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Swiss jail terms for 4 of wealthy Hinduja family

A Swiss court handed jail sentences to four members of Britain's richest family on Friday for exploiting Indian staff at their Geneva mansion.

Putin won't rule out arming North Korea

VLADIMIR Putin said on Thursday he does not rule out Russia sending arms to isolated North Korea in what Washington called an \"incredibly concerning\" statement that threatens instability on the divided Korean peninsula.

ED raids J'khand land scam suspect, recovers ₹1 cr cash from home

THE Enforcement Directorate on Friday raided locations of land dealer Kamlesh Kumar and recovered more than 1 crore in cash besides 100 live cartridges.

Waste to wealth: Joshimath civic body earns from pilgrim leftovers

IN Uttarakhand, the Joshimath Municipality has successfully transformed the negligent disposal of plastic waste left by pilgrims on the Char Dham pilgrimage route into a lucrative venture.

Adhir quits as Bengal Cong chief after poll debacle

ADHIR Ranjan Chowdhury resigned as the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee chief on Thursday after a meeting of the state unit, party sources said.

SIT chief says negligence in Rajkot gaming zone fire

Probe team submits 100-page report, additional inquiries continue

Kingpin of paper leak at large as BJP, RJD spar over another accused

THE Supreme Court has refused to defer the counselling date, which is to kickstart on July 6, of the NEET-UG 2024 exam, after noting that it is not an \"open and shut\" process.

'Defer implementation of criminal laws'

DAYS after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah on the three new criminal laws, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to defer the implementation of the statutes, scheduled for July 1.

WHO warns against fake weight loss drugs

THE World Health Organisation ny jab (WHO) has warned about fake versions of popular weight-loss and diabetes medicines, saying these could pose risks to people's health.

Dalai Lama is free to practice his religion and spirituality, says MEA

INDIA on Friday said the Dalai Lama is a \"revered religious leader\" who is free to conduct his \"religious and spiritual activities\" in the country, a statement that came after Beijing called the Tibetan spiritual leader a \"political exile\" and not a \"pure religious figure\".

EATING MY WORDS ON THE FUTURE COURSE OF INDIA

The people’s verdict has given Modi 3.0 limited space to manoeuvre. Winds of change are sure to blow across many policy terrains. Even the Finance Commission may not be immune

Revanth announces 31,000-cr loan waiver for T'gana farmers

THE Telangana state Cabinet, which met here on Friday, decided to waive crop loans to the tune of ₹31,000 crore at one ago.

Cong, BJP spar over Karnataka govt hiring foreign firm to govern finances

BJP state president Vijayendra terms move to hire consultation firm at ₹9.5 cr outrageous

17 years on, communities join hands for Kandadevi temple car festival

IT has been 17 years since the Kandadevi Swarnamoortheeswarar Temple's car festival was last held, in 2006.

Kodanad case: Interpol aid sought to trace VoIP call

THE Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Crime Branch CID (CB-CID) which is probing the Kodanad heist cum murder case, has approached Interpol seeking help to get details about a seven-digit phone number through which an unidentified person contacted prime suspects.

Jewel thieves bought ₹4-cr cotton mill with loot money

Cracking a jewellery theft case from February in Rajapalayam took the police a step closer to identifying the gang that purchased a cotton mill worth ₹4 crore from the sale of items it looted in the state, starting 2022.

Eye hosp unveils 4 projects on anniv

RAJAN Eye Care Hospital launched four projects on its 29th anniversary on Friday.

AIADMK MLAs evicted en masse from House

AIADMK MLAs, including Leader of the Opposition and party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, who came to the Assembly wearing black shirts to convey their protest over the deaths of many people in Kallakurichi, were evicted en masse by house marshals on Friday.

CM: ₹5L FD for kids who lost parents to hooch, 5K per month for maintenance

In the Assembly, Stalin asks political parties to shun efforts to gain mileage out of the hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi

₹1L subsidy for 200 Chennai women to buy pink autos

THE government will offer subsidy of 1 lakh to women auto drivers to buy 200 pink autos fitted with GPS facilities in Chennai to ensure safety of women, Minister for Social Welfare and Women Empowerment P Geetha Jeevan said on Friday.

'Athikadavu-Avinashi scheme will be launched during SW monsoon

WATER Resources Minister Duraimurugan said the the Athikadavu-Avinashi scheme will be officially inaugurated during the southwest monsoon when there will be surplus water at the intake point.

One held in ₹50L land-grab case

THE Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Avadi police arrested a woman for allegedly impersonating another woman and selling off the latter's land parcel worth 50 lakh using forged documents.

Gold worth ₹1.67 crore seized by Customs at airport in three cases

Customs sleuths have seized 2.7 kg gold worth a total of 1.67 crore in three separate cases recently.

Destitute man, worker from UP among 50 deceased

A migrant worker from Uttar Pradesh and a destitute person from Chennai were among the 50 people who lost their lives in the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy.

Haven't you learned lesson from last time: HC slams TN officials

COMING down hard on the alleged negligence and callous attitude of the authorities concerned in preventing the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, the Madras High Court on Friday grilled the Tamil Nadu government on the action taken since the last such incident in 2023, to prevent the recurrence of similar tragedies that snuff out the lives of the poor.

HC bins order cancelling lease deal of SRM Hotels

THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday set aside the rejection order passed by the principal secretary of the tourism department on an application filed by SRM Hotels seeking renewal of lease for 20 years.

Hooch victims reached hosp a day before collector admitted tragedy

50 hospitalised, 3 dead by Wednesday noon but SP, collector denied deaths were hooch-related

POLL SEASON - EC to update voter list in J-K, 3 other states

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi indicated that preparations for Jammu and Kashmir elections were underway, the Election Commission on Friday set the ball rolling for holding the electoral exercise by ordering a special summary revision (SSR) of the electoral rolls in the Union Territory.

TN job scheme finds no takers in Chennai

TWO years after the Tamil Nadu Urban Employment Scheme was introduced in corporations and municipalities in the state, it has been silently shelved in Chennai as there are no takers for the scheme due to the paltry wage paid under it.

WORLD SEES YOGA AS AGENT OF GOOD: PM

THE world is looking at yoga as a powerful agent of global good, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday on the occasion of the 10th International Yoga Day.