Dindigul MP R. Sachithanantham addresses a meeting organised by the All India Farm Labourers’ Welfare Association in front of Athur union office in Dindigul district on Thursday. | Photo Credit: HANDOUT Promising farm labourers to provide under the MGNREGS without any interruption, Dindigul MP R. Sachidanandam said he would raise the issue in the Lok … Read more
Image used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam The State Transport department has given the nod to the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) to operate premium bus services along some routes in Chennai. The department had issued a Government Order (G.O.) in September last year, directing the MTC to hire service providers to … Read more
CPI will continue to fight for the rights of the common people and upholding democracy drawing inspiration from Gandhiji, says the party general secretary D. Raja | Photo Credit: KVS GIRI Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary D. Raja garlanded the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, near the Central Park, and paid tributes to him … Read more
Sewage mixed with effluents entering River Cauvery in Erode in Tamil Nadu on Thursday. | Photo Credit: M. GOVARTHAN Sewage from households and untreated effluents from textile processing units discharged into the Cauvery River and Kalingarayan Canal remain a persistent issue. Erode, known as the ‘Turmeric City’, has now earned the grim nickname of ‘Cancer City’ due to a high incidence of cancer cases, likely linked to environmental pollution. This degradation not only affects … Read more
The tribal people of Pedapeta staged a protest demanding that they be given work, under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in their village, instead of providing them work at distant villages, at Pedapeta village of MK Patnam, of Rolugunta mandal in Anakapalli district on Thursday (January 30). The villagers, led by … Read more
Promising farm labourers to provide under the MGNREGA scheme without any interruption, Dindigul MP R. Sachidanandam said he would raise the issue in the Lok Sabha during the ensuing budget session. Speaking at a meeting organised by the All India Farm Labourers’ Welfare Association at Athur Union in Dindigul district, he said a majority of … Read more
Students taking part in a road safety rally organised by the District administration, Coimbatore City Police and ‘Uyir’, an NGO, in Coimbatore on Thursday as part of the National Road Safety Month. | Photo Credit: PERIASAMY M A total of 3,500 students from 24 colleges took part in a mass awareness rally at 12 locations … Read more
The water level in Papanasam Dam on Thursday stood at 111.10 feet (maximum level 143 feet). The dam had an inflow of 484.49 cusecs and a discharge of 800 cusecs. The level in Manimuthar Dam stood at 99.35 feet (maximum level 118 feet). The dam had an inflow of 185 cusecs and a discharge of … Read more
A total of 284 micro observers, including 47 reserves, will monitor the polling in all the 237 polling stations for the byelection to the Erode (East) Assembly constituency, scheduled for February 5. District Election Officer and Collector Raja Gopal Sunkara in the presence of General Observer Ajay Kumar Gupta and Returning Officer and Corporation Commissioner H.S. Srikanth, carried … Read more
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday (January 30, 2025) claimed that a team of Election Commission officials reached Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s Kapurthala House residence in Delhi for a search. A team of Election Commission (EC) officials was … Read more
Hyderabad-based company Natco Pharma’s shares closed less than 1% lower at ₹1,165.15 on the BSE on January 30, 2025. File Natco Pharma has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) approval for Everolimus tablets for oral suspension, 2mg, 3mg and 5mg, a generic version of Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation’s Afinitor Disperz. Marketing partner for … Read more
The parent company’s shares closed 5.49% higher on Thursday (January 30, 2025) at ₹564.40 on the BSE. Photo: X/@GranulesIndia Generic drugmaker Granules has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) for its abbreviated new drug application for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) drug Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate Capsules in multiple strengths. The generic … Read more
The Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, affiliated to the Communist Party of India (Marxist), has called upon the district administration to restore the irrigation channels that were filled with earth to facilitate road infrastructure development work at Nadiyam Village Panchayat in Peravurani taluk. In a memorandum addressed to Collector B. Priyanka Pankajam, association’s Thanjavur District Committee … Read more
The office of State Human Rights Commission in Chennai. File | Photo Credit: M. Karunakaran The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has recommended that the Tamil Nadu government pay a compensation of ₹3 lakh to the mother of a man who jumped into the Adyar river in August 2018, after a sub-inspector (SI) of police … Read more
Residents of Allampatti near Tirumangalam staging a protest in Madurai district on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Scores of villagers, including school students, staged a road roko on the Tirumangalam-Sengottai fourway road, under construction, demanding a subway in Allampatti village for the people to cross the highway, on Thursday. The Deputy Leader of the … Read more
A man was sentenced to 15 years in jail under the POCSO Act for abducting and sexually assaulting a minor girl in Dharmapuri. The 24-year-old accused, Durai, of Harur in Dharmapuri, abducted a 17-year-old girl and sexually assaulted her in 2017. The accused was arrested based on the complaint lodged by the girl’s parents. The … Read more
Tamil Nadu All Government College UGC Qualified Guest Lecturers Association has appealed to the Department of Higher Education to transfer guest lecturers (GLs), who have been replaced by permanent staff, to fill vacancies in other institutions, instead of leaving them in limbo. A total of 7,360 guest lecturers are working in 164 government arts and … Read more
Suma Sudhindra | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement As a young instrumentalist and student of maestro L Raja Rao, Suma Sudhindra was eager to explore the veena world. After her PhD thesis on the ‘Evolution of Stringed Instruments in Carnatic Music’, she wanted to take advanced lessons to widen her repertoire. After listening to veena veteran Chitti … Read more
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, Governor Jishnu Dev Varma and State Cabinet ministers paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 77th death anniversary, at Bapu Ghat in Hyderabad on Thursday (January 30, 2025). | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, Governor Jishnu Dev Varma, Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy, Agriculture … Read more
The Small Industries Development Bank of India (India) has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Tiruchi District Tiny and Small Scale Industries Association (TIDITSSIA) for mutual cooperation and support of local industries. The MoU was signed in the presence of Pyda Ramakrishna, Assistant General Manager, SIDBI, and J.P. Jagadish, Branch Manager, SIDBI, and … Read more
Ranji Panicker (right), president of the Directors’ Union under the Film Employees Federation of Kerala, shaking hands with the three women make-up artistes after they called off their two-day hunger strike in front of the office of the All Kerala Cine Makeup Artists and Hairstylists in Kochi on January 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: Thulasi … Read more
A file photo of students appearing for the COMEDK exam. Applications can be submitted online at www.comedk.org or www.unigauge.com between February 3 and March 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar The Consortium of Medical, Engineering, and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) Undergraduate Entrance Test (UGET) and Uni-GAUGE-2025 entrance examination, a combined online examination … Read more
Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi pays floral tributes to a portrait and bust of Mahatma Gandhi at the Gandhi Mandapam in Chennai, on the occasion of his death anniversary on Thursday, January 30 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Expressing disapproval of the Tamil Nadu government hosting events in “a corner of a city museum” to … Read more
Jhanu Band performing | Photo Credit: RAVIKIRAN VISSA Jhanu Chanthar, the founder of Chennai-based metal band Jhanu, used to dislike his name growing up. He was often picked on by his classmates as they sang the song ‘Janu meri jaan’, from the Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Shan (1980) around him. However, years later, the guitarist’s brother and … Read more
South Central Railway (SCR) is operating four additional ‘Maha Kumbh’ Mela special trains between various destinations as detailed below: 07079 Charlapalli – Danapur February 5, 07080 Danapur – Charlapalli February 7, 07077 Charlapalli – Danapur February 7 and 07078 Danapur – Charlapalli February 9. All trains will start at their respective stations at 3 p.m. … Read more
The Land Pooling Area Development Scheme in Madambakkam spans 242.81 hectares (600 acres) and covers areas in Madambakkam (Tambaram Corporation), Agaramthen, and Kovilancheri villages under the St. Thomas Mount Panchayat Union | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA), in its draft for the Madambakkam Land Pooling Area Development Scheme (LPADS), has … Read more
Dealers of pre-owned vehicles across Tamil Nadu, including Coimbatore, downed shutters for a day on January 30, 2025. C.S. Venkatesh, joint secretary of the Coimbatore Pre Owned Dealers’ Association, said that moving from spot fines to online levy of penalties for violation of road rules has hit business for the dealers for the last six … Read more
Cyberabad Traffic Police issued a traffic advisory with details on route diversions as Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) undertook construction of the Shilpa Layout Phase-II flyover gets underway. File | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Commuters in Gachibowli are likely to face traffic disruptions as the construction of the SRDP Shilpa Layout Phase-II flyover gets underway. … Read more
ISRO launches its 100th mission the NVS-02 navigation satellite aboard the launch vehicle GSLV-F15, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota on Wednesday (January 29, 2025). | Photo Credit: ANI Two Hyderabad-based private firms — Ananth Technologies and MTAR Technologies played a pivotal role in making key components for the successful launch of … Read more
AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal addresses a press conference, in New Delhi, on January 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday (January 30, 2025) wrote to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, asking him to not mix the issue of increased Ammonia levels in Yamuna water with … Read more