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Tribal hamlets in Kalvarayan Hills to get micro vans for taking kids to school
WORKING towards addressing the challenges faced by children from tribal areas in accessing formal education, the Tribal Welfare Department is planning to launch a pilot initiative to provide micro vans to four schools in Kalvarayan Hills of Kallakurichi district.
18 fishers repatriated by Lanka reach Karaikal
ON the day when Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is on his maiden Indian visit, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the island nation repatriated 18 Indian fishermen, arrested for allegedly crossing the IMBL this month.
Cops yet to crack T'pur triple murder case, ask people to install CCTV cams
NEARLY three weeks have passed since three members of a family were beaten to death in a farm house near Avinashi-palayam, yet district police are unable to make a breakthrough in the investigation despite forming 14 special teams.
MLA urges TN to desilt and restore Veeranam Lake immediately
MLA M Sinthanai Selvan has urged the Tamil Nadu government to desilt and restore Veeranam Lake immediately and construct flood prevention walls along both sides of the Velliyankal Odai canal from Lalpet to Thirunaraiyur.
Revenue, rural dev dept officials stir against cops
EMPLOYEES of the revenue and rural development departments in Tiruvannamalai staged a protest on Tuesday accusing the police of disrupting their duties during the Karthigai Deepam festival last week.
Special reservation under fine arts & culture for UG courses in IIT-Madras
IN a first, the IIT-Madras has introduced a 'Fine Arts and Culture Excellence' (FACE) admission quota for undergraduate programmes for the academic year 2025-26.
'One poll' bill introduced in LS
Draws fierce protest from Oppn; govt ready to sent it to a joint parliamentary committee
NTA to manage higher edu entrance tests alone
IN a significant shift from its role, the National Testing Agency (NTA) will now focus solely on conducting entrance exams for admissions to higher education institutions.
Do not make Aadhaar must for NREGS payment, says House panel
The Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj has recommended that the Rural Development Ministry's Aadhaar Based Payment Bridge System for making payments under MGNREGS should not be made compulsory.
TALE OF RAIN AND PAIN FOR INDIA'S TOP-ORDER
On a day that witnessed multiple delays due to weather, visitors lose four big wickets and now have an uphill task to save the match
TALE OF RAIN AND PAIN FOR INDIA'S TOP-ORDER
On a day that witnessed multiple delays due to weather, visitors lose four big wickets and now have an uphill task to save the match
Niggle trouble for Siraj as pacer continues to struggle
IT was the 37th over of the Australian innings on Sunday. Mohammed Siraj, having bowled the first two balls, called on the physio.
Women's Euro: UEFA more than doubles prize money
PRIZE money for the 2025 Women's European Championship will more than double compared to the previous edition, with the 16 teams sharing 41 million euros, UEFA said Monday.
Pvt sector output index rises to 60.7 in Dec
PRIVATE sector output grew at the fastest pace in four months, helping the economy end 2024 on a positive note boosted by strong demand from services and manufacturing sectors leading to record jobs creation.
European agency endorses approval of Biocon Biologics' biosimilar Ustekinumab
BIOCON BIOLOGICS, a biosimilars company and subsidiary of Biocon, has announced that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion recommending approval of YESINTEK, an Ustekinumab biosimilar intended for the treatment of adults and children with plaque psoriasis and adults with psoriatic arthritis or Crohn's disease.
LG eyes $15 billion listing valuation for Indian arm
Post-public offer, promoter's shareholding will come down by 15%
New Relic aims to further scale up India operations; investing heavily in the country
US-based New Relic, which is in intelligent observability platform space, is investing heavily in India.
B'desh election in 2025-end or early '26: Yunus
Claims restoring democratic institutions is necessary for calling general elections
Japan bank staff steals $6.6 mn from safe deposit boxes
JAPAN's biggest bank apologised on Monday for the alleged theft by an employee of more than 1 billion yen ($6.6 million) from customers' safe deposit boxes.
Rescuers race against time as hundreds feared dead in Mayotte's worst cyclone
FRANCE was rushing help by ship and military aircraft to its poor overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean on Monday after the island was shattered by its worst storm in nearly a century.
SP smells BJP plot in Sambhal violence, ruckus in UP House
THE winter session of the UP legislature took off on a fiery note on Monday with the belligerent opposition raising Sambhal violence in which five people lost their lives during the survey of Shahi Jama Masjid on November 24.
Shah meets families hit by Maoist violence in Bastar, pledges support
UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday expressed his condolences to the families of jawans killed in Maoist attacks and the civilians affected by violence in the strife-torn region of Bastar in Chhattisgarh.
Lathi-charge on students seeking exam cancellation
THE Jharkhand police resorted to lathi-charge on Monday to disperse students, who were protesting near Jharkhand Staff Service Commission (JSSC) against alleged irregularities in the JSSC-CGL recruitment examination held in September.
TMC makes U-turn on EVMs, differs with Cong on functioning
IN a departure from its earlier stand, Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday asserted that there is nothing \"substantial\" in the allegations of manipulation of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM).
Priyanka asks govt to take steps for safety of minorities in Bangladesh
CONGRESS MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday claimed in the Lok Sabha that a photograph of Pakistan surrendering before the Indian Army in Dhaka, had been removed from the Army headquarters.
PROPOSING A 2-FACTOR FORMULA FOR SHARING
HE 16th Finance Commission so far visited 16 states; visits to 12 more will be completed in the next few months.
Need to revive smaller sabhas
Carnatic singer TM Krishna was presented with the Sangita Kalanidhi MS Subbulakshmi Award at The Music Academy's 98th Annual Conference and Concerts inauguration in Chennai on Sunday.
Man dies of suspected dengue, mass cleaning drive intensified
THE health department has started an inquiry after a 28-year-old man died in a private hospital on Sunday, allegedly due to dengue.
Will finish Polavaram project by 2026: Naidu
Andhra CM outlines broad milestones for mega irrigation project and says will set up key performance indicators
TN's domestic electricity rates lowest in India
THE state has the lowest average electricity rates for domestic consumers compared to other states, the state government said in an official statement.