Devotees are preforming pujas on Maghi Ganesha Jayanti. | Photo Credit: Mandar Tannu The Bombay High Court on Thursday (January 30, 2025) passed an interim order against idols made of plaster of paris (PoP) and their immersion in waterbodies, and called for strict compliance with Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) guidelines. Responding to a … Read more
The southwest coast of India has witnessed a steady rise in extreme rainfall events, going up at a rate of 0.23 mm per season. | Photo Credit: file photo India’s southwest coast has seen a steady rise in extreme rainfall events, increasing at a rate of 0.23 mm per season, according to a study by … Read more
The Ernakulam Rural police have arrested two more suspected irregular migrants from Bangladesh, bringing the total number of such migrants detained this month within the rural limits to seven. The arrested are Rubina, 20, and Kulsum Akhtar, 23, of Barisal in Bangladesh. They were nabbed from Kodanad under the ongoing ‘Operation Clean’ campaign. The police … Read more
The Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (Kufos), in association with the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), hosted an ocean science workshop on Thursday (January 30). T.M. Balakrishnan Nair, Director, INCOIS, inaugurated the workshop. Kufos Registrar K. Dinesh and Director of Research S. Suresh Kumar spoke. Talks on operational oceanography, internal … Read more
Over 1,000 complaints came up at a hearing held on the delimitation of wards and divisions in 96 local bodies in Ernakulam on Thursday (January 30). The hearing was led by Delimitation Commission Chairman and State Election Commissioner A. Shajahan. The complaints were raised on the basis of a draft notification on delimitation of wards. … Read more
The village got a road after boycotting the 2022 civic polls, but other problems, including the lack of accessible public transport, schools, and hospitals, have not disappeared, say residents. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Katewara, a tiny village in Bawana near the Delhi-Haryana border, was at the centre of media attention in December 2022 … Read more
Anganwadi workers at a protest in Delhi demanding better pay. | Photo Credit: file photo “Humein muft ke paise nahi chahiye, apne haq ke paise chahiye (we don’t want charity, we want money that we deserve),” says Sangeeta Mishra, 45, an anganwadi worker in north-east Delhi’s Sonia Vihar, at the end of her eight-hour shift. Ms. … Read more
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi taking a boat ride on the Yamuna river. | Photo Credit: ANI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi intensified his attack on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday, saying the former Delhi Chief Minister “lies just like [Prime Minister] Narendra Modi but is probably more cunning and sophisticated than the … Read more
Work on restoration of important canals such as Mambalam Canal is set to start in the city. Chennai Corporation Council on Thursday passed resolutions to restore Mambalam Canal to improve flood mitigation in areas such as T.Nagar. The project is estimated at Rs.6.5 crore.. The work will begin in wards 113, 117 and 122 along the … Read more
Chennai Corporation Council on Thursday passed resolutions to hand over open space reserve (OSR) lands for metro rail construction in various zones of the city. Usually, OSR lands are not used for construction activity in the city as the land parcels are set aside for conservation of greenery and development is not permitted. The OSR lands … Read more
Between April and December 2024, the State’s Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) dropped to 40.4 per one lakh live births from 45.5 during April 2023 to March 2024, according to Health Secretary Supriya Sahu. In October 2024, Tamil Nadu, with an aim to bring down the MMR to less than 10 per one lakh live births … Read more
The India Vision Institute (IVI), in partnership with Veedol Corporation Limited, launched an eyecare initiative today aimed at supporting underprivileged communities, including fisherfolk, in Chennai. Over 3,000 people across the city will benefit from free vision screenings, with 1,700 pairs of spectacles expected to be distributed. The programme was inaugurated at Nochi Nagar near Marina … Read more
The Tamil Nadu Association for the Rights of All Types of Differently Abled and Caregivers (TARATDAC) on Thursday urged the State government to prohibit government-aided special schools for intellectually disabled to collect fees. Stating that there is only one government-run institution which is located in Chennai, the association in a statement stated that about … Read more
The Rubber Board’s flagship project mRube, an electronic platform for trading in natural rubber, has so far traded nearly 34,000 tonnes since June 2022. The volumes are expected to go up this year, say Rubber Board officials. | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU The Rubber Board’s mRube, an electronic platform for trading in natural rubber, is … Read more
The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal has suspended the environmental clearance for an industrial estate project proposed by the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) in Soorapoondi and Vaniamallee villages near Gummidipoondi. The ruling came after the Bench found that SIPCOT had split the large-scale project into smaller components to bypass … Read more
A man accused of abetting a racket involved in online cheating by allegedly providing his bank account credentials, which was used to defraud a person of ₹47 lakhs through a job scam, was arrested by the Muvattupuzha police. Mansoor Ali, 35, was nabbed from his native place in Malappuram. The arrest was on a petition … Read more
Pet animal micro chipping has been made mandatory by Chennai Corporation along with licensing as Council passes resolution in Council meeting on Thursday. Microchipping will be available at Corporation, state, university, and private veterinary hospitals, Corporation announced. According to the GCC, required pet details include name, species, breed, color, sex, age, vaccination dates, and the ICAR-approved microchip … Read more
AIADMK Councillor T. Sathyanathan (Ward 145) walked out of a Greater Chennai Corporation meeting protesting a resolution to revamp and reinstall an Ambedkar statue in Nerkundram’s Matha Kovil Street. The existing statue, installed by locals, is now at ground level due to road elevation, posing a damage risk. Maduravoyal MLA K. Ganapathy had earlier sought … Read more
The Council meeting on Thursday (January 30, 2025) witnessed heated debates as councillors put forth dissatisfaction regarding officials’ absenteeism during ward and standing committee meetings, reassigning of works without consulting standing committees among others. Ward 104 Councillor T.V. Shemmozhi highlighted difficulties in reaching the Commissioner or Mayor, who are often unavailable, citing meetings. As a … Read more
There was a commotion at the Council meeting on Thursday (January 30, 2025), amidst Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in the context of Martyrs Day. At 11 a.m., Mayor R.Priya requested all in the Council Hall of Ripon Buildings to maintain two minutes of silence to pay homage to the freedom … Read more
The three-day Matsya Mela that begins at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) from Saturday (February 1) will showcase a wide array of products, including seafood varieties, locally produced farm products and a drone exhibition. Organised as part of the 78th Foundation Day celebration, the Matsya Mela features seafood fest, technology exhibition, buyer-seller meet, … Read more
The Kerala Aqua Farmers’ Federation, representing fish, shrimp, and clam farmers, has warned of a strike to press the government for support during distress, reorganisation of the ornamental fisheries development agency KAVIL, and compensation for losses suffered by cage fish farmers due to pollution in the Periyar river. Federation president T. Purushothaman said that cage … Read more
ADGP Vijay Kumar. | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD Vijay Kumar, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who became the public face of the police in volatile Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, was transferred from Jammu and Kashmir to Delhi on Thursday. Mr. Kumar is among four IPS officers who received transfer … Read more
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday directed the authorities to exhume the body of activist Jagaber Ali of Pudukkottai for an X-ray examination to be conducted at the burial site on Friday. The court was hearing a petition filed by the family members of the activist who died after being run … Read more
The Revenue department had recently handed over the Thammanam-Pullepady corridor to the PWD in order to develop it as a four-lane road having 22-m width. | Photo Credit: File photo The Social Impact Assessment (SIA) study to widen the arterial Thammanam-Pullepady Road and to extend it to M.G. Road and NH 66 Bypass would begin … Read more
An apparent communication gap at the start of the Odd Semester had resulted in affiliated colleges of Bharathiar University (BU) toeing the new syllabi framed by the Board of Studies for various subjects, for a two-month duration, only to revert to the old syllabi later. The issue raised by principals during the Senate meeting on … Read more
AAP Convenor Arvind Kejriwal along with Former CM of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav during a roadshow ahead of Delhi Election at Kirari in New Delhi on January 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap With less than a week for the Delhi Assembly elections on February 5, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal … Read more
The Kochi City police have launched an inquiry into the alleged suicide by a 14-year-old boy earlier this month, after his mother petitioned the State Police Chief alleging that ragging at school had led her son to take the extreme step. The petition had since been forwarded to District Police Chief (Kochi City) Putta Vimaladitya. … Read more
The logo of Telangana State Cyber Security Bureau. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement About 22 former employees of Amazon Development Centre were booked by the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) in an alleged ₹102 crore fraud. The case was booked following a complaint lodged by Amazon‘s corporate counsel in a Kukatpally court accusing employees working … Read more
The keel-laying of the seventh anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft, which is being built for the Indian Navy, was held at the Cochin Shipyard on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The keel-laying of the seventh anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW SWC), which is being built for the Indian Navy, was undertaken at Cochin … Read more