.52 lakh was released after valid documents were produced as of Friday. Since the model code of conduct for the byelection to Erode (East) Assembly constituency came into force from January 7, vehicle checks were conducted across the constituency. Seizure … Read more

The Crime Branch-CID of the Tamil Nadu police have arrested five illegal recruiting agents on charges of luring youth into lucrative job offers abroad and cheating them. As part of investigation in ongoing cases of cyber slavery, the agency arrested Rajesh alias Rajadurai of Virudhunagar, Pio Leo Raj, and Mohamed Sheik Meeran, of Chennai, Gowtham … Read more

The Legislative Assembly building in Puducherry. File | Photo Credit: S.S. Kumar The second part of the fifth session of the 15th Legislative Assembly of Puducherry will be held on February 12. Briefing reporters at the Assembly on Friday (January 31, 2025), Speaker R. Selvam said the Assembly will meet at 9. 30 a.m on February … Read more

Vazhai ilai kozhukattai | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Madurai’s Ayngaran Paal Kozhukattai Kadai is the ultimate destination for those who love the sweet and savoury snack. The shop offers 11 types of kozhukattai, served steaming hot, adding warmth to every occasion. The shop, that was opened in August 2021, has become sought-after in the city … Read more

Mohammad Shariful Islam being brought to a court by police personnel, in Mumbai, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. File In a significant development in the investigation of the stabbing attack on Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, the Mumbai Police on Friday (January 31, 2025) said that the facial recognition test of the arrested accused, Mohammad Shariful … Read more

A tree climber taps into a coconut spadix to harvest neera | Photo Credit: Siva Saravanan S The nectar falls drop by drop into a plastic cover secured to coconut trees in a grove near the Western Ghats in Anaimalai. In a few hours’ time, it will start its journey to far off cities such … Read more

A 25-year-old woman from Siddipet in Telangana, with Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), was admitted to a private hospital in Hyderabad. The image is used for representative purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images In what is being reported as the first case of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) in Telangana, a 25-year-old woman hailing from Siddipet district has … Read more

A tree climber taps into a coconut spadix to harvest neera | Photo Credit: Siva Saravanan S The nectar falls drop by drop into a plastic cover secured to coconut trees in a grove near the Western Ghats in Anaimalai. In a few hours’ time, it will start its journey to far off cities such … Read more

Image used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Ebenezer Stephen Duraiappah Cab aggregator Namma Yatri has joined hands with autorickshaw drivers’ unions in Chennai to implement a cooperative model that ensures that drivers get 100% of their earnings through the app. Namma Yatri is working with eight autorickshaw drivers’ unions, including Urimai Karangal, Agni … Read more