A 60-year-old man who immolated himself on Sunday, May 8, to protest the evictions being carried out in Chennai’s Govindsamy Nagar succumbed to his injuries in the early hours of Monday, May 9. The residents of Govindaswamy Nagar, near the Buckingham Canal, protested against the evictions being carried out by the Tamil Nadu Water Resources […]
Accusing the DMK of no longer being a party for Tamils and that there was no place in the party for “committed and true workers”, DMK Rajya Sabha MP Tiruchi Siva’s son Suriya Siva joined the BJP. While joining BJP on Sunday, May 8, Suriya told The Hindu that DMK’s strength was its cadre who […]
I did not go to the mosque, I couldn’t bear to watch the exhumation, but we will go to any extent to find the truth,” Rashid, Rifa Mehnu’s father, said. A few days after the body reached us, we requested for the postmortem report, and it was then that we realised that it was not […]
As tensions persist between residents of Chennai’s Govindasamy Nagar and city authorities over the latter’s eviction drive, a 60-year-old man set himself ablaze in protest on Sunday, May 8. According to the residents, the eviction drive is being carried out in a rushed manner, and that no proper alternative is being provided to them by […]
While her grandmother was engaged in spraying pesticide in the plantation, the girl was playing with another girl and fell into a nearby pond. The Kumily police had arrested 52-year-old Vijayan alias Kannan, a resident of Mel Vazaveedu near Kattappana, on May 3 in connection with the sexual assault of two minor girls in April. […]
In a statement, Health Minister Veena George said pathogenic salmonella was detected in pepper powder kept in the eatery and these samples are certified ‘unsafe’ under the Food Safety and Standards Act. Devananda, the 16-year-old girl from Karivallor near Kasaragod, died at the Kanhangad district hospital last Sunday , while undergoing treatment for food poisoning. […]
The 35 UPHCs listed under National Urban Health Mission, 14 unlisted UPHCs and two CHCs will now come under the purview of the health and family welfare department,” the statement said. “Whether it is an urban or rural area, people should get quality healthcare services across the state. …Read the full story
Former Karnataka Minister and Congress leader Pramod Madhwaraj tendered his resignation from the party on Saturday, May 7. “Due to the circumstances, I have reached a point wherein it’s becoming impossible for me to continue in the Congress party and to do justice to the new post that has been assigned to me recently. “I […]
Instead, let’s focus on where mothers are in terms of their mental and physical well-being, on the tightrope walk to negotiate and make spaces conducive for themselves as mothers so that they can claim a guilt-free healthy life, one that is lived on their own terms. A mother is just human and relegating her to […]
A total of 8 kg of cocaine, each passenger carrying 4 kg, were seized from the passengers from the packets concealed in the false bottom of their trolley bags, the release said. …Read the full story
The Telugu diaspora in south Australia has set up a fundraiser for the children of a non-resident Indian who died in a road accident near Suryapet in Telangana. The GoFundMe link has been set up by members of the Telugu Association of South Australia which is a non-profit organisation for Telugu-speaking people living in and […]
With an aim to empower homegrown semiconductor startups, chipmaker Qualcomm India will collaborate with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s , a statement said on Friday. We encourage Indian startups to come forward and meet the current and projected domestic demand for semiconductors with the support of Government-led programmes such as aMake in India’ […]
Further treatment and management of COVID patients is to be followed as per the State protocol,” read a circular issued by the state government’s Health and Family Welfare Department. “In view of the recent spurt of Covid-19 cases in China, Australia, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, New Zealand, Russia and South Korea, further surveillance may be required. […]
A purported birthday celebration took a tragic turn in Kerala’s Palakkad, after a 23-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl were found charred to death in the former’s house on Sunday, April 24. His mother said that the incident occurred around 7am on Sunday, and that she only noticed something was wrong when she saw smoke […]
On Saturday, April 23, the Hubballi police arrested corporator and AIMIM leader Nazir Ahmed Honyal on charges of inciting the mob to violence during the protest. On April 16, a large crowd had gathered outside the Old Town police station in Hubballi, demanding strict action against a youth for a communally charged social media post. […]
The fire occurred at a car workshop called Berlin Motorworks in Janapriya Colony, where a few cars and parts used in upscale cars — including BMW, Benz, Renault Duster, Toyota Innova Crysta, and Nissan — were damaged, according to reports. A police official from Rajendranagar police station told the media that on Friday evening, when […]
In his presentation to the Congress top brass, electoral strategist Prashant Kishor flagged that his biggest worry was that members of decision-making bodies in the party are all nominated, and not necessarily connected at the grassroots and barely fight elections. In his presentation, Kishor said his ‘Reincarnation of Congress’ is about “preserving the soul, creating […]
However, hours later, Suresh Chavhanke — editor-in-chief of the Hindi news channel Sudarshan News — targeted the Army’s message by saying, “Now this disease has spread to even the Army? Sad .” Chavhanke is known for his incendiary comments and has been booked for hate speech in the past. Though an Army spokesperson declined to […]
The woman, identified as 57-year-old Uma Devi, had gone on her daily walk to the temple at 6.30 pm on April 18, but never returned, following which her family approached the police and put out appeals on social media. The accused has been identified as 42-year-old Anumula Murali Krishna and police said that he allegedly […]
Taking exception to television coverage of the Ukraine-Russia conflict and the Delhi riots, the government on Saturday, April 23, issued a strong advisory to news channels asking them to abide by the programme code laid down by the relevant laws. It also said that certain debates on television channels on the incidents in northwest Delhi […]