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Army mini-UAV develops snags, crosses LoC

A tactical surveillance drone (mini-UAV) of the Indian Army inadvertently crossed into Pakistan from the Line of Control (LOC) in Rajouri sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.

Barbed wires, teargas, water cannon on BJP's Ranchi march

SEVERAL police personnel as well as BJP workers were injured in clashes after the police resorted to teargas and water cannons to stop saffron party workers marching towards CM House at Morhabadi ground in Ranchi on Friday.

Schools, colleges told to hold special events on Krishna Janmashtami

JUST a month after directing schools across Madhya Pradesh to organise special two-day events to mark the Guru Purnima festival, the Mohan Yadavled BJP government has come out with similar directions for schools and colleges on Krishna Janmashthami (August 26).

4 Nepal residents buried alive in U’khand landslip

HEAVY rains in Uttarakhand hills triggered a landslide in Phata, Rudraprayag late Thursday, killing four Nepali citizens.

NGT pulls up Mann govt, fines ₹1K cr for failing to manage waste in Punjab

THE National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a fine of ₹1,026 crore on the Punjab government as environmental compensation for failing to manage waste and untreated sewage.

MEA raises Sikh holy book seizure with Qatari govt

Swaroops taken away from groups who ran gurdwaras sans approval

Cong holds CEC meet to discuss candidates for J&K polls; 9 names in first list

A day after the Congress and the National Conference (NC) sealed a pre-poll alliance for the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the Central Election Committee (CEC) of Congress convened a meeting on Friday to decide the candidates for the first phase of the polls.

Old pension scheme to figure prominently in Modi meet with govt staff

FOR the first time in a decade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet representatives of the central government employees on Saturday to discuss a slew of significant issues ahead of a possible announcement of a new pension scheme.

India, US sign reciprocal defence pact

INDIA and the United States signed two significant defence agreements during Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's four-day visit to the US.

Shun colonial-era black gown, instead go desi: Govt

THE Union Health Ministry has asked all Central government hospitals and medical teaching institutes, including AIIMS, to do away with the colonial-era black gown and cap during convocations and replace them with state-specific Indian traditional dresses.

Cong greedy for power, playing with country's security, says Shah

UNION Home Minister and BJP's principal strategist Amit Shah on Friday accused the Congress of repeatedly \"risking the country's unity and security\" in its greed for power by forging an alliance with the National Conference for the J&K assembly polls.

Nadda launches national medical register portal for allopathic doctors

UNION Health Minister JP Nadda launched a national medical register (NMR) portal on Friday, which will serve as a comprehensive and dynamic database for registered allopathic doctors in India.

SIT files 2k-page charge sheet against Prajwal

THE Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Friday filed a 2,144-page charge sheet against Holenarasipura MLA HD Revanna and former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna in connection with the sexual assault and harassment case registered at the Holenarasipura Town police station in Hassan.

'Savukku' Shankar case: SC seeks TN's reply on second detention order

A three-judge bench of Supreme Court comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra on Friday issued notice to Tamil Nadu government and sought its responses after hearing a Habeus Corpus petition challenging the recent second detention of YouTuber 'Savukku' Shankar under the preventive detention law.

AMMA breaks its silence on Hema panel report, rejects ‘casting couch' allegation

IT took five days for the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) to respond to the findings in the Justice Hema committee report, which was released on Monday.

Penn Nalam hosp celebrates 15 yrs of service in prevention of cancer

PENN Nalam Hospital flagged off an advanced mobile screening bus equipped with facilities for digital scanning and testing for women on the occasion of its 15th anniversary in the service of cancer prevention and treatment, on Friday.

MGMGH docs remove ₹5 coin from girl's food pipe

A team of doctors at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) on Thursday removed a five-rupee coin from the upper esophagus of a seven-year-old girl from Thottiyam who had accidentally swallowed it earlier that day.

Bank manager steals 26 kg jewels in Kerala, pledges it in T'ppur; held

A special team of Kerala police on Friday recovered 4.6 kg of gold jewels from two branches of a private bank in Tiruppur that were part of 26.8 kg of jewels stolen by the branch manager of nationalised bank in in Kozhikode.

2 students clash at Namakkal school, one dies

A 16-YEAR-OLD boy died in a fight between two class 11 students inside a classroom at a government school in Namakkal on Friday.

AI INTEGRATION CAN REVOLUTIONISE POWER DISTRIBUTION

THE implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, spearheading transformation across industries in recent years, can be a potential game changer in revolutionising the power distribution system for reliable and efficient power supply.

Two lakh placed in private firms through job fairs in 3 yrs, says TN

THE state government on Friday said it has provided private sector jobs to 2.03 lakh people through job fairs in the past three years.

Train accident drill a 'knockout' show in Tiruchy

THE Tiruchy railway division, along with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Fire Force, conducted a mock drill of a train accident and rescue operation at the railway goods yard here on Friday.

Home dist posting for women cops returning from maternity leave: CM

CHIEF Minister M K Stalin on Friday announced that women police personnel, returning from their one-year maternity leave, would be posted for three years in districts where their family or their spouse's family lives, by providing them an exemption from seniority as required.

Theni man murders pregnant wife, daughter; dies by suicide

A 37-YEAR-OLD man ended his life after allegedly killing his pregnant wife and five-year-old daughter at Mullai Nagar in Aranmanaipudur.

AIADMK, BJP suspect foul play in death of K'giri Pocso accused

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and BJP state president K Annamalai on Friday raised suspicions over the deaths of A Sivaraman - prime suspect in the sexual assault of a girl at a fake NCC camp and his father Ashokumar.

K'taka seeks fresh ToR from green ministry for Mekedatu dam project

'Clearance of interstate issues not a prerequisite under protocol for ToR approval by centre'

Nationalisation of MK's books: Kanimozhi thanks her mother

DMK MP Kanimozhi on Friday thanked her mother Rajathi Ammal for permitting the nationalisation of the books written by her husband and former CM M Karunanidhi.

980 CCTV cameras to be installed at 245 schools in Chennai

The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has decided to install 980 CCTV cameras across 245 school campuses in the city.

Woman, son killed in blast, police probing suicide angle

MINUTES after a loud explosion rattled the neighbourhood, a 55-year-old woman and her 26-year-old son were found burnt to death inside their house on the second floor of an apartment in T Nagar on Friday afternoon.

After two rounds of counselling, over 1 lakh engg seats still vacant

Following the completion of the second round of the Tamil Nadu engineering Admissions (TNEA) counselling, as many as 110 colleges of the total 443 were able to fill seats only in the single digits.