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Panic grips pilgrims as avalanche stops short of Kedarnath temple

A massive avalanche hit the Gandhi Sarovar located four kilometres above the Kedarnath Dham early Sunday morning.

Drive safe: Most accidents involve two-wheelers

THE New Indian Express Group and Hero MotoCorp, the world's largest motorcycle and scooter manufacturer, launched the #RideSafeIndia initiative in Ahmedabad on Saturday.

Raj govt scheme: Farmers to get ₹2k in addition to PM yojana

RAJASTHAN Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma launched Chief Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana today.

Chirag supports special status for Bihar a day after demand by JD(U)

A day after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) demanded special status to Bihar, union minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Sunday extended his party's support to the demand and said that it should not be contended as 'pressure politics'.

Conspiracy being hatched to jail me again, says Soren

IN a scathing attack on BJP-led government at the Centre, JMM working president and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that it has been merely two days that he was released from jail, and a conspiracy is being hatched to send him to jail again.

MVA to fight Maha assembly elections jointly, says Pawar

'Moral responsibility of major parties to protect interests of smaller allies'

Halt encroachments in Mirzapur sloth bear reserve, govt told

ENVIRONMENTALISTS have written a letter to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, demanding immediate intervention to stop encroachments and constructions in a proposed sloth bear conservation reserve in Mirzapur forest division of eastern Uttar Pradesh.

CBI registers case in fake admissions of 4L students in Haryana govt schools

THE CBI, which is probing the highly controversial NEET-UG exam paper leaks, has registered yet another case in connection with 4 lakh 'fake students' detected in Haryana government schools in 2016.

Reasi terror attack: NIA hunts for suspects across J&K's Rajouri dist

THE National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday conducted searches at multiple locations across Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir in connection with its probe into the Reasi terrorist attack, which claimed nine lives including that of a child.

Upendra Dwivedi takes charge as 30th Army chief

THE Indian Army on Sunday got its new Chief of Army Staff (COAS) with General Upendra Dwivedi taking over as the 30th COAS from General Manoj Pande, who superannuated after more than four decades of service to the nation.

THE MYSTICAL QUALITY OF RAINS ACROSS CULTURES

WHEN the heat-ravaged plains of North India welcomed a few pre-monsoon showers, I couldn't help but be reminded of an interesting belief in world culture that holy men can wring rain out of burning skies by their penance, even by just their presence, by setting foot in rain-starved places.

HIGHER TARIFFS MUST NOT DERAIL DIGITAL INDIA

THREE major telecom companies-Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea-have decided to increase call and data tariff by up to 10-25% across prepaid and postpaid plans.

INDIAN CRICKET TEAM'S REWARD FOR PROCESS AND PERSISTENCE

THE ICC title drought is finally over.

DEBT RESTRUCTURE NOT FINAL ANSWER TO LANKA'S PROBLEMS

President Wickremesinghe has secured a bailout from the IMF and managed to extend the life of loan repayments. But the nation's economic woes are far from over

Will ensure 'PC' culture ceases to exist in Odisha, says newly appointed CM

SENDING out a strong message against corruption, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said the new BJP government will ensure that 'PC' (percentage cut) culture ceases to exist in the state and those involved or indulging in such practice will not be spared.

Fake guarantee cert: Kenyan firm loses road contract

THE Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has cancelled the tender for the third time for the ₹27,000-crore Peripheral Ring Road project and will now have to call for a fourth round of tendering.

120 Keralites rescued from Laos, Cambodia in 18 mths

Police say they were working in firms engaged in swindling money

Gang waylays AIADMK functionary in Cuddalore, hacks him to death

AN AIADMK functionary and former councillor was hacked to death by a gang in Cuddalore on Saturday night, creating tension in the area.

Youth given liquor, not jobs: PMK slams DMK

PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss on Sunday stated that the use of hooch and drugs among youngsters and adults in districts like Kallakurichi and Villupuram was propagated by the ruling DMK, while campaigning for C Anbumani contesting in the Vikravandi bypoll.

Lift ban on toddy tapping, allow sale like in Kerala: Farmers

IN the wake of the hooch tragedy at Kallakurichi which has claimed over 60 lives, farmers associations in western districts appealed to the state government to lift the ban on production and sale of toddy in Tamil Nadu.

'Release list of investments TN got after CM's foreign visits'

THE DMK government should release the list of investments that were brought to the state by Chief Minister MK Stalin's recent visit to Spain and previous visits to other foreign countries.

No transparency in Tasmac: BJP

TN BJP president K Annamalai and former union minister Pon Radhakrishnan on Sunday reviewed the party's performance in the Lok Sabha elections in Coimbatore.

'BANDHAM' STRONG: COPS ATTEND TO 295 CALLS FROM ELDERLY

GAUTHAM SELVARAJAN @ Chennai FROM providing elderly residents with legal assistance to helping them purchase monthly groceries, the Greater Chennai Police's 'Bandham' initiative has been wields mobile applications such as PharmEasy, Big Basket, Swiggy, Ola and Uber among others to assist the elderly in the city.

Demand surge: Railways to build more general coaches

OWING to repeated incidents of general class passengers occupying air-conditioned reserved coaches, the railways have revised their annual production plan to increase the production of general class/ second class coaches.

DCE releases academic schedule for all arts & science colleges in state

THE Directorate of Collegiate Education (DCE) has released a tentative academic schedule to be uniformly followed by all the arts and science colleges in the state for the academic year 2024-2025.

Lumps in Nilgiri Tahr not tumour, but parasite

Surgery performed on an animal reveals that tapeworms prevalent in carnivores cause the inflammation

Hizb-ut-Tahrir case: NIA arrests 2 from Thanjavur after searches at 10 locations

THE National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested two persons from Thanjavur on Sunday in connection with a Hizb-utTahrir (HuT) case after conducting a series of searches at 10 locations across five districts in Tamil Nadu, including Tiruchy, Erode, Chennai and Thanjavur.

British-era rules end, new criminal laws from today

New system gives priority to providing justice rather than meting out punishment for crimes

Modi resumes Mann Ki Baat address, thanks people for faith in Constitution

IN his first Mann Ki Baat radio address since the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday thanked the people for reposing their faith in the Constitution and the democratic process.

FINALLY, IT'S COMING HOME

Ina contest that was filled with twists and turns, Rohit Co beat South Africa by seven runs to end the ICC trophy drought after 1] years