U'khand's below-par revenue officials under lens

Suspecting theft, gang ties up, assaults Nepal boy; held

A three-member gang, including a Hindu outfit functionary, in Negamam near Pollachi was arrested for tying up a 17-year-old Nepal boy and assaulting him, suspecting him of stealing money from a hotel.

Day after tiger's death, eight snares recovered in Gudalur

A day after a three-year-old male tiger was found dead, Gudalur forest division officials conducted a combing operation in Chelukkadi estate on Thursday and recovered eight snares.

K'taka plans bill to oust governor as varsity chancellor

THE state government has proposed to make the chief minister the chancellor of Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University (KSRDPRU).

Kovai councillor dies; both city, rural cops say not our limits

DISTRICT and city police squabbled over jurisdiction to investigate the death of CCMC ward 56 councilor M Krishnamoorthy of the Congress, who died allegedly after falling from a bridge on the banks of Noyyal river at Pattanam on Wednesday night.

Food poisoning: Telangana CM pulls up officials

TAKING serious note of the recent food poisoning incidents in government educational institutions across the state, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy directed district collectors to conduct frequent inspections of schools, hostels and residential institutes to keep the quality of food being served to students in check and submit detailed reports on their findings.

Man tries to save wife who set herself on fire, both hospitalised with severe burns

A 22-year-old woman and her husband sustained severe burns after the woman allegedly immolated herself at their house in Kelambakkam on Tuesday and the man tried to rescue her.

Cong woman cheats family of ₹59L in med seat fraud, held

THE Job Racket Wing of the Avadi City Police has arrested a Congress functionary for allegedly swindling ₹59 lakh from a couple under the guise of getting a medical college seat for their daughter.

6 fishers whose boat capsized among 10 rescued by coastguard from jetty

SIX fishermen and four jetty workers stranded at a private jetty in Cuddalore were rescued by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Thursday.

5-member panel to assess safety of new Pamban bridge

UNION Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said a five-member committee under the guidance of Additional Members (Bridges) of the Railway Board has been set up to examine the concerns raised by the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), South Circle, AM Chowdhary, regarding the new Pamban bridge.

Stalin has betrayed Tamil people by rejecting Modi's Vishwakarma scheme: BJP

THE state unit of the BJP on Thursday took strong exception to the decision of Chief Minister MK Stalin not to implement the Prime Minister's Vishwakarma Scheme saying it strengthens the system of caste-based vocation.