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Hyderabad: Tamil Nadu’s Meer Fazal Ali bagged twin titles – under-12 boys singles and doubles – at the Siddamsetty Krishna Rao Memorial AITA Super Series Boys & Girls Under-12 Tennis Tournament at Ash Tennis Academy, Shamirpet on Friday. In the boys final, Fazal Ali defeated top seeded Praneeth Reddy from Telangana 6-0, 6-1. He then […]
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Chennai: At a time when some electric two-wheelers are catching fire spontaneously, a Tamil Nadu physiotherapist, fed up with his Ola scooter’s poor performance and service, set the vehicle on fire. “I had set my Ola scooter on fire as it did not give the mileage as promised by the manufacturer, and the poor service,” […]
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Chennai: Eleven persons were electrocuted and 15 others injured when the top of a car belonging to Appar Madam/Mutt touched the overhead power cable in Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday morning. According to police, the accident took place in Kalimedu village when the car touched the overhead power cable killing 11 and injuring […]
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Hyderabad: The upcoming plenary of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) will unveil the party’s policy outlook towards the national politics. Besides discussing issues pertaining to the State as well as the country, the party will present Telangana’s model of development before the people of the country in order to trigger a discussion why not replicate […]
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Chennai: A retired senior police official of Tamil Nadu on Saturday morning left his pistol loaded with eight bullets in a train and deboarded, said an official of Southern Railway. The railway official told IANS that the loaded pistol was found in the HA1 compartment of the Yercaud Express from Chennai to Erode by a […]
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Chennai: In a shocking incident, a 12-year-old boy was arrested by the Tanjavur All Women Police after a 17-year-old girl gave birth to a girl after being raped by the boy. He was held under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (Pocso) Act. However, when contacted, the police at Tanjavur All Women Police station […]
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Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin announced a solatium of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of two persons, who lost their lives in a stampede during the 12th day festivities of the annual Chithirai festival in Madurai on Saturday. The 15-day event, which commenced on April 5 at the renowned Sri […]
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Tirupati(AP): A 65-year-old man was trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants in a village close to the Andhra Pradesh-Tamil Nadu border in the small hours of Saturday. The incident occurred when the victim was asleep under a tiny thatched shelter in his tomato farm, police said. Police and forest officials rushed to […]
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By Reetika Khera India’s school meals programme is ubiquitous, helping deliver food to millions. It faces threats from multiple angles. It would be hard to find a larger or more universal school meals programme than that in India. Until Covid-19 hit, more than 87% of children in rural government schools were being served the ‘Mid-Day […]
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Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Cyber cell has launched an investigation into a group sex video involving a female school teacher and boy students. The video, which was filmed by a businessman who was the woman’s paramour, had been shared by a few of his friends. The Cyber Cell is investigating whether the video was uploaded […]
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Chennai: The matchbox manufacturers association strike from April 6-17 will lead to a drop in the production by Rs 200 to 250 crore. The association has called for a strike due to the rising prices of raw materials, and the manufacturers have appealled to the Tamil Nadu government to bring the prices under control. Small […]
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Chennai/New Delhi: After Ola Electric and Okinawa e-scooters caught fire and raised alarms in government circles, another electric scooter of Hyderabad-based Pure EV has reportedly caught fire in Tamil Nadu. The EV fire incident, the third in a row, occurred near Mathura Toll Plaza in the Manjampakkam area near North Chennai. The 26-seconds long video […]
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Chennai: The multibillion-dollar Lulu group of Keralite NRI businessman M.A. Yusuf Ali will be investing Rs 3,500 crore in Tamil Nadu. This was announced by the group chairman and Managing Director M.A. Yusuf Ali while attending the investors’ meet of Tamil Nadu in Dubai. The meet was organised by the Tamil Nadu state government on […]
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Chennai: In a tragic incident in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore, a man and his daughter died after their e-bike went up in flames suffocating them to death in their asbestos sheet-laden house in the wee hours on Saturday. Police said that M. Duraivarma, (49), who was running a photo studio near Tollgate, Vellore bought a new […]
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Chennai: The policy makers and academicians of Tamil Nadu have strongly opposed the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) proposed move to conduct a common entrance test for admission to various courses across 45 central universities in the country. M.R. Ayyappan, a retired professor from a Government College in Tamil Nadu told IANS: “Just like NEET had created […]
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Rameswaram: Sri Lankan Navy has apprehended 16 fishermen from Rameswaram and Mandapam in Tamil Nadu and their two boats, according to Q branch police. Earlier on February 12, the Sri Lankan Navy has apprehended 12 Rameswaram-based fishermen and two fishing boats after they had gone fishing across the border in the Palk Bay. Minister of […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad topped the list of cities with the highest number of transactions at physical touch points in 2021 for Worldline India, a technology partner to several banks and e-commerce giants. Also, Telangana figured among the top ten States with the highest transactions at physical touch points in 2021. Physical touch points include point of […]
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Chennai: The Tamil Nadu public health department has in a statement said that BA.2 Sub variant of Omicron was identified in 18.4 per cent of the samples sequenced in the state from January to March 2022. It is to be noted that the BA.2 sub-variant is driving the Covid-19 cases in the UK. The genomic […]
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Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) official said that this is due to the transportation of coal from Odisha, which is the only source for Tamil Nadu power generation company.
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Bengaluru: Two days after the newly-married daughter of a Tamil Nadu minister approached the Bengaluru Police Commissioner seeking protection from her father, she met Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Tuesday and sought police protection for herself and her husband. Earlier on Wednesday afternoon, Jayakalyani (24), the daughter of Tamil Nadu Religious and Charitable Endowment […]
