Power play: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Delhi Lt. Governor V.K. Saxena during the foundation stone laying and inauguration ceremony of various development projects, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar In the first week of January, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) campaign for the Delhi Assembly election started with Prime Minister … Read more
Clearly marked out: In the Adyar zone, 18 out of the 20 speed breakers have been completed with thermoplastic application. A speed breaker at Rathiram Nagar in Kamaraj Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Greater Chennai Police and the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) are establishing a speed breaker committee to regulate and standardise … Read more
Oasis of peace: Built in 1796 by James Brodie, a civil servant of the East India Company, the 20,000-square foot structure was designed to resemble the Brodie Castle in Scotland. The Government Music College has been functioning from here. | Photo Credit: RAVINDRAN R A group of first-year students rushing to their violin classes in … Read more
Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) is planning to improve waste management, renewable sources of energy and free Wi-Fi services at the public congregation zones during the Third Master Plan (2027-2046) period. CMDA sources said studies involving the local bodies, Tangedco, and Tamil Nadu Information Technology Department are expected to be done in six months as … Read more
What is a First Information Report? The first piece of information given to the police about an offence sets the criminal law in motion. This means a police officer can take up investigation once this first information is put in writing. Any information or complaint relating to commission of a cognizable offence (an offence for … Read more
Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva and other party leaders seen during a meeting at Delhi BJP office in New Delhi on February 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma A day after winning 48 out of the 70 seats in the Delhi Assembly elections, a delegation of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s winning candidates in … Read more
The Yelahanka New Town police have booked a man for threatening a married woman and stalking her after she rejected his proposal for marriage. The victim runs a shop and the accused identified as Usman Pasha came to the shop a few days ago as a customer. After buying some stuff the accused accessed her … Read more
Tension prevailed near Chithode in Erode district on Saturday night after residents intercepted a vehicle allegedly dumping textile effluents into a canal maintained by the Public Works Department (PWD) in Mettukadai. Gangapuram, near Chithode, is home to several textile processing units, and residents had previously raised concerns about effluent discharge into the canal. Early Sunday … Read more
Tamil Nadu Government should uphold the right of worship by Muslims at Sikkander Badusha dargah, demanded the Madurai Wakf Rights conference held here on Sunday. A resolution to this effect was passed at the conference, organised by Social Democratic Party of India, pressing for scrapping of Wakf Amendment Bill 2025 and to uphold the Places … Read more
About 1,000 volunteers led by Baduku Kattona Banni SevaTrust, Ujire harvested paddy grown on about four acres at Belaluvillage, near Ujire, in an hour on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRAGEMENT About 1,000 volunteers led by Baduku Kattona Banni Seva Trust, Ujire harvested paddy grown on about four acres at Belalu village, near Ujire, in … Read more
Immigration officials at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on Friday caught a 37-year-old private firm employee who travelled to the United Kingdom with fake documents and forged identity eight years ago. The accused G. Jayaveeran from Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu was intercepted soon after he landed at the KIA from London with an emergency certificate. Upon … Read more
A file image is used for representational purpose only. The Bidhannagar City Police have arrested a 22-year-old e-rickshaw driver in connection with the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl in the Newtown area on the northeastern fringes of Kolkata. The body of the victim was found on Friday (February 7, 2025) in a desolate … Read more
BJP A.P. unit president Daggubati Purandeswari on Sunday (February 9) said she, along with several leaders of the party from Visakhapatnam district, brought to the notice of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw issues related to the decision of merging the Kothavalasa-Kirandul (KK) line with the newly formed Rayagada Division of East Coast Railway. Ms. Purandeswari was … Read more
District collector A.P.Mahabharathi visiting the cucumber farm of N. Vinayagam at Umayalpathi village in Sirkazhi taluk. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement N. Vinayagam, a farmer from Umayalpathi village, Sirkazhi taluk, has successfully turned to high-tech greenhouse cucumber cultivation, supported by the National Agricultural Development Programme (NADP). By adopting polyhouse technology, he has ensured stable yield, … Read more
Udupi police have arrested three persons in connection with the murder of a 48-year-old Kittur alias Siddappa Shivanappa Hubballi, in Moodanidamburu village of Udupi in October 2023. The police on Sunday gave names of the arrested persons as Kanakappa Hanumanth Rodi, 46, Yamanur Thimmappa Marana Basari, 24, and Yamanoorappa Jedi alias Rodi, 26, all from … Read more
An Armed Reserve police personnel has been picked up by Virudhunagar police with a pistol near Virudhunagar on Sunday. One of his accomplices is said to have fled from the scene. Virudhunagar district police are interrogating the police man. Published – February 09, 2025 09:24 pm IST
A 42-year-old construction labourer was stabbed to death by his fellow workers following an argument in Akashavani Layout under the Sampigehalli police station limits on Saturday night. The deceased has been identified as Syed Mehboob. According to the police, Mehboob had been working with Kanika and Raju, as loaders of crushed stones into trucks. On … Read more
Councillor of Mangaluru City Corporation, Ganesh Kulal being felicitated with annual Press Club Award as part of Press Club Day celebration at Palemar Garden, in Mangaluru on Sunday | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRAGEMENT Mangaluru Press Club on Sunday presented its ‘Person of the Year’ award for 2024 to Ganesh Kulal, a councillor of Mangaluru City Corporation from … Read more
Pondicherry University Vice-Chancellor (i/c) K. Tharanikkarasu, and two Varsity professors were among the 87 leading academicians from across India to participate in a knowledge summit in Prayagraj recently. A press note said Mr. Tharanikkarasu, in an address at the “Maha Gyan kumbh” session on the role of administration in education, gave an overview of the … Read more
Priests performing Maha Kumbabhishekam at the historic Sri Kaleshwara Sri Mukteshwara Swamy temple in Kaleshwaram of Jayashankar Bhupalpally district on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Kaleshwaram, the abode of Sri Kaleshwara Sri Mukteshwara Swamy, in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, came alive with religious fervour as hordes of devotees witnessed ‘Maha Kumbabishekam’ held at the historic … Read more
The first coach of the second Yellow Line train that arrived at the Hebbagodi depot on Sunday. | Photo Credit: special arrangement As the revised fare structure of Namma Metro came into effect on Sunday, many passengers said they were left shocked. Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) on Saturday announced a 50% hike on … Read more
Fraudsters allegedly hacked gmail account and a payment app of a bank manager from Belthangady and fraudulently withdrew ₹2.19 lakh from different accounts. In the compliant registered at Dakshina Kannada Cyber Economic and Narcotic Crime Station, the victim, the manager of Federal Bank, said she received a text message on February 7 on her mobile … Read more
The Whitefield Division Cyber Crime police have registered a case against unknown people for misusing the name of a private finance company that runs a digital loan app and cheating people on the pretext of providing instant loans. Based on the complaint filed by Sumithra V, legal manager of SmartCoin Financials Pvt Ltd, the police … Read more
Officials of Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption caught an e-sevai centre operator red-handed while accepting bribe from a public on Friday. According to police, Bagavathi Mangalam Village Administrative Officer Parthiban, had allegedly demanded ₹37,000 as bribe for changing name in patta. The complainant unwilling to bribe the VAO, raised a complaint with DVAC officials. … Read more
A group of activists belonging to various organisations and owing allegiance to Human Rights Defenders Alert – India met the family members of murdered activist Jagaber Ali at Vengalur village near Thirumayam in the district on Sunday and offered their condolences to them. The group comprising 60 members came in the morning and paid their … Read more
Padayatri pilgrims proceeding to Palani near Dindigul on SundaY. | Photo Credit: G. KARTHIKEYAN The recent announcement by the Food Safety Department that it is mandatory to get permission to distribute annadhanam has dampened the spirits of padayatris and also organisers of annadhanams. For long years, the make-shift annadhanam shaminas on the roads leading to … Read more
Government Raily Police personnel distribute pamphlets to passengers at Virudhunagar Railway station on Sunday. The Government Railway Police have begun an awareness programme on women safety in trains among the passengers at Virudhunagar railway station. Led by the GRP Virudhunagar station Inspector of Police, T. Selvi, the police personnel were distributing pamphlets containing the emergency … Read more
Railway Police conducted an awareness campaign for women passengers at the Tirunelveli Junction Railway Station. Following the tragic incident of a pregnant woman being harassed on a train, the Railway Police and Railway Protection Force have intensified security measures across all railway stations in Tamil Nadu. Additionally, they are also conducting awareness campaigns for women … Read more
A 35-year-old resident of Bengaluru is in a coma after falling from an express train near the Wimco Nagar railway station on Saturday. The Korukkupet Government Railway police GRP have filed a case and are investigating. A senior GRP official said R. Mohankumar and his friends had gone to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela in … Read more
Forest Department staff filling water in a trough in Madukkarai forest range of the Coimbatore Forest Division. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRAGEMENT The Forest Department will keep water in 101 troughs across Coimbatore Forest Division for wild animals to quench their thirst. Forest Department officials said that troughs in all the seven forest ranges … Read more