A newly opened hospital at Padil is letting out its sewage water into the rajakaluve, Chandravathi Vishwanath, councillor, Kannur ward, told the council of Mangaluru City Corporation on Thursday. Speaking at the monthly meeting of the council, presided over by Mayor Manoj Kumar, she said that the sewage let out thus is joining the Netravathi. … Read more
A 19-year-old man was found dead at an under-construction building in Doddanekkundi in Mahadevapura on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Prakash, a resident of Mahadevapura, worked as a delivery executive. According to the police, Prakash left his house at around 7.30 p.m. informing his father that he was going out but did not … Read more
The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) sleuths arrested a Tahsildar for bribery in the district on Thursday. N. Manjula (47), a resident of Selvam Nagar near Thammampatti, approached Gangavalli Tahsildar Balakrishnan to remove an encroachment near her farmland, stating a direction from the Madras High Court. But the Tahsildar demanded ₹5 lakh and asked for … Read more
L. Madubalan, Corporation Commissioner, addresses the sea turtle awareness workshop in Thoothukudi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: N. RAJESH The Thoothukudi Forest Division conducted a workshop on sea turtle conservation under the scheme Tamil Nadu Climate Change Mission and Tamil Nadu BioDiversity Greening Project at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute at Thoothukudi on Thursday. … Read more
COIMBATORE The State government is expected to invite bids in February to construct an integrated facility for the jewellery sector at Kurichi in Coimbatore. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced during his last visit to Coimbatore that a seven-storeyed industrial complex will be constructed at Kurichi at ₹126.12 crores for the goldsmiths. District Collector Kranthi Kumar … Read more
Water level in Mullaperiyar dam on Thursday stood at 120.95 feet (the maximum permissible level is 142 ft.) with an inflow of 105 cusecs and a discharge of 556 cusecs. The level in Vaigai dam was 65.31 ft. (the maximum level is 71 ft.) with an inflow of 405 cusecs and a discharge of 69 … Read more
The University of Calicut will soon issue a notification to appoint a new Registrar as the tenure of E.K. Satheesh, the incumbent, is about to be completed on February 12. This was decided at a meeting of the Syndicate held on the campus at Tenhipalam in Malappuram district on Thursday. Dinoj Sebastian, Head of the … Read more
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday informed a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court that large-scale money laundering had been carried out in various cooperative banks and societies and Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) had been registered in respect of 16 banks and two societies under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The submission was made by … Read more
A 17-year-old boy and his mother were arrested for allegedly murdering an elderly woman on Thursday. K. Chinnathai (88), a resident of Maduraiyankadu near Attaiyampatti, was found murdered on Monday. The Attaiyampatti police registered a case and investigated. Police investigation revealed that a 17-year-old boy residing in the same locality was allegedly involved in the murder … Read more
With preparations in full swing for the 15th edition of Aero India 2025 to be held at the Yelahanka Air Force Station, authorities have announced a series of measures to ensure smooth traffic management and ease the commuting woes of visitors. The Indian Air Force has taken 180 Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) buses on … Read more
The Tamil Nadu government plans to inaugurate in January 2026 the Periyar Library and Science Centre that is under construction in Coimbatore city. Minister for Public Works Department E.V. Velu, who inspected the construction works of the library and the Semmozhi Poonga in Coimbatore on Thursday, told the media the library was coming up at … Read more
The proposal to redevelop Kumbakonam railway station envisages creation of a host of new amenities and facilities. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Southern Railway has submitted the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the redevelopment of the Kumbakonam railway station to the Railway Board, New Delhi, for sanction. The Deputy Chief Engineer/II/Gauge Conversion, Tiruchi, of the … Read more
A worker of Tangedco, J. Pravin, was assaulted by three persons after he disconnected power supply to the house of P. Jeevanantham at Amoor near Melur for non-payment of electricity charges. Police said Mr. Pravin carried out the work entrusted to him by pulling the fuse of power supply to Jeevanantham’s house on Tuesday. Later, … Read more
BJP OBC chairman and MP K Laxman. | Photo Credit: File photo The BJP has demanded that the Congress government apologise to the people of Telangana since it is coming up with “fresh excuses” like bad financial conditions for not implementing the promised guarantees to different sections of the people before the elections. “The government has thrown … Read more
In response to the surge in passengers for the Maha Kumbh, Air India Express is enhancing its services to Varanasi with additional flights. The airline announced that it will increase the frequency of Bengaluru–Varanasi flights from three to four per day. The airline said that as per the schedule of the additional flights from February … Read more
Visakhapatnam District Collector Harendhira Prasad. | Photo Credit: V. RAJU Collector Harendhira Prasad said that the district administration has started arrangements for Uttarandhra Teachers MLC election polling, scheduled to be conducted on February 27. He said that the election code has already come into effect from January 29. Addressing a press conference at the Collectorate … Read more
DMK and AIADMK councillors exchanging heated words during the Salem Corporation council meeting on Thursday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Salem Corporation Council meeting held on Thursday witnessed the passing of 66 resolutions, as well as a walkout by AIADMK councillors after a verbal clash with their DMK counterparts. The meeting, held at the … Read more
The Corporation council meeting under way in Tirunelveli on Thursday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Cutting across party lines, councillors of Tirunelveli Corporation criticised some of the senior officials of the urban civic body for reportedly not participating in area-level grievances redressal meetings organised every week. Raising the issue at the council meeting held here … Read more
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Durai Vaiko. | Photo Credit: File Photo The Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) MP Durai Vaiko has appealed to Chief Minister M. K. Stalin to withdraw the one per cent cess on corn as it would benefit a large number of small and marginal farmers growing the produce in southern … Read more
A view of the new bus terminus, which is under construction, in Srirangam. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Work on the construction of a new bus terminus at Srirangam is progressing at a fast pace. Built on 1.08 acres of land on Gandhi Road near the Rajagopuram of Sriranganathaswamy temple at an estimate of ₹11.10 … Read more
The Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT) has floated a tender inviting bids for construction of a Chief Minister’s Mini Stadium-Jallikattu Arena at Suriyur near Tiruchi. The village, situated on the outskirts of the city, usually hosts the first jallikattu in Tiruchi district every year on Mattu Pongal day. School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh … Read more
The Labour Department has directed all commercial establishments and other organisations to declare a holiday with paid leave for workers on polling day for the Erode (East) Assembly constituency byelection on February 5. Additionally, it has urged workers to report any violations. A release from K. Jeyalakshmi, Assistant Commissioner of Labour (Enforcement) said that voters in the constituency who are employed in organisations across the district should … Read more
The Ernakulam District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has dismissed a complaint lodged by a native of Kadungalloor near Aluva, alleging that he did not receive a lottery prize money in time due to delay on the part of the Udyogmandal branch of the Indian Overseas Bank in Eloor in forwarding the lottery ticket to the … Read more
A damaged steel slide in VOC Stadium in Palayamkottai severed the toe of a girl on Wednesday night. As the play equipment in the VOC Stadium in Palayamkottai is a major attraction for children in the evenings, Andiappan of Kokkirakulam near the District Collectorate took his seven-year-old daughter to the play arena. Even as she … Read more
An aerial view of the Central Bus Stand in Tiruchi. | Photo Credit: M. MOORTHY With the upcoming Integrated Bus Terminus (IBT) at Panjapur nearing completion, Tiruchi Corporation has planned to conduct a detailed study to explore options for infrastructure development at the Central Bus Stand. Spread over six acres of land, the bus stand … Read more
Collector A.K. Kamal Kishore has exhorted the parents of children below the age of 15 to renew their wards’ Aadhaar cards. In a statement, he said a ‘Blue Aadhaar Card’ was being given to children below the age of five, and it should be updated twice – at the age of 5 and 15 – … Read more
The inaugural India-UK Research Partnership Meet, organised by Fernandez Hospital Education and Research Foundation (FHERF) in collaboration with the University of Liverpool, marked a step in strengthening research and educational ties between the two nations. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The inaugural India-UK Research Partnership Meet, organised by Fernandez Hospital Education and Research Foundation (FHERF) … Read more
Doctors at Manipal Hospital, Vijayawada, provided treatment for an 86-year-old man who had Achalasia Cardia, a rare condition impacting the ability to swallow. The elderly man presented at the hospital with symptoms of difficulty in swallowing, regurgitation, and nocturnal cough. While he had no loss of appetite, he suffered from emaciation, a hospital release said. … Read more
Stubble burning solution: Chennai students win IIT Kharagpur award | Video Credit: The Hindu Every November, Delhi chokes under a blanket of smog. There are many reasons for why this happens. One is the much discussed and debated stubble burning in the nearby states of Punjab and Haryana. Farmers have taken to using alternative varieties … Read more
Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Duvvuri Subbarao underscored the need for a cooperative approach to India’s fiscal federalism in his BPR Vithal Memorial Lecture at the Centre for Economics and Social Studies (CESS) in Hyderabad on Thursday. Speaking on ‘India’s Fiscal Federalism – Quo Vadis?’ Subbarao traced the evolution of Centre-State financial relations … Read more